introducing myself
I was born in Rimini, in January 1965. and from a very early age I was attracted by all artistic forms. I was just as fascinated by the wonders of both the human body and the human mind, so much so as to consider a living being as the greatest work of art in the world. I decided to study artistic subjects which allowed me to express my creative talent; at the same time, I spent hours consulting encyclopaedias and specialised books on medicine and anatomy. Since I liked painting, I attended the Institute of Art, where I often found myself painting a dimension full of abstract, almost intangible wonders that I saw in my mind’s eye; this prompted me to a spiritual search, to an understanding of the inner world, to the assimilation of the language of symbols and of archetypes. Meanwhile I studied piano and composition at the Music School because rhythm and melody seemed to deeply epitomise, or at least nourish, my very soul. Feeling I had a gift for teaching or some didactic role, and finding learning very easy, I ended up with a diploma at the teacher training college, while at the same time I continued to develop my interest in both the workings of the human body, mind and psyche, as well as the world of symbols and archetypes. Oddly enough, all this studying led me away from the body element that I enjoyed exploring … and as I neared the age of twenty I was an uneasy tangle of physical and emotional pain and tension, and was practically forced to face a course of total “restoration”. At this point I realised how necessary it was for my body to try out in person those wonderful theories on the integration of body, mind and emotions that had fascinated me for so long.
I began regularly to practise techniques of relaxation and breathing, I explored to the full autogenic training, yoga and martial arts such as Tai-Chi and Aikido, together with the techniques of massage and self-massage, finishing up with voice experiments, theatre, the art of movement, and dance in order to achieve a more flowing quality to my body. Meanwhile, I began experimenting professionally in the role of instructor in creative activities for teachers in primary schools. I soon found a way of incorporating my new discoveries into the courses I presented, alongside my experiences in the psycho-corporeal field and in movement, thus offering tools with which to face up to stress, increase well-being and improve energy and efficiency. It was a success. I found it perfectly natural to make my achievements known to others, and the people who derived benefit from my knowledge, acknowledged the efficiency of the courses and the tools they used, after putting them into practice. In the meantime, my professional life split; on the one hand, I went on practising my role in schools and, later on, in health institutions, as instructor for well-being and, on the other hand, I found myself back on the stage, initially as music writer and interpreter and afterwards as actress and dancer, testing myself as a theatre artist. The theatre experience led me of necessity to intensify my experiments on my body, the instrument through which I communicated; every restriction in movement was clearly a limit to my expressiveness. To free my body from those limiting tensions and restrictions, I experimented with osteopathy, cranio-sacral and myofascial techniques and finished up with Rolfing®, an amazing technique, a real and true course in education of the body which permits readjustment in harmony with the forces of gravity. Its effect on me was so intense and important, for my personal growth and fulfilment as well as my general health, that I ended up falling in love with it. I was so fascinated by the idea of accompanying other people towards the discoveries and the achievements I had made that I decided to embark on a specific course of formation in these techniques. At the same time, my studies in dance drew me close to Philip Beamish, a Maestro of the art, and to his personal floor barre training method which I immediately predicted would have enormous potential in the teaching of perception, coordination, balance and stability, simultaneously increasing the flexibility of both body and mind. In fact, I realised how much the achievements and transformations of the body could provoke apertures, acquisitions and changes on a mental and emotional level; through the changes in my physical structure, my horizons expanded in all directions, as if my body were a concrete, tangible metaphor of my consciousness. To begin with, this induced me to face hypnosis as the gateway to “other” states of consciousness and in the end, to investigate the art of being in touch with oneself and others through Neuro Linguistic Programming™. NLP™ supplied me with very precious instruments, first of all for me to learn and, afterwards, for me to teach others how to fully discover their psychophysical resources in harmony with the various aspects of their being. The aim is to relate effectively to oneself and to the world around through feelings, emotions, thoughts and language … in a constant endeavour to realise one’s true Nature.
Along the way, I have learned that my true Nature entails sharing my achievements with whoever is travelling in the same direction as me. And to my mind, sharing implies coherence, or consistency, between what I am and what I pronounce, testify, demonstrate and propose; I can only convey what I have fully incorporated, what I have acknowledged and integrated as part of me. My research is continually evolving, and continually permitting me to discover, embrace, integrate and transmit new ideas, expanding the boundaries of consciousness and awareness in a never ending process of assimilation …