Benvenuti!

I’m Rachel. Woman, lover, creator, multi-passionate human being, and a firm believer that experiencing true and honest connection is the key to everything: in life, love, travel and wellness.

  • I am embodied

    …and you can be, too. Your body wants to move and shake and dance and play and be listened to. I ignored mine for decades. What do I know now? Underneath the layers of protection is a version of you that’s desperate to come out.

    I don’t want to teach you how to become me, I want to teach you how to become you. You deserve your own love and attention.

  • I am passionate

    ….about the human experience. I adore deep connections and social gatherings. I love to get to know people intimately.

    Yes, I am a people-person and an extrovert, but I also deeply value moments of solitude. My biggest joy is connecting people through retreats and events and watching and experiencing those connections grow!

  • I am well-rested

    …and I believe you should live to your own rhythm, too. I say it all the time “there are no rules”. A life lived between two cultures (Italy and America) has given me a lot to explore in terms of societal standards, what is “normal” and the rules and traditions that we allow to dictate our (one wild and precious) life.

    It took me years to accept that I need 2 hours to have coffee, journal, move my body, and daydream every morning. I go to bed accordingly.

    What’s your non-negotiable?

  • And you?

    …you deserve to live an embodied life, where you are well-rested, well-resourced, well-cared for, and loved.

    What are you longing for?

    My desire is to help you to create a life that you don’t want to escape from. Come on a retreat. Work with me 1-on-1. Read my Substack.

    Let’s get to know each other.

    Empowering women on their journey to discover themselves is my greatest joy. It’s not just about the journey outside (although that’s fun too) but the journey inside that truly creates lasting and sustainable transformation. You deserve a life where you are well.

My journey.

My life until 30 was spent completely disconnected from my entire body, I lived fully in my brain, unaware of the myriad of experiences I was accumulating from the neck down. Oops.

My embodiment journey has been nuanced and winding, but in the end it truly has led me back to the home inside myself. I have become a yoga teacher, a certified Somatic Coach, and most of all: I have learned that we all deserve rest, pleasure, love, and peace. I embodied my body and manifested my dream life. I really did. And I want you to, too.

Where did it all begin? In Rome, of course. I’ve always loved Italy. When I was 13, I made a list of goals for my whole life and the first thing I wrote was “move to Italy”. Eccomi (here I am). From a childhood dream to today. I fell in love with Rome over fifteen years ago and have been sharing that love ever since. Italy, and the Italian lifestyle I cultivated and adopted are part of my core essence. Trust me, the Italians have a thing or two to teach the rest of us how to live truly fulfilled lives.

Why Retreats? To put it simply: You deserve rest. I promise you do. Let me take care of you on retreat.

My extensive experience in wellness and travel has allowed me to create truly transformative trips and experiences. Whether it’s a local long weekend or a big trip across the ocean. The very best way to reconnect to yourself is to disconnect from your outer environment.

After over a decade working as a tour guide and trip planner in Italy, I realized that my so-called ideal lifestyle of “balancing” 9-10 months of exhausting daily guiding followed by a few months of rest and relaxation was not sustainable. In short, I was completely disconnected from my body and ran myself into the ground. In 2017, after a particularly hard and busy tourist season (and major events in my personal life), I took a break. Following a lifelong dream, I became a certified yoga instructor, and the rest, as they say, is history. My embodiment journey had truly begun. In 2020, as we all know, everything changed. I had learned to love tour guiding and see it with brand new eyes, and it disappeared, over night. Over the course of three years I re-invented my career more times than I can count. It wasn’t easy.

In the fall of 2021, I began a coaching course through The Somatic School, based out of London, that allowed me to follow yet another passion of mine: the connection between mind and body and how to help people experience themselves more deeply. I now work as a certified Body-Oriented Coach. My deepest passion, whether on my retreats, through group workshops, or in 1-on-1 coaching containers is facilitating connection to the body or, embodiment.

What do all these things have to do with each other? Embodiment. Coaching. Yoga. Tour guiding. Travel. Italy.

Here it is: il dolce far niente. The sweet joy of doing nothing. I believe in slowness, in travel and in life. I believe you deserve to live in your body in a society that tells you to ignore your needs. I believe you can create your dream life with the right guides and the right experiences. I know you can embody your body and create your dream life. You deserve it.

You can stay present in the experience you are having, in your mind and through your body.

I believe that experiencing connection is the most important thing. It is my intention that you experience more than just the surface of Italy. My wellness retreats are a journey outside and inside. Wherever we meet in the world, we will explore my favorite parts of Italian culture: A propensity towards rest, pleasure, and deep presence.

I know one thing for sure: You deserve to take care of yourself. You deserve a life full of rest, pleasure, fulfillment, and deep connections. Whether it’s on a curated retreat, a workshop, or working together 1-on-1, I’d love to be part of your embodiment journey.

I live between Rome and Asheville, North Carolina and see clients in person in both locations, as well as online. I host retreats and embodiment experiences across Europe and North America.

Let’s stay connected! You can sign up for my Substack, follow me on Instagram or reach out the old-fashioned way. I love hearing from all of you. Thanks for being here.