A Mystical Journey in Tuscany: The Birth of the Breath of Life Retreat
The sacred fire circle and sound healing at the spiritual awakening journey Breath of Life Retreat
My Healing Journey: From Divorce to Self-Discovery
Tuscany holds a sacred place in my heart. This land doesn’t just welcome you — it heals you. It embraced me at one of the most fragile moments of my life, when I was going through a divorce in London. I felt an undeniable calling to leave everything behind and move to Florence, where I lived by myself.
Florence gave me the space to nurture myself, to listen deeply, and to begin rediscovering who I truly was. The Tuscan land and the healing practices I immersed myself in planted a seed within me. Slowly, that seed grew into a deep love for myself and for all around me.
And then, life surprised me. I met the love of my life.
When the pandemic began, together we moved from the city to the countryside, where the silence and beauty of the land deepened my healing. It was here, in this stillness, that an unexpected mystical journey unfolded — one that changed everything, and gave birth to what is now the Breath of Life Retreat.
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Breathwork, Silence, and a Mystical Awakening
The mystery began in January, in deep isolation. I was alone in the countryside with my dog, in a state of total desperation — completely lost. I had just realized that the life I once knew — as an actress and dancer — had ended. The pandemic had closed the stage, and with it, a chapter of who I believed I was. I stood on the edge of the unknown, aching for clarity.
Then, a call came from a dear friend, Aurore, who offered the simplest and wisest advice:
“Use this time to reconnect with yourself. Remember what you felt drawn to as a child.”
And so I did.
I entered ten days of silence, meditation, and breathwork. Slowly, the clouds inside me began to lift. And then — I saw it clearly: my path was to guide others through healing and awakening. My mission was being born.
What I remembered in that stillness was that this world of healing had always been with me. As a child, I was deeply immersed in the esoteric — my parents would take me to energy healers, shamans, and mediums to help clear my aura and support my creativity. I had been performing since a very young age, and being so exposed on stage made me energetically vulnerable — so healing became a natural companion. It was always there, quietly shaping me. I had just forgotten. Until that moment.
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A Blessing and a Goodbye
At that same moment of clarity, across the ocean, my beloved father fell ill with the same virus.
I shared my vision with him — the idea of creating a spiritual healing retreat, and he replied with joy:
“I want to come to your retreat!”
That was such a blessing. He saw me, supported me, and believed in the path I was stepping onto. Then he asked me, almost teasingly:
“When are you going to have a baby?”
He really wanted to be a grandfather. I had been trying to conceive for years… and he had been waiting.
He passed away just a few weeks later, in February, and I hadn’t seen him for two years before that. My heart was broken — but something in me stayed open. On the day my father passed, I booked a flight to attend his funeral — but that same day, war broke out and the airspace was shut down. I wasn’t able to go. I never got to say goodbye.
At the time, I was devastated. But with time, I came to understand that even this painful moment was part of a greater unfolding.
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From Grief to Soul Connection
In my grief, I kept meditating. And slowly, something extraordinary happened:
I began to connect with my father’s soul.
An astral portal opened, and I began to receive messages. My third eye has begun to open, and I became more extrasensory — able to feel, hear, and know beyond the physical world. With the help of ancient shamanic practices I had been studying, I realized I wasn’t grieving in the usual way — I was communing.
My father began to guide us from across the veil. He passed messages to my mother, brought reassurance, and gave me the strength to continue on this sacred path.
This experience gave me a deep and unshakable confidence:
If this healing and connection could happen for me, I knew it could happen for others too.
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A New Life and a New Path
I held my first retreat on April 1st, and I felt my father’s spirit there with us. Holding space from beyond.
Forty days after his passing, I discovered I was pregnant. I was carrying a new life — in every sense. I was to become the mother of a baby boy, a soul who chose to arrive just as my own rebirth was unfolding.
That moment sealed my mission: to walk alongside others as they remember who they are, heal what is ready to be released, and step into the life their soul is longing to live.
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Why I Created the Breath of Life Retreat
The Breath of Life Retreat is my soul’s response to all I’ve lived, lost, and learned.
It is a container for transformation, where people come to reconnect with themselves, heal from pain, open their hearts, and breathe back into life — fully.
Ever since, I’ve been holding space for this work with deep reverence, guiding others through breathwork, movement, nature connection, and sacred healing.
This is not just a retreat.
It’s a rebirth portal. A return to essence.
And you are welcome here.
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Experience Transformation in Tuscany
Testimonial
“My husband and I have already been to three Breath of Life Retreat’s and this is definitely the experience that divides life into ‘before’ and ‘after’. It is healing internal traumas and connecting you with your higher planes, and helping in finding your path and revealing the potential of your current incarnation. The whole range of practices, a unique place, wonderful people and even incredible vegan cuisine — everything has a huge transformative charge. Many thanks to Oksana for another miracle! We will definitely come back!”
— Ioganna Aleksanyan
Tuscany, Italy
Next retreat: [17–19 October]
If this story resonates with something inside you… perhaps it’s your soul speaking.
You are warmly invited to join us.