UNBURDENED
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A Six-Day Developmental Immersion
For Women at a Crossroads
UNBURDENED
Put down what no longer belongs to you.
Make room for what is becoming alive
Bali, Indonesia 5-10 MAY 2027
The Threshold
Perhaps you recognise this.
There are moments when nothing is necessarily wrong. And yet, something no longer fits
You may have built a life you once deeply wanted — a career, a family, a relationship, an identity, a community. You may be capable, accomplished, loved and needed. And still feel: I have changed.
-The ways you learned to succeed now ask too much of you.
-A role you have inhabited for years no longer contains all of you.
-You feel a longing you cannot quite name.
-You are not in crisis — you may actually be doing remarkably well
Somewhere beneath the momentum of your life is a quieter question: what is still truly mine — and what am I ready to stop carrying?
You're ready for more — more meaning, impact, or freedom.
You sense a shift and know something needs to change.
You're craving clarity, not another band-aid solution.
You want a supportive space to go deep and rise.
You're at a crossroads.
This is for you if…
Who's it for
This retreat is for thoughtful, curious women who are done carrying what no longer fits.
Drop in. Exhale. Land in a safe, beautiful space.
Arrive
Gain clarity. Uncover what's true for you beyond the noise.
See
Release what no longer serves. Make space for what's next.
Loosen
Reconnect with yourself. Your values. Your vision.
Emerge
Try on new ways of being. Step into aligned action.
Experiment
Weave it all together and create sustainable momentum.
Integrate
Your Developmental Journey
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How we work
More than one way of knowing.
UNBURDENED brings together psychological understanding, counseling, experiential learning, embodiment, movement, creativity, reflection and community. You are not coming to study these approaches — you are coming to experience them.
Awareness
Seeing more clearly the identities, stories and patterns shaping your choices.
Relationship
A place to witness and be witnessed, and to belong without performing
Humanistic-Existential & Gestalt Counseling
Women's Archetypes
Embodiment
Movement, breath, rest and somatic exploration invite the body into the conversation.
Integration
Movement, breath, rest and somatic exploration invite the body into the conversation.
5Rhythms
Mandala Practice
Deep Inner Work
Evidence-based practices that create real shifts.
Powerful Connection
Build authentic bonds with like-minded women.
What Participants Will Experience
Be held by the beauty, culture, and energy of the island.
Bali as teacher
Rest and Renewal
Nourishing food, soulful spaces, and time to just be.
Clarity and momentum
Leave with direction, confidence, and a plan that's truly yours.s
What makes it different
Not a different life. More room to live your own.
This is not a space for finding frantic answers, or building a new facade. It is a space of slowing down to match the rhythm of who you are actually becoming — a moment to return to life, not to escape from it.
Our starting point is simple: you keep evolving. Not every part of your life, your roles or your identities evolves at the same pace — and this is a space to notice what still fits, and what you're ready to leave behind
"Lose your mind and come to your senses."
Fritz Perls — Founder of Gestalt Therapy
Bali as Part of the Journey
Bali is not the backdrop. It is part of the container.
It has been home to both of us for many years. We engage with Bali respectfully not as something exotic to consume, but as a place capable of widening the conversation about how a meaningful life can be lived.
Water
Fire
Spirit
Land
Home
Melukat
A traditional Balinese purification ritual at a sacred water temple, approached respectfully within its Balinese Hindu contex
Agni Hotra
A fire ceremony offering a symbolic language for intention, transition and letting go.
Spiritual Encounter
A session with a respected Balinese practitioner, offering another way of reflecting on balance, community and meaning.
Rice Fields
A meditative walk through Bali's rice landscapes, creating space for reflection and integration.
A Balinese Family Evening
A private cultural dinner in a Balinese family home, accompanied by traditional dance.
We won't promise six days will transform your life
What You May Carry Home
Human beings are more complex — and more interesting — than that. What we can promise is the care with which we create the conditions for meaningful exploration.
-Greater clarity about what no longer belongs to you
-Renewed access to parts of yourself grown quiet
-Capacity for the not-yet, without rushing to answers
-A community of women who witnessed something real
-Greater choice around patterns running on autopilot
-A stronger relationship with your own signals
-Concrete experiments for the chapter ahead
-More room inside your own life to be alive
Who We Are
Two women. Two pathways. One shared inquiry.
Together
Meaning-making + embodiment
We bring complementary pathways.
Reflection + movement
Language + sensation
Structure + emergence
Depth + play
Claudia Pietrantoni
Counseling · Human Development · Facilitation
Claudia works at the intersection of human development, counseling, facilitation and leadership. Her fascination gradually moved from how organisations develop to how human beings develop.
She holds an 800-hour professional Diploma in Humanistic-Existential Counseling integrated with Gestalt (ASPIC, Italy), is an Advanced Professional Counselor with AssoCounseling, and has trained in coaching, Compassionate Inquiry, and trauma-informed and mindfulness approaches. She has lived in Bali since 2018 and works internationally with individuals, couples and groups.
"How do we become more fully ourselves — and create lives capable of evolving with us?"
Sophie Daubisse
Embodiment · 5Rhythms · Movement Facilitation
Sophie brings the language of the body. Her work draws on years of movement, embodiment, creativity, 5Rhythms and group facilitation — creating experiences that invite women beyond analysis and into direct encounter with sensation, expression and rhythm.
While 5Rhythms is her pillar approach, she adds complementary somatic practices such as Body-Mind Centering and Vagal Theory exploration.
"Listen differently — to what the body holds, and what may already be ready to move."
Six days, five nights — fully held.
The full facilitated journey with Claudia & Sophie
5Rhythms and embodied movement practices
Archetypal, Gestalt-informed and somatic processes
Women's circles and community experiences
Daily sessions of reflection, inquiry, embodied work and integration
Mandala reflective practice
Guided individual reflection and small-group work
Bali cultural and spiritual experiences
Accommodation in our selected retreat setting
Retreat materials and personal reflection resources
Not a bonus — part of the architecture
Six days, five nights — fully held.
A private space with Claudia or Sophie to explore what this experience revealed for you specifically, what matters now, and how to translate what became alive here into your relationships, work and everyday life.
-Nourishing meals throughout the retreat
-Optional online preparation before arriving in Bali
I came to UNBURDENED feeling lost and depleted.
I left clear, connected, and excited about my life again.
Jessica, 2024 Participant
THE DETAILS
Bali, Indonesia
Location
Dates
5–10 May 2027
Limited to 20 women
Group Size
Investment
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