Paula Petry, PhD
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Overview
On the estate of Tenuta di Paternostro, in the ancient volcanic heartland of Tuscia north of Rome, a day unfolds that has no equivalent in experiential travel. Dr. Paula Petry holds a doctorate from the University of Miami and decades of professional training in shamanic energy medicine, somatic awareness, and ancestral practice. That combination: rigorous academic formation meeting the oldest healing traditions in the world, is what makes her approach unlike anything else available. She has designed an arc of eight ceremonies that moves from intention to embodiment, from the first circle of the morning to a fire at dusk. Between them: a walk across the estate, a ceremony inside an original Etruscan cave predating Rome, a lunch grown in the soil beneath your feet, an hour in silence with wild horses that roam free, and a fire ceremony as the Tuscia sky deepens. You come in as you are. You leave carrying something you did not arrive with.
Included Privileges
- Full-day private immersion at Tenuta di Paternostro
- All-day guidance by Dr. Paula Petry
- Traditional Despacho creation ritual
- Pilgrimage walk across the estate
- Didgeridoo ceremony inside the original Etruscan cave
- Seasonal farm-to-table lunch (Kosher, Halal, and Vegetarian options available)
- Equine embodiment session with the Soul Herd
- Fire ceremony at dusk
- Aperitivo at sunset
- All ceremonial materials and offerings
Itinerary
- Opening circle and intention setting with Dr. Paula Petry.
- Traditional Despacho creation ritual: an Andean offering made together as a group.
- Guided walk across the estate to the Etruscan cave.
- Ceremony inside the original Etruscan cave with didgeridoo. Full vibrational immersion.
- Farm-to-table lunch prepared from the estate's organic produce.
- Silent session with the free-roaming wild horses of Tenuta di Paternostro.
- No instruction. No performance. The horses lead.
- The closing ceremony of the day: a fire ritual at dusk.
- Aperitivo as the Tuscia sky changes colour. Departure approximately 7:00 PM.
The Experience
The estate announces itself before you reach it: the air changes, the landscape opens, ancient oaks line the track. Tenuta di Paternostro was beloved by popes for its forests and healing springs. The soil holds Etruscan memory. Paula holds the day. The morning opens with a circle and the setting of an intention: not an exercise but a genuine act...
Why Guests Love It
“The day was a masterpiece of architecture. Each element, the Despacho, the cave, the horses, the fire, built on the last with a logic I could feel before I could name it. I was completely held.” — Kate & Yazan, New York
Meet the Expert
Dr. Paula Petry
Paula Petry holds a doctorate from the University of Miami and professional training in shamanic energy medicine, somatic awareness, and intention-based modalities. She has spent decades working at the intersection of psychology, ancestral practice, and the body, helping individuals release long-held emotional imprints and return to what she calls their Divine Design: the self beneath the accumulation. She is the author of A Mother's Courage to Awaken and 24/7 Flow: Thrive Around the Clock. She leads retreats, workshops, and private sessions in the United States and internationally. She is a regular presence at Tenuta di Paternostro, where the land and the horses are as much a part of the practice as she is. What makes her work rare is not the ceremony itself. It is the precision with which she holds the space between instruction and silence, and knows which one is needed.