Secret Garden Retreat: Let Your Sensuality Blossom
June 22nd - June 28th, 2026 • Plus Two Online Circles • Retreat language: German • Umbria, Italy
Enter the secret garden of hidden fruits and blossom into the vibrant, sensual woman you've always wanted to be
The Secret Garden is a journey to yourself – to your sensuality, to your vitality. It’s a sweet temptation to embark on a journey where you explore, enjoy, and unfold the fullness of your feminine sexual potential.
You’re invited a place where you remember what it feels like to be truly alive – a space where everything fades away until you hear the whisper of your own longing again.
A Dolce Vita retreat in the Umbrian hills in the heart of Italy with Iva Samina and Marissa Cosma Vitelli.
Retreat language: German
In the garden of humanity, every woman is a flower
that blooms despite all adversity.
- Maya Thompson
Between earth, bare skin and sun you can unfold, show yourself, feel yourself.
We live in a world shaped by masculine principles, by structure, performance, and constant control. A world that, for centuries, has taught us women to be quiet, to conform, to tame our power.
Yet our true strength lies in something entirely different: in our depth, in our primal feminine rhythm, in our sensuality.
In the Secret Garden, the inner and outer worlds meet. This retreat is an invitation to reconnect with what truly defines you – your body, your breath, your feelings, your gentleness.
Here, everything is welcome: the wild and the tender, the uncertain and the courageous. Here begins a return to your sensuality, your desire, your inner rhythm. Every movement, every breath, every touch becomes a reminder that you are part of this beauty called life.
What you can expect
Through guided experiences, self-care rituals, and time in community, you are invited to explore connection, awareness, and enjoyment on many levels.
All program items are invitations – no obligations. You determine your own pace, your own space, your own experience.
Preparation & Integration
Two joint online meetings: one before the retreat, one after, to get you in the right frame of mind, connect you, and integrate your experiences.
Research & Experience
Guided meditations and free dance bring body, breath and consciousness into motion.
Tantric touch rituals and mindful bodywork deepen presence, trust, and closeness.
Intimate & Sexual Communication Experience: Learn how to sense and communicate your desires, boundaries, and needs.
Bossy Massage according to Betty Martin invites you to playfully explore what it feels like to explore, to give, to receive and to enjoy.
Genital meditation opens the space for deep connection and awareness in the womb area.
Sensual Self-Care
Create your own Yoni Flower Power Balm in our DIY natural cosmetics workshop
Experience self-love rituals that nourish your feminine essence.
Dolce Vita & Community
Join us for a sensual feast in the garden under the open sky.
A fantastic chef spoils us with authentic Italian cuisine, fresh, vegetarian and prepared with love.
Find time just for yourself – Enjoy the summery scent of Italy in the silence, in nature, in the garden.
Look forward to a surprise trip - where we're going will remain our little secret.
Retreat location
ARTIS UMBRIA , Montegabbione, Umbria, Italy
Set in the heart of the Umbrian hills, this retreat invites you to explore yourself honestly and gently, in all your facets. Over the course of the days, you will eat and savor, laugh and rest, and allow yourself to be touched by yourself, by life, and by the beauty that surrounds you.
In a beautiful villa with a garden, yurt, and pool, under the Italian sun, you and other women will explore what it means to truly feel alive. Through movement, dance, touch, tantric practices, plants, rituals, and moments of stillness. With time for yourself, for nature, for sweet idleness.
Regular price: €1200 per participant, excluding accommodation and meals.
Early Bird (until April 1st, 2026): 980€ per participant excluding accommodation and meals
Investment
The cost of your accommodation and full board depends on the chosen room category and ranges from €140 to €255 per person per night. Please reach out regarding next steps for booking.
*Included in the price are the shuttle from the train station and a group excursion to the magical natural pool near Castel di Fiori.
Accommodation including full board
Retreat language
German
Arrival & Departure
Arrival: Monday, June 22nd, between 3:00 and 5:00 pm
Departure: Sunday, June 28th, after breakfast and a closing circle (around 11:00 am).
There will also be two online circles: one before and one after the retreat.
Getting there
Arrival is possible via Rome, Florence, or Perugia airports, or by train to Fabro-Scalo station.
A shuttle service from Fabro-Scalo train station will be arranged for you and is included in the price.
Meet the space holders
Professionalism, integrity and many years of experience
You can expect a professional retreat muse duo who will support and accompany you on your journey with their years of experience and expertise, creating new worlds of experience with devotion and love.
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Iva is a passionate advocate of the idea that sexuality is a mirror of our lives and a powerful tool for personal growth and transformation. As a guide, she supports women of all ages in finding their authentic expression, rekindling their passion, and walking their own path of healing. With a sensitive and holistic approach, she encourages her clients to experience sexuality as an integral part of life and to explore it in a conscious, positive, and authentic way. Iva firmly believes that the liberation and unfolding of one’s sexual identity is a vital step toward a fulfilled and balanced life.
She draws her knowledge from Taoist philosophy, yoga, tantra, sexological bodywork, kink, systemic coaching, and integrative therapy. For over fourteen years, she has been supporting people in reconnecting with their bodies, unraveling old patterns, and discovering their own expression of strength, intimacy, and self-determination.
Founder of IVA – Unfold Your Sexuality, somatic coach, sexological bodyworker, sex therapist in training, and author.
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Marissa Cosma Vitelli is a passionate guide into holistic women’s health, wild plant wisdom, and embodied self-empowerment. As the founder of Wilde Urnatur, she supports women in reconnecting with their innate strength, intuitive body wisdom, and the healing power of nature. Her work blends ancient herbal knowledge, body-based practices, and conscious community spaces to foster deep self-trust, freedom, and well-being.
Marissa grew up in Berlin with summers in the mountains of South Tyrol, where her fascination with plants and their traditional uses first took root. Her own experiences as a mother and her dissatisfaction with conventional narratives around pregnancy and birth led her to leave her academic background in theater and media studies and devote herself fully to women’s health and nature-based healing.
Since 2014, Marissa has been leading seminars, workshops, and retreats focused on women’s health, plant medicine, and natural body care. She is trained as a certified herbal educator, a Doula, a yoga instructor for pregnancy, and has completed extensive studies in holistic women’s health, moon-based practices, and cycle awareness. In her offerings, she creates grounded and nourishing environments where women can explore their bodies, cycles, and connection to the earth with curiosity, support, and joy.
A Journey into the Depths of the Psoas with Kerstin Kussmaul
There will also be two sessions where Kerstin will guide you through with her unique psoas work. For many years, she has worked internationally in the fields of body awareness and movement, touch, and trauma processing. Focusing on the psoas muscle allows for deep regulation and grounding , as well as a refined body awareness that makes inner landscapes more tangible and accessible. In this way, old tensions and patterns are released, and the nervous system is relieved, creating space for vitality and breath. Kerstin accompanies this process of exploration and sensation on equal footing, inviting participants to grow into a vibrant presence and trust in their bodies.
