Release and Reveal Your Visible Voice
About the Retreat
The Setting
The Wine and Food
The Details
Release and Reveal Your Visible Voice
Business leaders, managers, lawyers, mediators, health professionals, teachers, and actors are continually called upon to perform, present, persuade, placate, or deliver painful news. How we use our body and voice in these moments will affect how the information is received. If the tone of voice or physical gesture doesn’t match with the words being used the message may be misinterpreted or just not heard. Simply put, your true voice will be unvoiced. It will be invisible.
It may seem counterintuitive but how we say something often matters more than what we say. How we say something will reveal the TRUTH of what is underneath the words.
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The Transformation
The Visible Voice Retreat will help you ...
Get More Confident
Make more compelling, confident, presentations in court, the classroom, on stage, and in meetings and gatherings of small or large groups.
Reduce Stressful Situations
Optimally utilize and trust your voice particularly in the face of stressful situations.
Understand Your Voice
Better understand the anatomy of voice production and breath support to avert vocal strain and increase vocal stamina.
This retreat is for you if…
Itinerary
Daily activities led by lawyer/voice coach Katharine Rajczak, and actor/teachers Kate Fenton and Annie Newton, will include instruction in breath, physical alignment, gentle movement, creative improvisation, nourishing sound meditations, and invigorating vocalization. There will also be time in the day for nature walks, swimming, journaling, and stimulating conversation.
The Details
- 6 nights lodging
- Daily activities lead by Katharine and guest teachers
- Daily Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Wellness spa access
- Bicycles to use
- On-site laundry
- Vegan and Vegetarian Options
**Guest rooms are a private bedroom within a 2 or 3 bedroom shared apartment and bathroom. We’ll pair you with a like minded roommate, or bring a friend!
Airfare not included.
Wine tasting
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Tour of Fattoria grounds and ancient chapel
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Excursion to Montepulciano
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Group transport to and from the retreat from the Rome airport (Fiumicino)
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Pici pasta making class
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°Tour of Fattoria grounds and ancient chapel
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Accomadations
The Stay
Guests are encouraged to travel to other areas in Italy before or after the retreat, so that the retreat itself can be a time for replenishment, focus on writing, and centering into the experience at Fattoria del Colle. If you would appreciate a few insider tips about travel plans before or after retreat, ideal ways to be in Tuscany, and some of the bigger cities such as Rome, Florence, Naples and Venice, just ask. We are happy to help you make the most of your trip to Italy!
The heritage
The Setting
Fattoria Del Colle is the family estate of Donatella Cinelli Colombini, who is a celebrity in Tuscany and the award winning entrepreneur of the only all-female owned winery in Italy, where they produce the memorable Brunello wine. Donatella’s ancestors first owned land in the Montalcino area in the 16th century, and recent generations have passed property down the female line. When Cinelli Colombini inherited the estate from her mother in the late 1990s, she went in search of a female staff at Siena’s oenology school.
The vintners are all women, as is the winemaker, a unique situation in Italy, a flagship for women in the wine business. The winery, Il Casato Prime Donne makes their wine on and around the estate of Fattoria Del Colle, and retreat guests will not only get to walk among the vineyards, but take a wine tour, and drink these wines with each meal. The distinctive element of the wine is its elegance: red harmonies able to last in time.
Our Tradition
The Wine And Food
As you sit at the white linen lined tables and sip your organic local wine, you’ll indulge and appreciate the gorgeous regional, organic food from the in-house chef of an award winning restaurant. You’ll feel cherished by the warm hospitality of the wait staff as they serve exquisite, lavish, and healthful Italian meals for lunch and dinner.
Dinner
Spaghetti Bolognese
Drink
Pinot Luctuson Wine
Fruit
Fresh Concord Graps
Conversation
Pines Red Wine
Your Host
About Katharine Rajczak
Katharine Rajczak provides Voice and Communication Coaching to individuals who wish to improve their oral presentations and general communication skills. Clients are introduced to breath, vocal and movement exercises to release inhibiting physical habits and build vocal strength and flexibility.
Ms. Rajczak worked in leadership roles in non-profit sectors before becoming a Family Law Trial Lawyer for over 20 years. She now specializes in alternative conflict resolution processes, such as mediation and coaching, to improve communication skills in conflict situations. Recently, she obtained an MFA with Distinction in Voice Training and Coaching and conducts workshops and one-on-one training for various professionals using breath, voice, and mindfulness techniques to improve personal and professional communications.