The Yogacara Association



Yogacara is a holistic cultural association founded to share a lifestyle inspired by the principles of traditional yoga. We organize classes, workshops, and seminars to apply the teachings and bring them into daily life. An open space for those seeking a place to unwind, a gathering place to experience silence and practice with others.



The association was founded in 2016 by Giorgia, her nature as an explorer and researcher brought her to New Zealand and since 2024 Camilla and Alberto have been carrying on the project.

Spaces

Yogacara's headquarters is the center we like to call Yogacara Isolalunga. This small hamlet in the Ligurian hinterland is a village with just a few houses and a wealth of history. It's located between Genoa and Chiavari, a few kilometers from Cicagna. The space comprises a small cluster of houses, a gym surrounded by greenery, an outdoor activity platform, approximately five hectares of garden with fruit trees and a growing organic vegetable garden, a small stream, and a large grove of acacia and laurel trees.

Yoga and more

We use this space for a variety of activities: guided Hatha Yoga practices, Yoga Nidra, Children's Yoga, meditation, sound baths, Reiki, naturopathic treatments and consultations, sharing circles, dinners and lunches, retreats, seminars, and much more.

Our individual treatments:

Yoga therapy : tailor-made yoga! Individual yoga sessions tailored to your physical and mental needs. It integrates physical, breathing, and meditative practices to alleviate specific ailments, reduce stress, and promote overall psychophysical well-being.

Reiki Usui Shiki Ryoho :
An energetic treatment, through the gentle touch of the practitioner's hands, which acts as a channel, through which one receives universal energy, called Reiki by the Usui master who discovered it and experienced its benefits, first for himself and then by serving others. These benefits can touch all of our areas (emotional, psychophysical, spiritual, etc.), bringing light, peace, healing, help, support, and healing. A gentle practice, suitable for everyone, with no contraindications.

Individual sound bath :
It is a treatment in which the sounds, vibrations, and energy of the singing bowls, with their gentle power, penetrate deeply into every cell of the recipient. Thanks to the different sounds, vibrations, and positions of each bowl, all the various layers of our being, from the most subtle of the aura to the grossest of the body, benefit in a variety of ways: deep relaxation, reharmonization of our being, emotional unblocking, revelatory visions, psycho-physical-spiritual healing, and more. A step toward personal well-being thanks to the magic of singing bowls.

Introduction to Meditation
Individual meetings to learn to observe ourselves and the mechanisms of our mind through conscious breathing and mindfulness.

Reception

We have five double rooms where members can stay overnight and immerse themselves completely in the tranquility and timeless rhythms of Isolalunga.

Come visit us

Everything is in flux; we're always working to make the center more welcoming, more functional, and more aligned with our projects. What will never change is the peace and harmony that reigns here. Seeing is believing.