10/26/2025
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion. — bell hooks
Allora 🤌🏻… I don’t really think words can quite touch the magic of this past week but I will try, okkkkayyA (imagine me saying this with a spirited Italian accent)
This past week wasn’t your typical Italian vacation. It was a YOGA Italian vacation (say whattt!??!?) and it was a B-I-G deal for me. This trip meant stepping away for quite a few days from my son, school, clients, pups etc to embark on what I now recognize as essentially a pilgrimage to a land I adore, to practice with a teacher I adore, and with the last minute added bonus of a dear friend I adore, with the intention to… well… quite honestly to tap into some Dolce Vita vibes in attempt to give my heart and my soul some space to breathe, to find joy, and to kintsugi its way back together.
You know how you can sometimes think you know how much you need something but you don’t really KNOWWWWW how much you need it until after it’s happened? That was the story for me this week. I am floating away from this time with a very full belly and somehow, an even fuller heart.
This was a week of my ultimate favorites: La dolce vita entwined with ananda and METTA, all bear-hugged together with lots of fun, friendship, and community; long, laughter-filled meals, a ginormous amount of carb-loading that will hold me for the next decade, hours of yoga on and off the mat, adventure, kindness, tears, baths, muddy shoes, hope, gelato, wisdom, bird songs, and lots of twists.
My nervous system finally exhaled under the Italian stars. Stepping out of our fast-paced and not-very-connected (human to human) world, having the space to share rest, joy, and stillness with a heart-centered group of people was alchemical magic.
I rarely share details about my personal life on IG, but I would be remiss to not mark this moment, to thank my bestie for coming on this Eat-Practice-Love-(and eat again) journey with me, and most importantly to the amazing — who words truly cannot do justice — for being your fabulous self and for bringing this beautiful group together.
I am content 💕
