We go with joy into the mountains. Six days in the Italian Alps. Come as you are. Leave as more.
We believe that joy is not something you find — it's something you return to. The body already knows the way. Cold exposure, breathwork, stillness, and reconnection to wild nature are among the most researched pathways to stress reduction, emotional resilience, and a deeper sense of being alive. Expedition Joy brings them together with love — in one of the most humbling landscapes on earth.
We begin at Albagnano Healing Centre — where the five Tibetan elements form the foundation of a practice rooted in both ancient wisdom and the modern science of the body. Here we open. We breathe. We prepare.
From Albagnano we move deeper into the mountains — to Alpe Selvaccia and further into Val Gronda, where the multiple-day hike begins. Alpine hiking terrain that asks nothing of you except presence. No hiding. No performing. In nature, everything moves towards balance, and that balance finds you too, if you let it. Let it flow, let it move you. You are part of it.
There is real love behind this expedition. A genuine belief that when people slow down, go back to simplicity, and stand inside something vast and honest, something shifts. Science calls it nervous system regulation. We call it coming home
Tjeerd will be facilitating this retreat with Otro Elements.
EUR 2199 for 5 days/4 nights
