Ambassadors

Maria Yatriki is an experiential event producer and founder of SACBE and Inner Refuge – a production company that specializes in uniting people and igniting change through ancestral knowledge, energy work, and practices that guide human consciousness towards realignment with the planet. Informed by the principles of Shakti leadership, Maria envisions her work as part of a greater energetic shift on earth – wherein feminine energy is being redirected as an agent of change and evolution, to meet the pressing social and ecological needs of this moment.

Flutist and vocalist Giselle World is a captivating performing artist infusing ritual and indigenous culture into the electronic music scene. She is a classically trained musician who has been journeying in the electronic music scene for over 14 years. Through her travels and love of ceremony she's created a soundscape of unique, conscious textures and fusion of tribal electronic medicine music whilst curating an alchemic experience honoring the elements and inspiring healing through powerful use of indigenous chants and ancient mantras.

My name is Ilaria Paoli, I live in Lucca and I am a psychologist, psychotherapist, sexuologist, Mindfulness teacher and sports psychologist. I work in Lucca, in my private practice and I train for sports clubs, businesses and non-profit organisations.As a psychotherapist I facilitate greater awareness and the ability to cope with suffering related to psychological disorders and adverse life events in people. As a trainer, I lead Mindfulness based groups for well-being and stress reduction, for personal growth, for improving performance, for the treatment of behavioral addictions, for supporting medically assisted procreation paths, for improving mental skills related to sport.Thanks to the study of Paoul Gilbert's Compassion Focus Therapy, and Kristin Neff's research, I conduct Mindful Compassion based individual and group training and psychotherapies. As a sports psychologist I deal with mental training to improve sports performance, for teams and individual athletes. I help people develop a good balance and greater well-being in life and in their profession.

He writes about music from every angle (with a preference for electronic). A renowned figure at il Mucchio. A reference point over the years for Red Bull Music Academy in Italy. Author of books published by Arcana. Collaborator with various festivals. Occasionally a copywriter. Today, among other things, a close collaborator with Rolling Stone and TRX Radio. Inexplicably a fan of Hellas Verona.

My name is Erica, but thanks to a play on sounds, the nickname Rirri was born. I worked for 12 years as a lawyer in major law firms in Milan, until I realized that my life wasn't heading in the right direction. Even my body was showing clear signs of discomfort; I felt lost, overwhelmed by fears, anxieties, and dissatisfaction. But it was precisely in that moment of difficulty that I discovered Kundalini yoga. Thanks to this transformative practice, I found the strength to heal my inner wounds, rewrite my story, and live authentically and in harmony with myself. Today, I continue to work as a lawyer but outside the legal office, and I teach yoga consistently, following the Very Prosperity Club community that I've created, where I share my yoga experience with anyone seeking a path to align with their truest and most prosperous self. In addition to Kundalini yoga, I teach various techniques for which I have undergone training, such as the SAH METHOD, which will be one of the classes I will lead during this retreat on the first chakra.

Based in Ibiza since 2003, Kim combines studies and experiences of music, yoga, shamanism, and sound healing into beautiful and unique sound journey offerings. Through her deep listening and sensitivity, she has mastered the art of sound travel, capturing and transmitting energies through music. Since 2005, she has traveled the world, learning from esoteric traditions and practicing yoga, accumulating over 500 hours of training. Her sound journeys, unique and culturally rich, offer transformative experiences at music festivals and sacred sites worldwide, transporting listeners through elemental realms and inviting the spirit to explore higher dimensions.

Petra Santa invites you to let yourself be guided in experiencing the deepest relaxation ever. This Yoga Nidra practice gently guides in a progressively deeper experience of a vast, peaceful, creative, fertile meditative space. Many report coming back from the practice feeling as if they just woke up from the greatest night of sleep they ever had. Modern Yoga Nidra is an adaptation of the ancient Tantric practice of Nyasa by Swami Satyananda. His words to describe it: “It is a state in which you are neither asleep nor awake. If you fall asleep, it is not Yoga Nidra. If you remain awake, then it is also not Yoga Nidra. If dreams overtake you, it is not Yoga Nidra. Yoga Nidra is a state in which there is awareness of the conscious, subconscious and unconscious fields of your mind all at one time. It is a perfect therapy. It removes all psychological abnormalities and sanskaras, and helps you to become your normal, natural self.”

Walker Barnard grew up in an ashram and has blazed a trail of transcendent and ecstatic musical experience in scenes and communities stretching back to early days working with the Dust Brothers in L.A. His current focus is on Uma Sai, a vehicle for awakening through connective, transcendent, and uplifting experiences to empower and align us in a relationship of stewardship of the earth, enlightened economics, and awakened living. At Limbo Walker will offer Ecstatic Dance with live instruments and vocals, sound meditation with live instruments and vocals.

Massimo Giovannini, born in Pietrasanta, is a long-experienced fermentation expert with a great passion for flour and dough. He began the Apogeo adventure in 2009 with his wife Barbara. For years, he has been featured in all the major industry guides and has received accolades that have made him one of the leading pizza experts in Italy. Despite this, he never stops: he studies, trains, keeps himself informed, and engages with colleagues and chefs, exploring the worlds of leavening and cuisine.

Francesco Piacentini, curious by nature and about nature, is a creative chef who seeks balance between flavors, high-quality ingredients, and traditional dishes, which he interprets in a contemporary and uniquely personal way. He loves the mountains, outdoor life, and the inspiration that comes from his surroundings: herbs, vegetables, roots, and local producers. All these elements contribute to the creation of his culinary offerings, which stimulate sensory memory and the deepest taste.