Past Events
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We Are Faden Italy 2025
Lindsay Olshan- LMFT, creatrix of We Are Faden organizes this transformational retreat in Italy, allowing the fortunate women to have deeply embodied growth experiences. Through plant medicine, holotropic breathwork, and somatic dance and movement (offered by me) these women go on a deep journey, inside and out.
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LYBS Italy 2025
Let Your Body Speak is a retreat, a vacation, and a chance to deepen your experience with your body and your connection to other inspirational women. This playful retreat was in Sicily and included daily yoga, Somatic Dance, journaling exercises, and embodiment.
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Greece Retreat 2025
Sun, Sea, and Soma was an intimate women’s mastermind retreat, on the island of Ithaca in Greece co-led with master yoga teacher Katherine Girling. This group of brave women moved, played, laughed and experienced transformational growth through the practices of yoga, somatic dance, and of course, a Mediterranean boat day.
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Invigorate & Enjoy 2025
Hosted at Tenuta di Paternostro with celebrity vegan chef Morgan Witkin this long weekend included daily yoga, somatic dance, equine therapy, a fire circle, and nourishing ‘morganic’ food.
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We Are Faden Baja 2025
Lindsay Olshan, LMFT-ATR is the brilliant creator of We Are Faden, a retreat company for women. I taught my signature somatic dance & Yoga Nidra, as well as daily yoga, to the beautiful souls who came for transformational medicine work, holotropic breath work, and more in Baja California Sur.
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Alchemy Retreat NC 2025
A retreat to nourish the women of WNC after Hurricane Helene. This women’s wellness weekend was complete with a magical surprise snow storm, deep yoga practices, a poetry workshop, a dance workshop belly laughs, play, and free time. The key to healing is time in community and we must be intentional and deliberate with giving ourselves space for play and nourishment! Truly
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Embody Your Body in Puglia 2024
A yoga retreat and an Italian adventure through Puglia, Italy at the exact same time. We moved deeply into our bodies through yoga, meditation, Nidra, and expansive silent mornings. We laughed and played in the magical streets of Pugl;ia, Ital'y’s Southern ‘hidden gem’. We ate delicious food and basked in the golden hour sunshine and nourished ourselves and our beautiful bodies.
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We Are Faden Italy Retreat 2024
Partnering with We Are Faden, this luxury retreat explored non-ordinary states through holotropic breathwork, somatic dance and movement, and plant medicine experiences that allowed the women to have deeply transformational and embodied experiences. The 12 brave women dove deep into themselves on this long weekend at a glamorous glamping venue with natural hot springs and delicious Italian food.
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Indulge Your Senses in Sicily 2020
Where it all began. Laura Talafer and I hosted our first ever Indulge Your Senses in Sicily Retreat in the autumn of 2020.
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'La Rinascita' 2021
Morgan Witkin and I hosted a delicious spring retreat after a long winter of lockdowns and restrictions. The retreat took place at a beautiful restored villa just 30 minutes outside of Rome. The weekend featured Morgan’s delicious, nourishing vegan cuisine and daily yoga and meditation practices.
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Let Your Body Speak Italy 2024
An embodiment retreat on the stunning island of Sicily. This retreat is a combination of Somatic Movement, Yoga, boudoir photography, and nourishing food in the company of amazing women. Letting your body speak means dancing and moving through the stories that have prevented you from living in the precious body you are in. This slow-living retreat is both a wellness experience and a fun summer vacation with new girlfriends.
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Mountain Renewal at Firecreek Retreat 2024
A Spring Equinox retreat in North Carolina, just outside of Asheville. Cold plunging, sauna, yoga in a world-class shala, cozy mountain cabin vibes. A delightful long weekend outside with perfect weather, a movie night, deep inner work, and meditation and yoga to set up for the Spring season. A renewal!!
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Indulge Your Senses in Sicily 2021
In August of 2021, Laura Talafer and I hosted a sun-soaked week of yoga, meditation, Mediterranean boat rides, wine-tasting, journaling workshops and more. We watched friendships blossom and connections grow between a beautiful group of international women in stunning Sicily.
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Santorini Greece 2021
Paul Teodo, Leah Santa Cruz and I hosted a fun-packed retreat in whitewashed Oia. We swam, cliff jumped into the Mediterranean, practiced yoga, danced our booties off, ate yummy Greek food and met new beautiful souls from all over the world.
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Tuscan Wine + Wellness 2021
Morgan Witkin and I partnered with Terenzi Winery to offer a unique and intimate luxury retreat in the heart of Maremma, Tuscany. We tasted wine, practiced yoga, ate vegan food, made gnocchi from scratch and relished in autumn during the vendemmia (wine harvest) season. Morgan is known for being the first vegan chef to have a TV show in Italy. Her show, Morgan Gusto Sano in Cucina had just finished airing its first season.
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Wellness in Tuscany 2022
It was so good in 2021, we did it again! A Tuscan Weekend filled with vegan food, wine tasting, and belly laughs. Morgan Witkin cooked her signature food, we practiced yoga, we moved and walked the vineyards and meditated.
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Sailing and Savasana Santorini 2022
Paul Teodo, Leah Santa Cruz, and Rachel Zitin joined together again to host a magnificent group on Greece’s magic island of Santorini. We hiked, we laughed, we drank wine, we did yoga, we created lifelong connections.
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Indulge Your Senses 2022
Third time was the charm! After two successful retreats in Sicily, Laura and Rachel teamed up again to host a group of incredible humans. We made pasta from scratch and did yoga 2x a day, we danced, we laughed, we cried, and we thoroughly enjoyed la dolce vita.
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Autumn Wellness in Tuscany 2022
Morgan and Rachel joined forces again for a delicious October weekend in the Tuscan countryside. There were circles, daily yoga, meditation, vegan food galore, and a wine tasting. A perfect fall reset!
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Women's Wellness Weekend 2023
Rachel’s first solo retreat took it back to her roots. Situated in the mountains of NC, we were delighted to spend the weekend in a snowy winter wonderland. We did yoga, meditated, healed, danced, cried, and laughed. The retreat featured a sound bath by the amazing Rebecca Turk with SNDBTH
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Creative Retreat in Tuscany
A long weekend on the coast of Tuscany, combining two of my favorite things: Yoga and writing. We wrote poetry and creative pieces with the expert guidance of Lauren Mouat, and moved our bodies through dance and yoga.
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Tuscany Yoga Retreat Fall 2023
Partnered with The Face Planner, a retreat with dreamy rooms with copper bathtubs, yoga by the pool, fresh plant-based meals and rolling Tuscan hills with vineyards and olive groves. Idyllic. Yoga 2x a day and wine-tasting under the stars.
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Let Your Body Speak NC 2023
Nestled in the hills of Western North Carolina, this retreat featured photographer Ladygroove. Over a weekend we danced, did yoga, had a body blessing, ate yummy food, and had a bonfire. This was the first iteration of an annual retreat I lead now.