Transformational Well-Being Retreat with Max Strom – Mandali Retreat Center, Quarna Sopra

The Transformational Well-Being Retreat with Max Strom is a wellness retreat at Mandali Retreat Center in Quarna Sopra, in the Verbano-Cusio-Ossola province of Italy. Max Strom leads the week. It suits anyone drawn to a retreat built around well-being and inner change, led by a single named teacher in a dedicated retreat centre.

About Mandali Retreats

Mandali describes its retreats as spaces curated for deep insight, meant to catalyse meaningful shifts in everyday life. Its programme comes in three kinds. The in-house Mandali Experience is a restorative retreat of three to seven days that offers a connection to self at a flexible pace, through movement and meditative practices. Seasonal Mandali Experience Special editions add a creative layer, with workshops exploring music, movement or connecting with the elements. Themed Retreats go deep into one theme or teaching, led by expert teachers, with subjects ranging from the Path of Love to non-duality to Buddhism.

Max Strom's retreat sits within this calendar as a guest-led week, held in the same setting as the centre's other retreats, which include silent retreats, yoga and inquiry retreats, and breathwork retreats. If you have attended a Mandali programme before, you will know the surroundings. If you have not, the centre's usual emphasis on movement, meditative practice and unhurried pacing gives a sense of the ground this retreat stands on.

About Max Strom

Max Strom is the teacher leading this retreat, and his name is the reason many people will look for it. Anyone considering the week can look into his teaching on their own to see whether his approach speaks to them, since the retreat is shaped by the person guiding it.

The Setting

Mandali Retreat Center is in Quarna Sopra, a village in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in northern Italy. The centre hosts retreats year-round, from short three-day stays to week-long programmes, and offers rooms for guests staying on site. Travel guidance, room details and a gallery are available through the centre itself, which is useful to review before you plan your arrival.

Before You Go

This is a week-long wellness retreat, so it helps to arrive with time set aside and nothing pressing on your schedule. Mandali presents its retreats as places for rest, reflection and practice rather than performance, and no previous experience is described as necessary. Because the centre welcomes guests from several countries and runs some retreats in Italian and Dutch, check the language of this particular week with the centre if that matters to you. Questions about rooms, getting to Quarna Sopra and what is included are best put to Mandali directly before you commit.