The Sacred Soul Activation:
A Southern Puglia Retreat
An All-Inclusive Transformative Retreat
When
October 11-18, 2025
Retreat Summary
Together we will journey into your Soul’s Activation. Working with the five elements and ancient practices from these sacred lands and abroad, Laura and her invited guest practitioners have curated the space to enable your transformation, moving through the blocks and veils to help empower you into the next version of your journey.
Imagine waking up to the sounds of peace, warmth of the Southern sun on your face, leisurely swing in the hammock, or walking in between some of the most ancient olive trees around.
Are you…
Ready to level up on your purpose, your essence?
Ready to take a leap of faith – whether this is your first retreat experience, or your first trip alone?
Feeling a call to break out of the norms and structure to expand and heal through the shadows to gain new inner-standings?
Wanting to venture to a place that helps shift the energy, a place you have never experienced like any other?
In love with earth, Italy and all her gifts that this Southern Region has to offer?
Ready to feel child-like wonder and indulge in organic foods cultivated on the property?
Description of the Retreat
Presence in Paradise – the Salento Region holds a sacred energy and history quite unique to any other part of Italy and Europe.
Being near the most Eastern point of Italy, this area is the first to give rise to the sun each day before any other place in Italy.
It is here we find ancient grottos that tell the stories of sacred ceremonies, cultural traditions that blend the divine feminine and masculine into dance and some of the oldest olive groves in all of Italy can be found here - a testament to the resilience and power this land holds.
And so, our journey begins for a soul calling experience that will transform the very BEing you are, leaving you with new perspective, feelings and vision.
This all-inclusive experience will incorporate the five elements of earth, water, air, fire and ether, along with different energy modalities of reiki, breathwork, plant energy, yoga and so much more.
Retreat Program
(Subject to change)
Saturday Afternoon and Evening
Opening Circle and Group Dinner
Sunday though Friday
Leisurely morning and afternoon sessions with Laura and guest practitioners (to be announced) including uniquely curated experiences to learn about the earth medicine of this Region. These sessions are designed to shift and raise the parts of you that are calling for change and elevation.
Individual time to integrate and explore the grounds, pool, and private spa experiences.
Excursions and activities to the Baroque city of Lecce and coastal town of Otranto (historical & beach experience).
Saturday Morning
Closing and departure
Retreat Inclusions
Group Zoom call before the Retreat to introduce our guests and discuss the retreat
Air conditioned, onsite Accommodations for 7 nights, 8 days
Private and shared accommodations
Daily organic, vegetarian and vegan meals, farm to table from the property (light breakfast, brunch and dinners)
Daily sessions including breathwork, yoga, energy teaching and clearings, and many others
Group interactive workshops
Solo time to integrate, explore the grounds, access the outdoor pool, and spa services available (*extra fee for spa)
Excursion to the Baroque city of Lecce
Day trip to the quaint seaside town of Otranto (beach day) and activities
Wi-Fi enabled facility
Yoga props and pool towel
Onsite parking
What you will gain…
Sense of renewed peace and awareness of thy self and purpose
Days filled with ease and grace, community and adventure
Nourishment directly from the land you walk on with organic, soul supporting meals
Healing and expansion at the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels
Falling in love with Puglia and its Southern energy
Cost Extras
Airfare and transportation to Italy and Retreat Centre (assistance can be provided for transport contact from Lecce Train Station or Brindisi Airport departures)
Accommodations and meals before or after the retreat
Alcoholic beverages
Medical and travel insurance (a requirement to attend)
Costs for extra snacks and drinks at the Retreat Centre & discretionary spend on excursion days
Spa services including sauna, jacuzzi, steam bath, massages, Ayurveda, Shiatsu, Deep tissue, Sound Healing, etc.
Laundry
About Laura
Laura is a Reiki practitioner, Energy Teacher and Facilitator of Sacred Circles, Workshops and Retreats in Canada, Australia and Italy. Her calling to be in service came through in 2022 to create an organization, Divinefem Healer, dedicated to bringing community together to elevate and help support each person’s journey to self discovery, healing and empowerment.
There is a power in each of us. How we lean into that power stems back to the fundamentals of healing and connecting, not only with each other, but with Source and Earth.
I share a deep connection with energy healing, earth medicine and an affinity for history and travel. My journey across this beautiful planet have brought forward opportunities to learn from a variety of teachers. I lead with love, integrity, and devotion to this path. I help to create the spaces and experiences for people to heal the areas they need healing, awaken and align to their own paths.
Southern Puglia is a place that changed my lifepath. I was drawn here in 2023 on my journey and began building a life here. This has been central to my path as a spiritual teacher and Reiki practitioner. The ancient practices of energy, healing, presence, plant medicine and community have stood the test of time, centuries after centuries.
There IS something there. Lean into it.
Practitioners
Guest Practitioner:
Rita Guia Baldo
Certified Breathwork and local Salento practitioner, Rita Guia Baldo blends her training with the wisdom of ancient Mexican shamanic traditions. In Los Angeles, she learned a potent breathwork technique designed to activate innate healing. She guides you on a journey of self-discovery, using Pranayama to release emotional blocks and awaken your divine feminine power. Through her practice, you'll experience expanded consciousness, heightened intuition, and a profound connection to the sacred energy of Southern Puglia, empowering you to cultivate lasting peace and well-being.
Through Southern Puglia’s drier and more arid climate, renewed birth is assured on these lands fostered by the seas and the winds, carrying whispers of change.
She is also the founder of @Eden.CampoMadre, a biodiversity park in Southern Puglia where she hosts workshops and retreats, and a company producing raw organic chocolate and snacks.
Guest Practitioner:
Simone Dimitri
From a very young age, Simone Dimitri explored the world of herbalism, ethnobotany, alchemy and popular traditions linked to the use of plants. In 2012 he founded Mirodìa, a natural cosmetics laboratory, where for nine years he created artisanal formulations based on herbs from the Salento area.
Over time, Simone has delved into the more ritual and symbolic aspect of plants, meeting masters of shamanic traditions from Ecuador and Brazil. From these meetings an approach was born that combines herbal knowledge, energetic sensitivity and well-being practices rooted in nature.
Today he leads Matrice Vegetale, an experiential journey that explores the link between human beings and the plant world, through meetings focused on the ritual use of Mediterranean plants.
Through his work, Simone helps people rediscover the value of herbs and their ability to support physical, emotional and spiritual well-being, with an eye rooted in traditions but always attentive to contemporary sensitivity.
Salento Region
The YIS Yoga in Salento retreat centre is located in Zollino, in the heart of the Salento. Twenty minutes from both coasts and from cultural centres such as Lecce, Otranto and Gallipoli.
Salento is that portion of Italian land where the West meets the East, point of fusion among ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean; an earth to be discovered, kissed by the sun and by a crystalline sea. Salento is a coffer rich of inestimable treasures: medieval white stone villages built perpendicularly to the sea, innumerable evidences of ancient civilization, country churches, Romanesque Cathedrals, monumental Basilicas, “Frederician” castles, archaeological areas (dolmen, menhir), millenary olive groves, park and sea reserves, splendid caves, suggestive and unique “Trulli” houses, the Baroque art, sacred and pagan rites, local fairs, feasts, perfumes and tastes and the deliciousness of an authentic and genuine kitchen.
Our retreats are also an opportunity to get together, share good moments, pamper yourself and enjoy the beauty of the Salento in a peaceful environment. Give yourself an energetic recharge through vegan and vegetarian organic food, eco-sustainable tourism and relaxation at the retreat centre.
Retreat Venue
YIS is an international wellness and yoga community that gives high value to the connection and well being of body, mind and spirit.
In this land of millenary olive groves we offer a fun, welcoming, kind and supportive eco-friendly space for Yoga retreats and holidays in tune with conscious living, with the ‘here & now’. Reconnect with Yourself, with Others, with Mother Nature, with your playfulness!
Through wellness, Italian delicious organic (self-produced) vegan food, a range of integrated services at your disposal (Shiatsu, Ayurveda, Thai massage), this is a place to restore, relax and awaken the power within.
The staff here are at your disposal for the entire duration of the retreat and anything else to make your stay enjoyable.
Retreat Exchange
Contact us by email retreatswithlaura@gmail.com for details and availability.
A discovery call is booked to connect and discuss your questions.
Price range per person is $3,840 CAD to $4,995 CAD, inclusive of taxes based on room type.
Rooms options (first come, first served):
Shared Room (3 people, 3 single beds) with Private Bath = $3,840 CAD
Shared Room (2 people, 2 single beds) with Private Bath = $4,275 CAD
Double Room for Single Use (1 person) with Shared Bath = $4,665 CAD
Double Room for Single Use (1 person) with Private Bath = $4,995 CAD
Payment Terms
A 30% deposit due upon registration and signed Intake & Waiver Form
2. Balance of payment due by August 15, 2025
Cancellation
To receive a full cancellation (minus a $200 non-refundable administration cost), email notice is due by August 15, 2025. After August 15, 2025, no refunds are provided.
*We reserve the right to make changes to details both before and after the retreat has been confirmed and/or cancel the confirmed retreat. We will endeavor to avoid changes and cancellations but reserve the right to do so. If we must cancel, Client will be informed as soon as possible, and will be reimbursed for all monies paid to the Host.