Autumn brings one of the busiest stretches of the Italian calendar for the three pillars of the Wim Hof Method: breathing technique, cold exposure, and mindset. Between late September and the first weekend of December, practitioners across the country can choose from single-day Fundamentals Workshops, Advanced Workshops for those already familiar with the method, and multi-day Wim Hof Method Weekends set in mountain lodges, scout bases, and nature retreats. Here is the full regional rundown.

Aosta Valley: an alpine weekend to close out October

The season’s only stop in the Aosta Valley is a Wim Hof Method Weekend running from 30 October to 1 November at the Hotel Notre Maison in Saint-Pierre, a small town in the shadow of the region’s medieval castles and its high alpine terrain — a fitting setting for a weekend built around cold water and altitude.

Lombardy: the region’s busiest calendar

Lombardy carries more dates than any other region this autumn. It opens on 3 October with a Fundamentals Workshop at the Centro Polifunzionale in Suello, near Lake Como, followed the next day by a session at Get Fit Village in Milan. A week later, on 11 October, a workshop at a yoga and osteopathy studio in Abbadia Lariana returns practitioners to the shores of Lake Como. From 16 to 18 October, the Hotel Rustichella in Val Masino/Cataeggio, at the foot of the Bregaglia Alps in the province of Sondrio, hosts a Wim Hof Method Weekend. The region’s Fundamentals offering continues on 24 October at Il Canto della Terra in Alzano Lombardo, near Bergamo, and again on 22 November at a holistic centre in Melegnano, south of Milan. The season closes for Lombardy with a second Weekend, from 4 to 6 December, at the Val Brembana Nature Retreat in the Bergamo Alps.

Friuli-Venezia Giulia: two returns to the same scout base

The Base Scout Andreis, in the hills of the province of Pordenone, hosts the region twice this season: a Wim Hof Method Weekend from 2 to 4 October, and an Advanced Workshop from 13 to 15 November for practitioners ready to build on their fundamentals. Between the two, on 10 October, a Fundamentals Workshop takes place at Studio V.I.T.A. in Moruzzo, near Udine.

Veneto: two fundamentals dates around Verona and Vicenza

Veneto offers two Fundamentals Workshops this season: one on 4 October at Villa Quaranta in Ospedaletto, just outside Verona, and another on 17 October at Chez Les Grottes in Longare, in the Berici Hills south of Vicenza.

Emilia-Romagna: from the Adriatic plains to the Parma Apennines

The region opens the season early, with a Fundamentals Workshop on 27 September at Villa Lakshmi in Faenza, in the province of Ravenna. A second Fundamentals date follows on 3 October at OfficinaOm in San Michele Tiorre, near Parma. Emilia-Romagna also closes the calendar year with a Wim Hof Method Weekend from 4 to 6 December at Rifugio Lagdei, a mountain refuge in the Parma Apennines.

Central Italy: from an energy park near Terni to the Marche coast

Central Italy’s autumn calendar spans three regions. Umbria opens the season on 27 September with a Fundamentals Workshop at PeR – Il Parco dell’Energia Rinnovabile, in Frattuccia, a hamlet of Guardea in the province of Terni. The Marche follow with a Wim Hof Method Weekend from 16 to 18 October at Agriturismo Cà Le Suore, in the hills of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, and a Fundamentals Workshop on 18 October at Happiness Sport & Fitness in Ancona, on the Adriatic coast. The same weekend, Tuscany hosts its only date of the season: a Fundamentals Workshop on 18 October at Des’Art danza in Carrara, the city known for its marble quarries.

Lazio: three dates from the capital to the Etruscan coast

Lazio opens on 27 September with a Fundamentals Workshop at Point Break Workout in the La Massimina-Casal Lumbroso area of Rome. From 2 to 4 October, a Wim Hof Method Weekend takes place at a mountain chalet in Campoli Appennino, in the Ciociaria hills of the province of Frosinone. The region closes with an Advanced Workshop on 8 November at the Cascatelle della Mola, a set of waterfalls in Cerveteri, on the Etruscan coast north of Rome.

The islands: single dates in Sicily and Sardinia

The season’s only island dates are both Fundamentals Workshops: on 11 October at the Hotel Kalura in Cefalù, on Sicily’s northern Tyrrhenian coast, and on 14 November at the Scuola di Yoga Nataraja in Cagliari, Sardinia.

Choosing the right format

Fundamentals Workshops are single-day sessions covering the theory of oxygenation and cold resistance, breathing mechanics, and a first ice bath — the standard entry point for anyone new to the method. Advanced Workshops are built for practitioners who already have a fundamentals background, with deeper breathing rounds, cold water immersion in natural streams, and more demanding focus training. Wim Hof Method Weekends are the most immersive format: multi-day retreats that combine cold exposure in lakes, waterfalls, or mountain streams with yoga, meditation, and outdoor movement.