The Mythic Heart

Embodied Storytelling, Myth in Motion, Sensory Explorations

Annual Retreat
to Tuscany

September 7th-14th 2024

I invite you to retreat with in me in Tuscany this fall. To connect with the land, to savor lovingly prepared meals from local farms and ancient olive groves. I invite you to settle into your skin and to lean into practice anchored in story. To make daily ceremony, to move into stillness and to let your personal stories emerge.

Collectively we will savor twice daily practice with a half day set aside for excursions. Through story- telling, journaling, yoga, movement and meditation practice we will weave our personal stories into the ancient ones that hold us all. We'll explore archetypes and embodiment work to attune to the pleasure that is a gentle breeze, a ripened tomato, a fire, and the simplicity of good company.

This is a retreat into the simple pleasures of life, an invitation to reconnect with the ground beneath our feet, and the bounty of the earth that holds us.

Separate from your day to day, enter the liminal space of creativity, and re-emerge more deeply connected to yourself and the larger sphere that holds you.

During our week together Selena will weave expert oral storytelling with movement practice to nourish the whole of you. Explorations in embodied myth and folk tales will light the fire of your imagination.

Your Retreat Week Includes
Access to a hammam spa, whirlpool sauna, and infrared sauna

A stunning salt water pool

An organic breakfast, buffet lunch, and seated dinner

Welcome aperitivo of local prosecco

A guided tour of Siena, a day trip to Montepulciano, an onsite Sommelier led wine tasting, a visit to an extraordinary organic winery, and a surprise that will delight all of your senses.

ROOM AVAILABILITY & PRICING

The Mythic Heart retreat is more than a yoga retreat. It is a curated experience designed to lead you into self inquiry with curiosity and joy. Together we’ll explore yoga, movement, meditation, and more to deeply connect with our inner compass.

An invitation into ceremony, ritual, and savoring the simple

A week of re-affirming the sacredness of life through story, movement, ritual, community, and ceremony.

You're Invited
to connect with the land, to savor lovingly prepared meals from local farms, to settle into your skin, and to lean into practice anchored in story. To make daily ceremony, to move into community, ritual, and the quiet, and to let your own stories emerge.

The Mythic Heart retreat is more than a yoga retreat. It is a curated experience designed to lead you into self inquiry with curiosity and joy. Together we’ll explore yoga, movement, meditation, and more to deeply connect with our inner compass.

An invitation into ceremony, ritual, and savoring the simple

A week of re-affirming the sacredness of life through story, movement, ritual, community, and ceremony.

You're Invited
to connect with the land, to savor lovingly prepared meals from local farms, to settle into your skin, and to lean into practice anchored in story. To make daily ceremony, to move into community, ritual, and the quiet, and to let your own stories emerge.

Rekindle your connection with nature, with rest, with play, and with your heart. Savor the hammam spa, take a stroll into the village, hike the hills surrounding our retreat center, relax by the pool.

Curated Meals

Food is community, pleasure, heritage, love, and so much more. Your meals are sourced locally, seasonally, and prepared with love. We are happy to meet your dietary needs.

Our venue carefully selects the fruits and vegetables that are served to guests. Everything is fresh, local and seasonal.

The meat served is local, pasture-raised from nearby farmers, the furthest is 30 minutes from our center.As local and as good quality as it gets for the meat eaters.

The fish is from the local fish market where fish daily arrives from both the Adriatic and the Tirreno Sea.

Rekindle your connection with nature, with rest, with play, and with your heart. Savor the hammam spa, take a stroll into the village, hike the hills surrounding our retreat center, relax by the pool.

Curated Meals

Food is community, pleasure, heritage, love, and so much more. Your meals are sourced locally, seasonally, and prepared with love. We are happy to meet your dietary needs.

Our venue carefully selects the fruits and vegetables that are served to guests. Everything is fresh, local and seasonal.

The meat served is local, pasture-raised from nearby farmers, the furthest is 30 minutes from our center.As local and as good quality as it gets for the meat eaters.

The fish is from the local fish market where fish daily arrives from both the Adriatic and the Tirreno Sea.

Retreat offers us an intentional withdrawal from the every day to reconnect with our interior and with the things that matter so we can re-emerge and reconnect in new heartfelt ways. It’s an opportunity to remember and reaffirm the sacredness of life in this ongoing ceremony we call living.

I welcome you to Italy. A land that celebrates the "dolce vita" the sweet life, "passeggiata" evening post-dinner strolls.

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” – Giuseppe Verdi

Retreat offers us an intentional withdrawal from the every day to reconnect with our interior and with the things that matter so we can re-emerge and reconnect in new heartfelt ways. It’s an opportunity to remember and reaffirm the sacredness of life in this ongoing ceremony we call living.

I welcome you to Italy. A land that celebrates the "dolce vita" the sweet life, "passeggiata" evening post-dinner strolls.

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” – Giuseppe Verdi

Our Venue

Our venue is a small medieval hamlet immersed in a stunning rural setting. It overlooks the border between Umbria and Tuscany near the beautiful city of Cortona, renowned for its Etruscan origins.

Situated in the sparsely populated Pierle Valley, with its limitless panoramas across rolling hills, cultivated fields, olive groves and forests, it is a natural refuge, a perfect setting for a memorable vacation facilitated by the courteous hospitality provided by our personnel.

A medieval “borgo” (hamlet) painstakingly renovated to preserve the authentic quality of the buildings and grounds. The intention is to faithfully conserve the original atmosphere, while providing a thoroughly contemporary experience of comfort and sustainable efficiency. The spacious bedrooms and luminous living areas are made of natural handcrafted materials decorated with colors that radiate and maintain the patina and charm of centuries past.

A stay at this special place unfolds as a journey in which all the senses are immersed in an experience of lightness and great beauty.

CHOOSE YOUR ROOM

What To Expect...

Nourishment

Savor three, farm-fresh meals filled with local fruits, vegetables, cheeses, fresh fish, and local meat. Vegetarian and vegan diets can be accommodated.

Enjoy nightly plated dinners with stunning views of the forest, add-on local wines.

Each morning you'll be served an organic breakfast, and post practice an afternoon buffet lunch.

A cooking class with master chef Sergio Tancredi is included in your stay.

Exploration

Twice-daily yoga practices incorporating somatic movement, breathwork, meditation, storytelling, and more. All levels are welcome. These practices will spark your curiosity and invite you into deeper relationship with you.

We'll explore folklore and mythology and weave the story into our embodiment work for a full spectrum experience of archetypes beyond our everyday.

Play

Swim, relax, visit a winery, walk the property, escape to medieval churches, wander the property and ancient nearby olive groves, savor the spa. .

Taste the dolce vita with this once in a lifetime experience.

Story telling awakens something so special. They are an invitation to stoke your awe and imagination. All guests will have the opportunity to engage in sharing poetry, art, storytelling in community if they wish.

Private Room

Ensuite: €4000 SOLD OUT

Rosa & Rossa Room Share a bath with one other guest, private entrance

ONE LEFT €3800

There was a last minute cancellation and this room is on offer for €3000 no code needed

Savor your alone time with a private room. Each room is named after an Italian theatre of days gone by and boasts a unique history. Meander the painted hallways and artistry found throughout the villa.

Included:

-Hammam Spa

-Cooking Class with Master Chef Sergio Tancredi

-Private tour of Siena + Private Concert in my dear friend's home

-Private wine tasting of an organic winery and 1/2 day in Montepulciano

-Curated Program

-Onsite wine tasting with master wine sommelier

And more surprises...

TAKE ME AWAY

Shared Room

€3600

I have had a last minute cancellation and this is on offer for two friends to book together at a special rate of €2700

Included:

-Hammam Spa

-Cooking Class with Master Chef Sergio Tancredi

-Private tour of Siena + Private Concert in my dear friend's home

-Private wine tasting of an organic winery and 1/2 day in Montepulciano

-Curated Program

-Onsite wine tasting with master wine sommelier

And more surprises...

TAKE ME AWAY

Triple Room

€3300

The triple room is two very large rooms + an ensuite bathroom. It is essentially 1/2 a floor of the building. The room is gorgeous, spacious and does not feel like a triple. Must be booked with 3 guests. On offer due to cancellation for €2300 per person

Included:

-Hammam Spa

-Cooking Class with Master Chef Sergio Tancredi

-Private tour of Siena + Private Concert in my dear friend's home

-Private wine tasting of an organic winery and 1/2 day in Montepulciano

-Curated Program

-Onsite wine tasting with master wine sommelier

And more surprises...

TAKE ME AWAY

I was legitimately scared to go to Selena’s Goddess in Greece retreat. I’m not a yogi. I had never traveled outside the US before. I needed to do something for myself. I needed something grounding but outside of my comfort zone. That’s exactly what I found with this retreat. Selena and everyone on this retreat made me feel welcomed and supported. Not having a yoga practice wasn’t an issue. The classes were a challenge but I didn’t feel left behind. The teachings about the goddess hit me in tender spots that I didn’t want to admit were there. I would recommend going to her next retreat to anyone that will listen to me.

Peach Montana

While on retreat with Selena there were tender moments, challenging moments, peaceful moments and massive growth.

I was constantly challenged to grow and held at the same time. The daily meditations were filled with wisdom. The asana practice was exquisite. The company was amazing — so much laughter and support all around.

Thank you for the knowledge you shared. Your years of study and mastery shine through in all you do. It was an expansive experience. I’m eager to do it all again.

Megan

I was legitimately scared to go to Selena’s retreat. I’m not a yogi. I had never traveled outside the US before. I needed to do something for myself. I needed something grounding but outside of my comfort zone. That’s exactly what I found with this retreat. Selena and everyone on this retreat made me feel welcomed and supported. Not having a yoga practice wasn’t an issue. The classes were a challenge but I didn’t feel left behind. The teachings about the goddess hit me in tender spots that I didn’t want to admit were there. I would recommend going to her next retreat to anyone that will listen to me.

Peach Montana

While on retreat with Selena there were tender moments, challenging moments, peaceful moments and massive growth.

Thank you for the knowledge you shared. Your years of study and mastery shine through in all you do. It was an expansive experience. I’m eager to do it all again.

Megan

On Retreat

The Mythic Heart is your opportunity to be in community with like-minded humans, to explore your inner landscape, to play, rest, and reconnect with the ceremony of life.

Together we’ll explore oral storytelling, myth, folk tales, rituals, practice, and play to inspire and elevate our collective creativity.

You will enjoy twice-daily embodied myth yoga practices to support your body and breath. Asana, meditation, pranayama, journaling work, and other practices to support your well-being, heal your nervous system, and lead you to your highest.

On retreat...

*Guided Tour of Siena

*Day Trip to Montepulciano

*On-site wine tasting with Sommelier

*Visit to a stunning organic winery

*Spa Time

*A cooking class

*A very special surprise

And so much more...

On Retreat

The Mythic Heart is your opportunity to be in community with like-minded humans, to explore your inner landscape, to play, rest, and reconnect with the ceremony of life.

Together we’ll explore oral storytelling, myth, folk tales, rituals, practice, and play to inspire and elevate our collective creativity.

On retreat...

*Guided Tour of Siena

*Day Trip to Montepulciano

*On-site wine tasting with Sommelier

*Visit to a stunning organic winery

*Spa Time

*A cooking class

*A very special surprise

And so much more...

Retreat With Me

THE MYTHIC HEART RETREAT

Private Room

€4000

SOLD OUT

• Private Room
• 3 Daily curated meals
• Optional add-on spa services
• Use of hammam spa
• Salt water pool
• Twice daily practices
• Guided Tour of Siena
• Montepulciano Day Trip
• On-Site Wine Tasting with Expert Sommelier
• Winery Visit to an organic winery
• Cooking Class
• Special Surprise
• Prosecco Welcome

BOOK NOW

Shared Room
Starting at €3300

LIMITED SPACES REMAIN

• Double or Triple Room
• 3 Daily curated meals
• Optional add-on spa services
• Use of hammam spa
• Salt water pool
• Twice daily practices
• Guided Tour of Siena
• Montepulciano Day Trip
• On-Site Wine Tasting with Expert Sommelier
• Winery Visit to an organic winery
• Cooking Class
• Special Surprise
• Prosecco Welcome

BOOK NOW

Sarah M.

Let me begin by saying, if I could give Selena and this trip fifty stars, I would in a heartbeat. I understand how cliche it is to say, “This trip changed my life!” But it truly did. Selena provided a safe space to reconnect with my body, mind, and spirit as emotions I couldn’t fully understand at the time bubbled to the surface. She left us with a simple statement, “Love your life,” that had profound impacts I haven’t fully grasped. While Greece was outstanding, the people incredible, the food fantastic, and the resort impeccable, the internal movement this created within me is something I will be forever indebted to. I will be returning in the future. Selena changed my life. If you’re considering going, even a tiny bit, hold tight to it and don’t let go. It’ll make you love your life again. I promise.

Annual Retreat to Tuscany

The Mythic Heart retreat is more than a yoga retreat. It is a curated experience designed to lead you into self inquiry with curiosity and joy. Together we’ll explore yoga, movement, meditation, and more to deeply connect with our inner compass.

An invitation into ceremony, ritual, and savoring the simple

A week of re-affirming the sacredness of life through story, movement, ritual, community, and ceremony.

You're Invitedto connect with the land, to savor lovingly prepared meals from local farms, to settle into your skin, and to lean into practice anchored in story. To make daily ceremony, to move into community, ritual, and the quiet, and to let your own stories emerge.

Rekindle your connection with nature, with rest, with play, and with your heart. Savor the hammam spa, take a stroll into the village, hike the hills surrounding our retreat center, relax by the pool.

Curated Meals

Food is community, pleasure, heritage, love, and so much more. Your meals are sourced locally, seasonally, and prepared with love. We are happy to meet your dietary needs.

Our venue carefully selects the fruits and vegetables that are served to guests. Everything is fresh, local and seasonal.

The meat served is local, pasture-raised from nearby farmers, the furthest is 30 minutes from our center.As local and as good quality as it gets for the meat eaters.

The fish is from the local fish market where fish daily arrives from both the Adriatic and the Tirreno Sea.

Retreat offers us an intentional withdrawal from the every day to reconnect with our interior and with the things that matter so we can re-emerge and reconnect in new heartfelt ways. It’s an opportunity to remember and reaffirm the sacredness of life in this ongoing ceremony we call living.

I welcome you to Italy. A land that celebrates the "dolce vita" the sweet life, "passeggiata" evening post-dinner strolls.

“You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” – Giuseppe Verdi

Our Venue

What To Expect...

Nourishment

Exploration

Play

Private Room

Shared Room

Triple Room

Peach Montana

Megan

Peach Montana

Megan

On Retreat

On Retreat

Retreat With Me

THE MYTHIC HEART RETREAT

Private Room

€4000

SOLD OUT

Shared Room Starting at €3300

LIMITED SPACES REMAIN

Sarah M.

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Annual Retreat
to Tuscany

You're Invited
to connect with the land, to savor lovingly prepared meals from local farms, to settle into your skin, and to lean into practice anchored in story. To make daily ceremony, to move into community, ritual, and the quiet, and to let your own stories emerge.

Shared Room
Starting at €3300