The Experience
The Experience
What is Sense-ational Awakening? It’s a holistic sensorial experience aimed at resetting your balance within your body, soul and spirit while being pampered in luxury in a spa resort in the idyllic Italian countryside in the most beautiful part of Italy, full of history, surrounded by vibes of ancient civilizations. With unforgettable excursions, workshops, activities and gourmet meals, it is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion to splurge into luxury while allowing yourself to improve your well-being spiritually, mentally and physically.
What is Sense-ational Awakening? It’s a holistic sensorial experience aimed at resetting your balance within your body, soul and spirit while being pampered in luxury in a spa resort in the idyllic Italian countryside in the most beautiful part of Italy, full of history, surrounded by vibes of ancient civilizations. With unforgettable excursions, workshops, activities and gourmet meals, it is a once-in-a-lifetime occasion to splurge into luxury while allowing yourself to improve your well-being spiritually, mentally and physically.
The goal of the experience is to awaken your senses and to realign and reenergize your energy points based on the Eastern philosophy of the Chakras. We will cover the main 7 chakras. These are associated with 7 colors to activate the sense of sight. The chakras are also associated with the main 7 notes (as of Western musical notations) to explore the sense of hearing. 7 different fabrics will give you different feelings at the touch. The sense of smell will be enhanced by 7 different scents, specifically blended for this experience. And to complete the five senses, meals will be specifically prepared and served with the principles of the chakras in mind; made with healthy organic ingredients, locally grown with no preservatives, no GMO’s or other chemical additives.
As you can see, the number 7 is recurrent. It is the perfect number, also mentioned in the scriptures. This is not necessarily a religious experience, but it touches on spirituality, regardless of your religion. It boosts your spiritual confidence. We will explore the 7 chakras in 7 days, one day each, while mixing up cultural and fun excursions, wine and olive oil tasting, truffle hunting, walking trails and relaxing at the resort spa benefiting from all the amenities.
In a more scientific way, this experience is based on the principles of “synesthesia”. Wikipedia defines synesthesia as follows: “A perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory pathway.”
There are different forms of synesthesia, associated with colors, numbers, sounds, etc. This project plays with the stimulation of predispositions, characteristics and tendencies of individual synesthesia. Every individual feels different levels and types of sensorial stimulation, which in turn bring on different experiences, stemming from other senses. It’s almost like having all your senses in a chart and being able to mix and match and criss-cross every single possibility. It’s a complex matter, but our Sense-ational Awakening is meant to let those algorithmic possibilities remain subdue and allow for a simple natural discovery of new sensations.
The 7 main days of the experience will start and will end with a music performance, which includes paired essential oil scents diffused in the air and a color coordinated visual projection. After a brief explanation of the chakra objective of the day, the performance blends the vibration and the frequencies of crystal singing bowls with specifically composed piano melodies and harmonies. It has been proven that sound vibrations have healing properties. The 7 chakras cover the various parts of the body, which can benefit from those frequency vibrations. The mind and soul ride the waves of the performance. The music compositions are the basic structured parts of the performance, composed with specific build-up moments to involve the participants to gradually move towards climaxes or at times go into more introspective moods, riding on a inner journey. The main sensations stirred by the performance may include recollection of the past, fear, happiness, uncertainty of the future, resolve, euphoria, etc.
The goal is to reset and dissipate the negatives while at the same time reinforcing the positives. One of the beauties of the performance is that every participant, at the same exact time, may feel something completely different and may be transported to different places from an individual response of the synesthesia process. From previous experimentation, we noticed that for some, the conversation afterward can be perceived as sorts of a liberation while discussing those personal feelings, arose during the performance. Naturally, the surroundings, and more precisely a small church built many centuries ago over the ruins of Etruscans dwellings and an obelisk going back more than 2500 years, act as an envelope, which magically encloses the participants in a mystical atmosphere. It helps create an artistic bubble, with the addition of visual effects and scents, where you feel comfortably wrapped inside, ready to discover and express your inner self.
It is intriguing. Once you visualize this experience through this description, you are drawn to it. You feel the need to attend, participate and acquire what is laid out there for you to assimilate and benefit from. This is not just another luxury spa and/or yoga retreat in Italy. This is all that, and way, way more. There is nothing like this offered worldwide. In addition to the obvious splurging in a spa resort in the center of Italy, this experience is a true awakening for your body, mind and soul. A cultural immersion and a wellness retreat where you can switch off from your every-day lingering stress.
But we are in Italy after all! Therefore, we must also indulge in activities and excursions that represent this charming part of the country. From guided tours of nearby cities and attractions. From walks through hilly trails to visits of beautiful churches. From healthy food to organic wines. From olive oils to truffles. Who better than your host Giulio can guide you through the beauties of central Italy? He is originally from these territories, in case you didn’t know. He has the knowledge and can make you experience the true lifestyle of an Italian.
Extremely Exclusive and One-of-a-kind
One of the exclusive characteristics of this retreat is its limited capacity. Although the resort can offer accommodation for larger groups, this experience is limited to a maximum of 30 participants at a time. Why? First, due to the need to create an intimate atmosphere, which becomes necessary to assimilate as much as possible from the experience. Second, to receive maximum first-class treatment. Third, to maintain exclusive status.
And lastly, after years of experimentation, we decided the perfect time to start this experience retreat is the year 2025: The year of the Jubilee in Italy, which offers a unique opportunity for spiritual enrichment, regardless of your religion or your beliefs. Our Sense-ational Awakening reset blends perfectly well with this unique and rare opportunity.
