Umbria Yoga & Wellness Retreat
Cortisol Detox - Reset your Nervous System and Restore Energy
June 2-9 2025
Step into a deeply restorative experience designed to flush out stress, detox cortisol, and reset your nervous system. Through daily yoga, meditation, journaling, and Ayurvedic healing workshops, you'll gently release stored tension, improve sleep, and regain emotional clarity. This retreat is more than relaxation—it's a holistic reset that will leave you feeling lighter, calmer, and re-energized with tools to maintain low cortisol levels and lasting inner peace. Let go of burnout and step into a new state of balance!
About Anna Elise LeFrance:
With a passion for movement, mindfulness, and the mind-body connection, Anna Elise has been guiding students on their yoga journey for the past decade. Her workshops integrate yoga and mental health, holistic healing, and strategies to help individuals overcome mental blocks and step into their strongest, most confident selves.
Drawing from neuroscience and her Fundamentals of Neuroscience qualification from Harvard Ex, Anna
Elise incorporates the science of the nervous system into her teachings, empowering students to cultivate
resilience, balance, and self-awareness. Her TEDx talk on using the mind to calm and control the nervous system reflects her dedication to bridging the gap between science and holistic well-being.
What to Expect
Leave stress behind and learn how to live your life cortisol free in Italy! Chronic stress and elevated cortisol levels can wreak havoc on your body.
This retreat is designed to help you:
- Reduce stress & anxiety naturally
- Improve sleep quality for deeper rest
- Boost energy & mental clarity
- Enhance digestion & immune function
- Balance hormones & emotions for overall well-being
Ayurvedic Healing: The Power of Adaptogenic Herbs
Discover nature’s stress-fighting superfoods that support your body’s natural ability to adapt and heal through Ayurvedic Herb sessions
- Reduces anxiety and builds resilience to stress
- Calms the nervous system and supports adrenal health
- Regulates cortisol levels and combats fatigue
- Enhances focus, memory, and cognitive function
- And learning about many you probably have sitting in your kitchen right now!
Beyond the Retreat: A Life Transformed
Take home powerful tools that create lasting well-being:
- Master stress management techniques
- Strengthen emotional resilience
- Enjoy deeper, more restorative sleep
- Boost focus and immune health
- Experience a renewed sense of peace and balance.
Ready to reset and reclaim your well-being?
Join us for this life-changing journey!
About the Retreat
6-Day Yoga Retreat: Cortisol Detox & Emotional Renewal
This 6-day yoga retreat is designed to release stress, detox cortisol, and restore emotional and physical well-being through a combination of yoga, meditation, journaling, and therapeutic practices. The carefully curated schedule helps regulate the nervous system, promote deep relaxation, and support emotional healing.
Daily Structure & Key Activities:
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Mornings:
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Begin each day with a Morning Yoga Flow, designed to gently activate the body, boost circulation, and aid in cortisol regulation.
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Followed by Journaling sessions targeting emotional detox and self-reflection, covering themes like intentions, emotional awareness, self-love, clarity, and forward planning.
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Afternoons:
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Engage in Ayurvedic Herb & Household Remedies Workshops, Emotional Expression through Art & Music, and Free Time for rest, nature walks, or silent reflection, all aimed at supporting the body's natural stress-relief processes.
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A special Thermal Bath Excursion & Restorative Soak on Friday further aids in cortisol release and deep relaxation.
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Evenings:
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Wind down with Emotional Release Stretching, which helps release stored tension from the muscles and nervous system.
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Enjoy a nutrient-rich dinner to support hormone balance.
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Conclude each night with meditation practices, including breathwork, visualization, body scanning, and gratitude rituals, to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and encourage deep restorative sleep.
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Special Highlights:
∆ Thermal Bath Excursion.
∆ Special Musical Guest
∆ Final Sharing Circle on Sunday to reflect, integrate, and set intentions for a cortisol-free, balanced life.
By the end of this retreat, participants will experience reduced stress, enhanced emotional clarity, and a reset nervous system, leaving with tools to maintain low cortisol levels and lasting inner peace.
More Information:
Price:
$1,400 early bird until February 28th
$1,700 after that
Payment:
20% deposit due upon booking
Full price due by 1st April 2025
Payment plans available upon request
Payments due to:
Paypal: aelafrance@gmail.com
Bank Transfer: Contact for more details
Price Include:
All meals, Classes, Herbal workshop, Thermal Bath Excursion, Transportation to and from Oasi Sorgente, Special Retreat Journals
Sign up:
More information and registration contact:
https://www.lafrance-yoga.com/webinar-registration