The Women
From the FADEN photography archive

Italy · Archive

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September 2024 & September 2025 · From the archive

The inquiry

What does the land remember that we have forgotten?

In September 2024 and September 2025, women gathered on Etruscan ground, among thermal springs and long tables. Holotropic breathwork, ketamine assisted psychotherapy, ritual and somatic dance offered different ways of exploring our inner lives. There was pleasure, too: cacao, the warmth of Sacred Heat, massages and an Italian cooking class that brought us together around the making of a meal.

The landscape

Volcanic springs, ruins in the grass and cypress surrounded us. At Niki de Saint Phalle’s iconic Tarot Garden, archetypes became towering figures in mosaic, mirror and color. Walking among them brought myth into vivid, larger than life form, another way to meet the stories moving within us.

The experience

  • Holotropic breathwork
  • Ketamine assisted psychotherapy
  • Ritual
  • Cacao
  • Sacred Heat
  • Massages
  • Somatic dance
  • Italian cooking class
  • Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden
  • Art & creative expression
  • Portraiture by Jenna Jones

From the chapter archive. Practices varied by gathering and were confirmed during preparation.

A woman dancing with her arms raised beneath a saffron canopy
Olive trees beneath clouds in the Maremma, in black and white
A vivid mosaic figure rising against blue sky at Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden
A woman embraced on arrival beside a van beneath olive trees
Two women resting side by side on white pillows beneath a canopy
Women walking along a green path between tall grasses and trees
A tortoiseshell cat looking up from a weathered brick path
A woman kneeling between white mattresses beside gathered objects, in black and white
Two women embracing and laughing on the grass
Glasses of blood orange spritz with rosemary on a wooden tray
An overhead view of sketchbooks, tarot cards and glasses on a wooden floor, in black and white
A woman drawing in a sketchbook with blue ink beside candles
Two women holding each other in a long embrace outdoors
Bare feet raised above white mattresses, in black and white
A woman moving with a sheer scarf beneath a saffron canopy
A crescent moon sculpture against the blue sky in the Tarot Garden
A woman flipping her wet hair up from turquoise water
Two women talking side by side, in black and white
A woman with curly silver hair and a white flower behind her ear before blue plumbago
An altar of candles, flowers, shells and small figures laid on the floor
A woman bending forward in deep shadow, in black and white
Women moving in the golden warmth of the sauna
A woman resting in sunlight on white sheets during acupuncture, her hand open beside her
Hands offering bodywork beside a resting woman, in black and white
Women seated together in a candlelit circle
Women laughing together as they prepare food in a kitchen
A woman moving with her arms open beneath a canopy, in black and white
A woman with a blonde ponytail looking out beside sheer white curtains
A chef preparing tiramisu at a stand mixer during the Italian cooking class
Hands holding a smoking bowl during ritual
A woman holding herself and looking up at the sky over an open field, in black and white
A woman reading a small handwritten card by candlelight
A woman offering close support to another woman beneath an open tent, in black and white
A woman leaning back with her hands behind her head, in black and white
A woman with eyes closed moving in sunlight
A plate of cheese and preserves passed by candlelight
A woman resting on a pillow while another offers gentle touch beside her neck, in black and white
A woman receiving a massage on a table in soft light
A colorful mosaic serpent figure in the Tarot Garden
Women gathered in darkness beside a fire at night, in black and white
Women sharing dinner along a candlelit table in Italy
Women holding hands and dancing around a fire at night

Somatic dance.

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The Space

Thermal water and olive trees in the Maremma. Tented rooms, garden paths and open-air gathering spaces.

From the setting of our past gatherings.

A tented accommodation with a wooden porch beside olive trees in the evening light
Women arriving with their luggage along a garden path beneath olive trees
A tented bedroom with a wooden floor, white linen and warm woven lamps
Round white accommodation buildings on a green lawn beneath a bright sky
A geometric skylight framed by warm wooden ceiling panels
A shaded tent veranda with armchairs and a low wooden table facing the garden
An open doorway in a white rounded building beside flowering plants and terracotta pots
Women beneath a broad canvas canopy in warm evening light
Terracotta rooftops and green countryside stretching to the sea
Terracotta pots beneath blue flowering plants beside a white wall
A glass-fronted building and terrace chairs beside the lawns and olive trees
A curving thermal pool bordered by olive trees beneath a blue sky
A weathered wooden structure beside open fields in the Maremma
Pampas plumes against a bright blue sky

Tented rooms among the olive trees.

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The rhythm of a day

From first light to candlelight.

The shape a day might take. Each chapter is woven from its own place and practices.

  1. Dawn

    Waking slowly

    Breath, stillness, the first light.

  2. Morning

    Into the body

    Movement and practice, at your own pace.

  3. Midday

    The long table

    Nourishment, conversation, pleasure.

  4. Afternoon

    The deeper work

    Ceremony, touch or making with our hands.

  5. Dusk

    Unhurried hours

    Rest, water, the field, silence.

  6. Night

    The circle

    Candlelight, story and being witnessed.

Every gathering begins
with a conversation.

Ask about future gatherings