October 15-19, 2026 Starting at $1,235elemental
Immersion
forest bathing wellness retreat
Terapia Forestale
OCT 15-19 at Tara Nature in Umbria, Italy
Energy Elements invites you to five days of deeply grounding, elemental connection.
A multi-modal retreat guided by the elements to tune into nature and reconnect with our quiet knowing.
SET & Setting
Tara Nature cultivates sacred space to reconnect with our natural selves. We don’t just attend retreat, we inhabit it. Re-building a world of sustainable kindness and clarity by shifting our inner dialogue. Tara Nature is just two hours from Rome (FCO). Retreat will be hosted in English.
Your Hostesses
Sandy Fortin (mum) creatrix of Energy Elements, ANFT Forest Therapy Guide and Reiki Master. She guides immersive Shinrin Yoku experiences rooted in presence and energetic awareness. Based in Winter Harbor, Maine.
Tina Fortin (big sis) of Rose Healing, offering integrative healing sessions including energy work and holistic wellness practices in Gunnison, Colorado.
Jenn Fortin (lil sis) M.Ed., educator, guide, musician, and founder of Pretty Moving. Offering nature based emotional resilience coaching, intuitive guiding, and musical serenades by the fire. She currently calls Crested Butte, Colorado home.
Together, they hold space that is intuitively guided, grounded, playful, and deeply restorative.
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Shared Room 1235 USD
Shared room in the guesthouse with three twin beds and shared bathroom.Rooms include Moon, Water, Earth and Spirit.
Private Room 1495 USD
Private double room in the guesthouse with shared bathroom.Rooms include Sun, Air and Fire.
*Retreat price includes taxes, shared accommodation, daily group activities, cleaning fee, use of retreat facilities & wifi, & 3 daily chef-prepared meals.
*Not included are transport to and from Tara Nature and personal / travel insurance.
Optional additional sessions
Reiki, massage, and nature-based emotional coaching. Optional group excursions include farm to table cooking and artistic immersion.
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Each day is mindfully crafted to drop in and flow! Activities include:
Morning guided medication & journaling
Ayurvedic prepared meals
Forest bathing - guided Shinrin Yoku meditative walks
Elemental / Yin Yoga
Breathwork
Nature based emotional resilience coaching
Ecstatic dance
Fire and tea ceremonies
Acoustic live music
There will be time for rest, wandering, conversation and integration. We encourage full participation in group programming to experience their deepest potential.
Structured and reflective immersion in nature will support nervous system regulation, emotional clarity, and processing of emotional trials and triggers.
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7:30am Yin Yoga & Guided Meditation
8:30am Breakfast
9:00am Forrest Bathing
11:30am Journaling and Integration
12:30pm Lunch and Siesta
2:00pm Nature-based Immersion
3:30pm Free Time (or private sessions)
6:30pm Dinner
8:00pm Fireside Music
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We have mindfully curated a deeply supportive, contemplative space to witness beliefs, process blocks and old stories, and nurture yourselves into new ways of being.
Step into your intuitive power by slowing down, getting curious, and reconnecting with your intuitive wisdom.
Multi-modal practices will create space to:
Release what no longer serves
Reconnect with your body and innate wisdom
Gain clarity of patterns, beliefs, and stories that may be keeping you stuck
Create space and techniques for emotions to move, rather than suppressing
Reawaken child-like sense of play, pleasure, and curiosity
Strengthen your connection to intuition and inner knowing
Explore new ways of relating to yourself, others, and the world
Rest deeply and quiet down enough to honor what needs to arise
Return home with practical tools and renewed perspective to carry into everyday life
This is an invitation to soften, listen, release, and remember what is already within you. To call on the elements as teachers and allow yourself to be fully present.
SAVE YOUR SPOT!
All are welcome! Slots are offered on a first-come, first-serve basis to preserve intimacy and depth.
To register, please fill out this brief intake form.
We so look forward to gathering at Tara Nature and savoring la bella vita together!