The Heart of OPUNTIA

4 Ways to Gather

Every ŌPUNTIA retreat shares the same foundation: restorative practice, nourishing food, welcoming places and community. What changes is the way each gathering invites you to learn, make, experience or inquire.

Knowledge Gatherings

Expert-led learning rooted in land, ecology and traditional knowledge. Explore herbalism, mycology, permaculture, food systems and the relationships that sustain everyday life.

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Practical Gatherings

Hands-on retreats where you learn to make what you would usually buy. Create botanical skincare, natural household products, herbal preparations, ceramics, textiles, preserves and useful artefacts to take home.

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Sensorial Gatherings

Retreats built around attentive experience: taste, touch, sound, movement, silence, scent, bathing, food and the natural world. A slower way of returning to the here and now. In the Present.

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Deeper Questions Gatherings

Carefully held gatherings for philosophical, existential and less conventional questions, guided by knowledgeable practitioners and explored within a thoughtful community.

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The Founding Collection

4 gatherings taking shape

4 gatherings are currently taking shape. Each has a defined theme, place and intended dates, while the programme, venue partnerships and final details continue to be carefully developed.

A basket of freshly harvested vegetables and herbs

First Founding Gathering

Practical

Taking Shape

Vegetable Fermentation

Learn practical methods for fermenting and preserving seasonal food. Build a pantry of flavourful staples made to last and nourish you throughout the year.

Piedmont, Italy

10 to 16 May 2027

8 to 12 guests

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