Diving into the depths of the wild southern Tuscany

An autumn retreat in connection with nature, yourself, the horses and the vastness of the Monte Penna Nature Reserve.

Your wilderness is deeply connected to your creativity and your creative power. In social structures we have largely forgotten how to access it. What do we mean by wildness? And how can you give it space in your life - inside and outside?

The Seminar

Together we will go on a journey in which you can explore and integrate unconscious longings and valuable resources. Your inner processes will be accompanied by the magical nature and weather of the wild southern Tuscany. We will open, hold and close spaces of deep nature experience. Going on inner and outer journeys W we will also explore the darkness and its quality. and go on inner and outer journeys.

With all your senses you can immerse yourself in the different landscapes in and around Cornacchino - the vastness and the beech forests, the reflection of nature, the weather and the animals. Explore the abundance of autumn and its very special quality. The time of harvest and the inner alignment for the dark months are coming. Which qualities do you want to integrate?

We'll spend time inside in our seminar room and outside in and around Cornacchino (in all kinds of weather!). Moving mindfully in the autumnal glowing woods. Dancing, resting, making fire, and also being creative and in contact with the horses. There will be individual, couple and group exercises, meditations and plenty of time for sharing and reflection.

This retreat is a good idea for you if you want to:
- explore your wildness
- spend time in nature
- connect with horses on the ground
- experience something new
- enjoy wonderful Italian food
- spend time on your own as well as with a group of people
- to be open to new experiences

This retreat is not for you if you want to:
- experience a survival camp
- increase your knowledge about specific plants
- do horseback riding (it is possible before and after the retreat though)
- stay inside when it rains

Retreat Location:
Agriturismo Cornacchino is located in the heart of the wonderful, original and fabulous nature of the Monte Penna Natural Park. It offers a loving Italian hospitality in a family atmosphere. Daily changing menus of original Maremma cuisine, with fresh vegetables from our own garden, delight the heart and soul.

Check out Cornacchino here

Bring weatherproof clothing, also for rain and colder temperatures. As the terrain is mostly uneven and we go off-trail from time to time, a certain level of physical fitness is required. Weatherproof hiking boots are strongly recommended, also cozy clothes to make yourself comfortable in- and outdoors. Cornacchino is located at an altitude of just under 900 meters, so it can sometimes be colder than expected in October.

During our time together we will not do any horseback riding! Those who wish to do so can individually book riding sessions in Cornacchino before or after the seminar.

Accommodation will be in double or single rooms or in your own camper.

Organisational

Dates: 21.-28.10.2023

Arrival: Saturday, 21.10. (At any time that is convenient for you. Dinner (at 8pm) is included.)

Collective transfer from and to CHIUSI-CHIANCIANO TERME train station: every Saturday for arrivals and departures between 9:00 to 10:00 in the morning and  17:30 to 18:30 in the evening. Price return per person: Euro 40.

Seminar start: Sunday, 22.10. at 10:00 a.m.
Seminar end: Friday, 27.10. (after lunch) approx. 14:00 o'clock

Departure: Saturday, 28.10. (collective transfer from Cornacchino to Chiusi-Chiancianno Terme in the morning and in the evening, see above)

Where: Agriturismo Cornacchino, Castell'Azzara, 58034

Cost:
Seminar fee: 950 Euro
Early bird price: 850 Euro until 15.09.
plus.
Accommodation and meals per person (full board):
576€ in a double room
756€ in a single room
If you would like to come with your own camper, ask us for details.

Workshop Guides - Isabelle & Anna

Isabelle Zahradnyik
Coaching of a completely different kind.

We need a genuine contact with ourselves in order to experience the world and ourselves in it authentically as well as to be able to work in it on our own responsibility. For over 10 years I have been giving creativity workshops in a wide variety of contexts. Through nature and the medium of art, I create encounters between people of different backgrounds, cultures and ages. Individually or in groups. In this way I initiate unbiased and largely non-judgemental contact with one's own self and the supposedly "other". I am fascinated by the playful exploration and experience of one's own creativity with synaesthetic approaches. How does sunlight sound on the skin? What colours does a blackbird use to paint its song? What does darkness taste like and how does silence move? To connect supposed opposites with each other - that is my guiding principle. 

Head people are also allowed to go back into the body and experience their emotions with all their senses. As a passionate spiritual organisational coach, I open spaces to accompany in times of upheaval, to support in the analysis of actual states, or to act like a midwife in the birth of vision in this world.

Anna Haas

Honest and free in connection – coaching and bodywork

We spend a lot of our life energy trying to fit in, to belong. But as long as we communicate to control instead of communicating to connect, we will remain lonely at the bottom of our hearts. When we show more of ourselves, we create the opportunity to feel truly alive and genuinely in relationship. We can use the released energy to actively and creatively shape our own lives and fully develop our own individual qualities.

My mission is to accompany people to feel themselves more and to communicate honestly in order to take self-determined responsibility for their feelings and actions and to unfold their potential - for a lovingly connected togetherness, for more joy, creativity and freedom.

At this point in my life, I work as a trainer and coach with the methods Getting Real, Radical Honesty, Systemic Gestalt Coaching and Pantarei Approach (a somatic bodywork approach). And I am a NARM / trauma informed professional.

I offer workshops, individual and couples coaching - in private and professional contexts.
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