GROUNDED: Coaching, Facilitation & Transformation” Finding your voice. Building your vision. Reclaiming your path.

Description

Important : For each offer (5 different offers), I describe what I offer and who is the offer for. Benefits are divided for each offer in the benefit section below

1. "Grounded Leadership – Coaching with Embodied Presence". (duration 45-90 minutes)

• Format:
• Individual coaching sessions combining powerful questioning, active listening, Appreciative Inquiry and vision-building techniques
• Integration of mindfulness practices and breathing techniques and other grounding exercises to move from mental overwhelm to centered clarity. Grounding and finding presence allows deep discovery processes

2.  "Voice & Vision – Strategic Coaching for Professionals in Transition".  (duration 45-90 minutes)

• Format:
• Individual coaching sessions using Appreciative Inquiry and vision-building techniques
• Image card work to unlock new perspectives on challenges
• Practical tools for building confidence and charting your next chapter

3. "The Centering Session – Mindful Coaching for Clarity" Blend of strategic coaching and somatic practices

• FORMAT:
• Individual or smalll groups (max 4) 90-minute sessions combining coaching methodology with guided breathwork , mindfulness and yoga practice
• Grounding practices for individuals or small groups (max 4) seeking to cut through mental noise, confusion, lack of clarity, doubt and regrets over decisions
• Uses body awareness and mindful presence to access deeper insights

4. "Voice & Vision: A Team Alignment Retreat"

Reconnecting teams with shared purpose through embodied facilitation. Targeting teams experiencing disconnection, unclear direction, or stagnation and the need to work together seeking harmony and agree on the definition and development of specific content (team strategy, goal design, project outline) 

FORMAT:  for teams and groups. This retreat creates space for every voice to be heard and collective wisdom to emerge

Duration: Full day (9am-5pm) or intensive half-day (9am-2pm)

• Group size: 8-20 participants
• Setting: Off-site location conducive to reflection and connection
• Language: English, French, Italian

Structure of the retreat :

Morning: Grounding & Discovery

• Opening Circle with Mindful Grounding (30 min) – Guided breathing and centering practice to help participants arrive fully present, leaving external pressures at the door
• Appreciative Inquiry Session (90 min) – Structured dialogue exploring "when we are at our best as a team." Participants identify existing strengths, successful moments, and what conditions allowed the team to thrive
• Movement & Integration Break (20 min) – Gentle yoga-inspired movement to shift energy and integrate insights

Midday: Perspective Expansion

• Six Thinking Hats Facilitation (90 min) – Systematic exploration of the team's current challenge or opportunity through multiple perspectives (facts, emotions, creativity, caution, benefits, process). This removes personal conflict and allows the team to think together rather than against each other
• Working Lunch – Informal continuation of dialogue

Afternoon: Vision Building & Commitment

• Collective Vision Mapping (75 min) – Using visual tools and structured dialogue to co-create a shared vision of where the team wants to go. What does success look like? What values guide us? What roles do we each play?
• Mindful Closing Practice (20 min) – Breathing and reflection exercise to anchor insights and individual commitments
• Action Commitments (30 min) – Each participant articulates one concrete commitment; team identifies 3-5 collective next steps

5. My beloved retreat : "RESET: The Transformation Retreat".  (planning to offer it in Tunisia in April 2026)

Shake your habits. Reclaim your vision. Rediscover who you are.

FOR WHOM:  Anyone standing at a crossroads and ready to do the deep work:

• Professionals burned out and questioning everything
• People in major life transitions – relocation, career shift, relationship changes, retirement
• Those who've lost the plot – going through the motions, living someone else's life
• High achievers feeling empty – success without meaning
• Anyone ready to break patterns that no longer serve them and step into something truer

THE EXPERIENCE:  This isn't a weekend of passive relaxation. This is active transformation. A combination of ancient wisdom with contemporary coaching methodology to create the conditions for genuine breakthrough.  Working on four dimensions of transformation simultaneously:

1. BODY – Yoga, breathwork, and medicine dancing to release what's stuck and reconnect with your physical wisdom
2. MIND – Structured coaching processes to gain clarity, dismantle limiting beliefs, and build new vision
3. VOICE – Deep listening circles where your truth can finally be spoken and heard
4. SPIRIT – Medicine dancing ceremonies led by a professional healer to access parts of yourself logic can't reach

THE STRUCTURE

DAY 1: RELEASE

Letting go of what no longer serves

Morning:

• Arrival & Grounding Circle (60 min) – Setting intentions, building trust within the group
• Morning Yoga & Breathwork (90 min) – Embodied practice to arrive fully in your body and the present moment
• Coaching Session: "What am I carrying?" (90 min) – Using powerful questions and image cards to identify the patterns, beliefs, and stories you're ready to release

Afternoon:

• Silent nature walk or rest (60 min)
• Medicine Dancing Ceremony (2 hours) – Facilitated by professional healer. Movement as medicine. Dance as prayer. Letting the body release what the mind can't name.
• Integration & Journaling (45 min)

Evening:

• Sharing circle around fire (90 min) – Witness and be witnessed
• Gentle restorative yoga (30 min)

DAY 2: DISCOVER

Reconnecting with what matters

Morning:

• Sunrise meditation & breathwork (45 min) – Beginning the day with presence
• Movement practice (60 min) – Embodied flow combining yoga and intuitive movement
• Coaching Session: "What lights me up?" (90 min) – Appreciative Inquiry process to rediscover your strengths, values, and what truly matters. What's working? When do you feel most alive?

Afternoon:

• Vision Board Creation (2 hours) – Individual work with music, images, and creative materials to give form to what wants to emerge
• One-on-one coaching conversations (30 min each) – Private session with facilitator to deepen personal insight

Evening:

• Medicine Dancing Journey (2 hours) – Moving deeper into embodied wisdom and personal truth
• Integration circle (60 min)

DAY 3: COMMIT

Building the bridge to your new life

Morning:

• Energizing yoga practice (75 min) – Building strength and confidence in the body
• Coaching Session: "What now?" (90 min) – Translating vision into action. What are the first steps? What resources do you need? What will you commit to?
• Power Breathing Practice (30 min) – Embodying courage and capacity

Afternoon:

• Final Medicine Dancing Celebration (90 min) – Integrating the journey, celebrating emergence
• Commitment Ceremony (90 min) – Each participant declares their commitment to the group. We witness each other stepping forward.
• Closing circle (45 min) – Gratitude, reflections, staying connected

Benefits:

Tangible Tools:

• Daily breathwork practices you can use anywhere
• Your personal vision board
• Journaling prompts and self-coaching questions
• A network of fellow travelers who "get it"

Intangible Shifts:

• Clarity about what you truly want (not what you "should" want)
• Permission to change, to want differently, to choose yourself
• Energy that's been locked in old patterns, now freed
• Courage to take the first steps
• Connection to your body's wisdom and your authentic voice
• Community of witnesses who saw you and held space for your transformation

THE FACILITATORS: Together, we hold a container that is both grounded and expansive, rigorous and soulful.

Elena Galliano – ACC ICF certified coach, yoga teacher, and facilitator with 25+ years guiding transformational processes across 22 countries. She brings structure, deep listening, and the fierce belief that your voice matters.

[Silvana Rigobon, Medicine Dancing Healer] – Professional medicine dancing practitioner who creates sacred space for embodied healing and the wisdom that emerges through movement.

Benefits

Benefits for each activity offered, individsual or group/team or retreat format

1. Individual coaching sessions: "Grounded Leadership – Coaching with Embodied Presence"

• Clarity on direction and priorities when feeling stuck or overwhelmed
• Enhanced presence and confidence in high-pressure situations
• Tools to manage stress and maintain focus
• Increased focus on reconnecting with your authentic leadership voice, decision-making power
• Reconnection with purpose and impact in your role

2. Individual coaching sessions: "Voice & Vision – Strategic Coaching for Professionals in Transition" For those navigating career shifts, relocations, or professional crossroads

• Transform confusion into clear direction
• Identify and leverage your existing strengths
• Build a concrete vision for your professional future
• Develop actionable steps from feeling stuck to moving forward

3. "The Centering Session – Mindful Coaching for Clarity" Blend of strategic coaching and somatic practices

• Move from mental spinning to grounded clarity
• Access insights that purely cognitive approaches miss
• Leave with both strategic direction AND practical calm
• Learn portable techniques for ongoing self-regulation

4. Voice and Vision retreat:

For the Team:

• Rebuild psychological safety – structured processes ensure every voice is heard without judgment
• Move from fragmentation to alignment – discover shared values and direction
• Transform tension into clarity – systematic exploration of different perspectives defuses conflict
• Reconnect with team strengths – leverage what already works rather than fixating on problems
• Generate actionable direction – leave with concrete commitments, not just good feelings

For Individual Participants:

• Experience being truly heard in a professional context
• Access both cognitive and somatic wisdom through the integration of facilitation and mindfulness
• Learn portable techniques (breathing, perspective-taking) for ongoing use
• Feel re-energized and recommitted to team purpose

5. Benefits of "RESET: The Transformation Retreat" 

Tangible Tools:

• Daily breathwork practices you can use anywhere
• Your personal vision board
• Journaling prompts and self-coaching questions
• A network of fellow travelers who "get it"

Intangible Shifts:

• Clarity about what you truly want (not what you "should" want)
• Permission to change, to want differently, to choose yourself
• Energy that's been locked in old patterns, now freed
• Courage to take the first steps
• Connection to your body's wisdom and your authentic voice
• Community of witnesses who saw you and held space for your transformation

Additional Experience Info

I've lived several transitions—those I now help others navigate. I know the disorientation of reinvention, the courage it takes to start over, the grief of leaving old identities behind, and the exhilaration of discovering you're more than you thought you were. As coach, facilitator, and yoga teacher, I've turned this lived experience into my life's work: ensuring your voice is heard. Not accommodated. Not tolerated. Heard. Honored. Given space to speak the truth that changes everything. That's what my work is about—creating the container where your authentic voice can finally emerge and lead.