2026 Nature Reflecting in Italy: A week to reflect and create with nature

In this week, we find time, space, and community to explore where we are — inside and outside. Through meditation and movement, we arrive at poetic expressions of ourselves. Using what we collect in nature, we create. This week explicitly offers room to make things, by hand and together.

❋ Serendipity

Sometimes we find what we were not looking for. We thought we were looking for something, but we find something else, an unexpected moving little treasure… That’s serendipity.

In this week we welcome moments of serendipity.

❋ Moving Meditation

The moving meditation sessions are led by Zoe Joncheere. She gently invites our bodies to move, to explore, to be quiet or wild, and listen. Through active meditation and guided conscious dancing we get to know ourselves a little further. We collect information and find how that is reflected by more-than-human nature surrounding Amiglia.

❋ The joy of making

Esther van Casteren will guide us with her expertise as a visual artist, first helping us attune to what nature offers us to create with, and then introducing techniques to bring those materials to life. We will sculpt, draw, print, sew…

What we create becomes a meditative and poetic reflection on ourselves, on life, and on nature. Picture a long table in the shade where we work together—while those who prefer their own rhythm can find a quiet corner somewhere at Amiglia and create there, too.

❋ A Supportive Space

We prioritize comfort, safety, and respect—so you can show up as you are and feel free to follow your own needs.

❋ Expert Facilitation

Led by experienced guides who know how to hold space, encourage participation, and keep things moving with purpose.

❋ Esther van Casteren: https://www.instagram.com/esthervcasteren – “What I love about Esther is her love of making things, her soft sparkling joy about creating, whether that is drawing, sculpting, or bringing together materials collected during walks in this world. I am moved by her humble being, her sense of gratitude, and her lively presence.” from Zoe

❋ Zoë Joncheere: “She is. With an open heart and abundant trust, Zoë moves through life. She dances, she guides. She creates a space to be yourself and follow your senses, just by being her. I love her lightness and playfulness, her gentle strength, and her refined sensitivity to see beauty in simplicity.” from Esther