SIX DAYS

IN SABINA, ITALY

CREATIVITY, SOMATICS, ARCHETYPES

A Retreat for the Woman Who Chooses Herself

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A Retreat for the Woman Who Chooses Herself ✸

This is the moment where everything shifts.
You don’t wait for life. You choose it.

THE PORTAL —
a reclamation of the woman you are becoming.

An elevated retreat for the modern woman who craves depth, beauty & vibrancy.

Set in the ancient Sabina region of Italy (one hour north of Rome), where time slows and the land itself feels like a threshold.

This is a place to be held after holding everything together. A place where joy is a practice, not a luxury. A place where you step into your next life cycle with clarity, courage and softness.

THE PORTAL welcomes all folks who identify as women, across diverse backgrounds, identities and life stages.

August 30 - September 4 2026
Tell Me More

  • Lush & Sensual

  • Vibrant & Expansive

  • Il Dolce Far Niente

  • Beautiful & Sacred

  • Intimacy & Depth

Your Hosts

Peta-Pearl Politis of Grow Girl Grow and
Iliana Contos of The Art of It, are women devoted to creativity, somatics and soul-led living.

Together they weave emotional depth, intuitive presence and the warmth of a lifelong friendship to create a container where rebirth is safe, spacious and pleasurable. THE PORTAL is the culmination of their parallel paths and Mediterranean ancestry, this is a retreat for women who are ready to choose themselves.

More About Us

“Let joy be your compass as you cross the threshold from who you have been, to who you are becoming.”

Have you heard the whisper?

Your Next Cycle Beckons

  • Are you welcoming a new season of life

  • Or standing at a relational threshold

  • Perhaps you’re ready for work, purpose or a career path that feels more aligned

  • Has a creative project, book or dream been circling you for years and is finally asking to be born

  • Maybe a location change or lifestyle shift is calling you

  • Is your body asking for deeper listening, softer rhythms or new rituals as your hormones change

  • Are you craving warm, mature and generous connections with women who just get it

  • Or perhaps you are simply and profoundly - ready to fall in love with life again

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Early Bird — Now Open

✸ Early Bird — Now Open

Our Essence

  • Somatics is how the body becomes the guide - the bridge between energy and awareness.

    Through meditation, breathwork, intuitive movement, yoga and dance - reset your natural rhythm and return to inner wisdom.

  • Creativity is the pulse‍ - ‍birthing vision, expression and possibility.

    Ignite your inner visionary, the part of you that thinks and feels beyond logic and limitation. Through artistic exploration, imagination becomes a living force that moves through you, revealing your deepest longings.

  • Your story is the lens - the architectural thread that weaves your past, present and future into meaning.

    Explore your narrative through archetypes, lineage and life design - tools that help you shape where you’re going next. Through guided reflection and storytelling, you’ll discover your unique blueprint that honours your becoming.

Ready to join us?

A sanctuary awaits for those who are ready to fall in love with life.

Apply Here