La Dolce Vita

We hosted an Intimate Lead with Love Signature Retreat in Italy September 23-30, 2023 with Lead with Love Founder Gina Murdock, Professional Singer and Sound Healer Elisa Bava, Master Healer Dr. Miles Reid + Italian Musical Virtuosos “Los Criminales!”

We are so incredibly excited to be back in business hosting retreats! Our founder Gina Murdock is spending more time in Europe and felt a strong desire to host a gathering of friends in Italy this year so that is exactly what we did!

"La Dolce Vita" or sweet life in Italian was the theme of our retreat with a focus on family, food, fun and friends! We gathered an intentional group of spiritual travelers from all over the world to meet up in a beautiful Italian villa to dive deep into practices of yoga, meditation, sound healing, spiritual psychology, shamanism and self-care. Our intention for hosting this retreat was to immerse ourselves in “the sweet life” and learn how to keep that feeling alive in our hearts no matter where we are.

Please enjoy our gallery of memories from this magical week. And remember, if this type of retreat speaks to you, please reach out to Gina here to stay in the loop for future Lead With Love retreats!

Closing Party with Los Criminales

And here are a few words from our attendees:

Le Marche is one of Italy’s most unspoilt and picturesque regions. Easily accessible by plane, train and car, this enchanting area is nestled between the dramatic Sibillini mountains and the coastline of the Adriatic Sea. Situated in the East of Italy, Le Marche offers all the natural beauty and rich cultural heritage of Tuscany, but without the crowds.

Here, you can discover an authentic way of life, where the seasons lead the daily rhythms of the people and local industry. With its endless coastlines of clean, quiet beaches, breathtaking mountain ranges and charming historic towns, Le Marche ticks all the boxes for those seeking an authentic Italian escape.

Gina Murdock is an Aspen, Colo. based writer, yoga & meditation teacher, inspirational speaker & community organizer. She is founder of the Aspen Yoga Society, The Aspen City of Wellbeing, Lead with Love, The Love Ninjas and the Mind, Body, Spirit Rx content brand. Gina’s mission is to shift culture from fear to love from the inside out. All of her endeavors are intended to help people thrive and find joy and freedom in mind, body and spirit. Gina and her husband Jerry created and support the Mind, Body, Spirit Series at The Aspen Institute hosting speakers and events to raise consciousness and honor “The Aspen Idea”. Murdock has a Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica with a special emphasis on Consciousness, Health, and Healing. Gina is a certified Chopra yoga and meditation teacher as well as a certified Bikram and Vinyasa Flow yoga teacher and retreat guide who teaches internationally. Gina has had the pleasure of teaching yoga to such luminaries as Sir Richard Branson, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Actress Goldie Hawn, Musician Michael Franti and more. She taught yoga on Franti’s Soulshine Tour to hundreds of people, at Wanderlust Festival, Telluride Yoga Festival, Yoga on the Mountain and Yoga in Action Day and Lead with Love Summit in Aspen which she also created. Gina is also a published author and inspirational public speaker known for humor, enthusiasm, authenticity and vulnerability.

Gina is passionate about optimal wellbeing for the planet and people and leading from the heart. Her absolute belief is that we always have a choice and we can choose love when given the tools to create the awareness to do so. Gina is a founding member of Dr. Deepak Chopra’s Self Directed Biological Transformation Initiative and has willingly submitted her body to science to prove the effectiveness of mind/body practices on optimal health! Gina is an active board member of the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), The Center for Living Peace, The Aspen Brain Institute and CASA of the Ninth as well as an advisor to The Chopra Foundation and  CTZNWELL. Gina is a former radio and newspaper journalist and contributor to Origin Magazine and Mantra Yoga and Health Magazine . She continues to write a monthly column for The Aspen Times as well as publish a monthly newsletter for Lead with Love called “Founder’s Letter”. Gina lives by these mantras: “Let the beauty you love, be what you do.” (Rumi); “Be the change you wish to see in the world” (Gandhi); and “WOOO-HOOO!” (Gina)

Professional singer and performer, vocal coach, certified sound therapist, 200 hrs yoga teacher, Elisa Bava strongly believes in the healing power of sound and movement.

After 15 years touring all over the world, recording for international djs, signing with Universal Music, taking part in music competitions such as “Eurovision Song Contest”, she’s now devoted to utilizing her voice and her profound connection to music as a healing and transformational tool.

She will guide you through practices that will facilitate release, help you find your voice, ignite your creativity, empower and rebalance your whole system.

From group activities to private sessions, there will be endless possibilities to work with your own sound and vibration with her.

And since she’s spent most of her life on stage, she’s always up for some fun dancing moves and will easily start a party that involves crazy outfits and singalongs! So be ready!

Elisa is also 100% Italian, loves Italian culture, food and wine and will be our first-hand connection to the beautiful Land that will host our retreat.

@feelgoodely

@elisabavamusic

An integrative medicine practitioner and mind-body educator, Dr. Miles Reid practices Traditional Chinese Medicine, Functional Medicine, and is also dedicated to the modern application of shamanistic principles.

Miles Reid was born into a family of physicians. Working as a resident after earning his Medical Doctor degree summa cum laude, he became interested in complimentary healing practices, and in understanding the inner workings of the human body and spirit.

Dr. Reid returned to the USA to further his medical education, studying shamanism with the renowned Carlos Castaneda and earning a Masters with highest honors at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Together with his wife, Aerin Alexander, Dr. Reid founded Being Energy® and the Energy Life Sciences Institute in Los Angeles, California. He is the clinical director at the Institute and travels internationally to see patients and teach workshops for Being Energy that incorporate movement practices, guided.

Dr. Reid is among those leading the way in the Integrative Energy Movement toward Health, and brings to the world an integrative solution for the dedicated advancement of healing methods and societal wellbeing.

https://energylifesciences.com/dr-reid/

Our Past Retreats 

SOULSHINE BALI - Januaray 2018 with SPECIAL GUEST - MICHAEL FRANTI

This retreat was dedicated to JOY + full expression of your truest self. 

On this special retreat based on musician and humanitarian Michael Franti’s personal retreat in Bali we focused on how to more fully “Lead with Love” in all areas of life featuring teachers Gina Murdock + Nicole Lindstrom. We enjoyed daily yoga classes and mindfulness meditation, a private acoustic performance by Michael Franti + other local musicians including CelloMano, The Green School Marimba Band and Rizal and the Rasendriya, lively discussions, delicious, organic food, cultural excursions, and plenty of relaxation and rejuvenate time.

We look forward to more intimate, transformative and uplifting Lead With Love Retreats. Please provide your information if you are interested in staying in the loop on upcoming retreats and events. 

Lead with Love retreats offer an incredible opportunity to remember who you truly are, the presence of LOVE. We help you to achieve higher states of consciousness so this reality becomes more familiar to you and you can take that awareness with you. This is an invaluable gift and something worth giving to yourself because it benefits all you come in contact with. We take care of all of the details so you can show up and allow yourself to shift into your natural state of bliss and joyfulness using yoga, meditation, music and sound vibration, aromatherapy, inner-work and self inquiry, play and space for integration and enjoyment of some of the world's most beautiful and culturally rich places on earth. Our retreats include curated, unique and joyful experiences that you cannot find elsewhere.

"My favorite part was the emphasis on "self care"! Lead with Love Bali provided nutritional meals, quiet/relaxation time, meditation, yoga, sharing, the list goes on and on... I was able to leave the retreat feeling full and rested and ready to take on the world by leading with love. I also loved the experiences and the adventure aspect that was introduced each day!" 

"The Lead With Love Retreat was AMAZING! I enjoyed connecting with new people, learning others stories and making friends. White water rafting, our balinese dinner, and all our adventures." 

"The Lead with Love Bali retreat created connection. Connection with others and connection with myself. The sacred, safe place allowed and encouraged me to realize and verbalize things I have chosen not to confront in my life. Knowing that there is a group of people around me, supporting me and calling me to become my highest self, allowed me to drop the judgement, the self doubt and the feeling of incompetence so that I could really shine."

Lead with Love is delighted to curate & host a signature retreat just for you & your friends or colleagues! Perfect for team building & strategy sessions or visioning, leadership, bridal showers, reunions of any kind. Reach out to inquire about co-creating a signature retreat based on our mind, body, spirit leadership programs & trainings influenced by traditional yoga & meditation + spiritual psychology & life coaching & always infused with service toward local communities & fun!”