MEET THE TEAM
Ari
July 10-17, October 19-26
October 28-November 4
Ari has been a beloved part of the Serenità Wellness Retreat since 2018, and has lived in Umbria for over 10 years. Her passion and focus is the optimization of our lived experience, leading her through 20 years of exploration and training in somatic practices. At the retreat, participants are invited enjoy a daily, vinyasa- inspired yoga practice, incorporating breathwork and meditation. The goal is never to ‘be good at yoga’, but simply and profoundly to feel and enjoy our own body.
Further, each participant will receive an hour-long Beyond Bodywork session, dedicated to multi-dimensional healing through enhanced somatic awareness and gentle release of tension. Each session is tailored to the receiver, and often involves deep tissue techniques, long flowing strokes and gentle rocking. Ari’s style is somewhat unique, evolved from her trainings with Esalen and Alchemy of Touch. Clients often report experiencing a trance-like state, and a level of relaxation far beyond more traditional massage.
Ari’s work is a constant unfolding, propelled by the belief that in healing our bodies, we ultimately heal our lives. Put another way: the release of trauma memory stored in our physical tissues allows us to rebirth into our very Highest
Version of Self. Let’s see what Magic we can create!
Melanie Wilder
October 28-November 4
Melanie is a woman’s coach and the founder of The BODY Cure, a method and philosophy that uses awareness of your physicality, as a means to cut through the fog of the mind.
Through her practice she supports women who want to create lives that are fully aligned with their truth, rooted in their power, and sustainably abundant (within AND without), free themselves from the complex trauma and wound-based conditioning that keeps them stuck and unable to actualize. She has developed her approach over a lifetime of her own deep and single-minded dedication to her healing and liberation from complex trauma, and is devotionally driven to guide other women through the process of knowing themselves as more than a reaction to their wounds.
“This is the linchpin; what keeps us negotiating our right to step into our worth, our power and our truth until it’s too late. When we dismantle it, we recover our access to life on our own terms, and the world needs more WOMEN living at that level, with that power, lighting a new path.”
As the host for the October 28 - November 4 retreat, Melanie’s workshops will focus on knowing who you are beyond and before the wounds, deepening the connection with your self-evident truth, uncoupling your core desires from the limitations familial history may have imposed you, exploring how core wounding or complex trauma have thwarted your ability to thrive in a particular area of life, and unraveling these limitations so you can take your life back.
Connect via instagram @the_body_cure
Olivia Radocchia
July 10-17, October 10-17
October 19-26​
Olivia is the founder and host of the Serenità Wellness Retreat, and has hosted 11 groups of women since 2018. Her career in clinical psychology, passion for holistic well-being, and love of her Italian heritage and culture has created the foundation for to bring her dream of curating wellness retreats to life.
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Olivia's vision for the retreat is one where women of all ages, from all walks of life can come together in community and bond over shared joys and curiosities, embracing the possibilities that are born from a group of women inspiring each other.
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During the retreat, Olivia is your go-to for all things, and hosts group workshops where reflection and sharing is deeply encouraged. Topics range and flow depending on the group of women, their interests and challenges, and the intuitive flow of the week. Topics of discussion include our reasons for "needing to retreat", self-care, womanhood, bringing to life our goals and life purpose, and tools for sustaining the retreat magic at home.