About Us
Hiking Environmental Guide, Organizer and Facilitator
Giovanni Sardo
I am passionate about Sociocracy and community dynamics, essential tools for collaborative and effective group management.
In the past I have been facilitating Circles of Men, promoting shared leadership and recognition of each individual’s inner leader, an experience that continues to inspire my approach in group dynamics.
Now I practice and teach Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, as well as its variant for couples, IMAGO, to foster connection and empathy in relationships.
As a Reiki practitioner, BARS practitioner of Access Consciousness and Ayurvedic massage therapist, I offer wellness pathways through holistic practices.
I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 14 years and share different meditative techniques, helping people find the one that suits them best.
I divulge the importance of Bitcoin as a tool for monetary independence and privacy protection, promoting financial awareness and economic freedom.
I have been a Hiking Environmental Guide since 2024, combining my passion for nature with personal growth, accompanying people in experiences of deeper connection with the environment and themselves.
In the past I have been facilitating Circles of Men, promoting shared leadership and recognition of each individual’s inner leader, an experience that continues to inspire my approach in group dynamics.
Now I practice and teach Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication, as well as its variant for couples, IMAGO, to foster connection and empathy in relationships.
As a Reiki practitioner, BARS practitioner of Access Consciousness and Ayurvedic massage therapist, I offer wellness pathways through holistic practices.
I have been practicing Transcendental Meditation for 14 years and share different meditative techniques, helping people find the one that suits them best.
I divulge the importance of Bitcoin as a tool for monetary independence and privacy protection, promoting financial awareness and economic freedom.
I have been a Hiking Environmental Guide since 2024, combining my passion for nature with personal growth, accompanying people in experiences of deeper connection with the environment and themselves.
Organizer, Facilitator and Educator
Andrea Safir Stagliano
For more than 25 years, I have been passionate about the arts of inner transformation, which I have deepened in various fields such as body, mind, emotions and energy.
I have lived in intentional communities for over 10 years and got passionate about the arts of facilitation and all that concerns to being together in a virtuous, joyful way and in harmony with nature: Permaculture, Sociocracy, Consensus, Dragon Dreaming, C.L.I.P.S., Social Permaculture, Open Space, World Café, Circle of the Word, Inner Transition, Nonviolent Communication and more.
I practiced all these methods in communities and pulsating life projects, with great teachers and fellow practitioners.
I have been an active member of the Italian Ecovillage Network (RIVE) since 2012 and had the honor of being its co-president. Now I’m in charge of community and member relations and collaborate on the organization’s revision.
I have been collaborating with the European Ecovillage Network (GEN Europe) for a few years, offering empathic listening spaces during the summer gatherings.
I’m also a member and supporter of the “Piumani” Community, a movement that combines lightness and a sense of community with free expression and spirituality.
I currently support established and emerging community groups as a facilitator and trainer.
I have lived in intentional communities for over 10 years and got passionate about the arts of facilitation and all that concerns to being together in a virtuous, joyful way and in harmony with nature: Permaculture, Sociocracy, Consensus, Dragon Dreaming, C.L.I.P.S., Social Permaculture, Open Space, World Café, Circle of the Word, Inner Transition, Nonviolent Communication and more.
I practiced all these methods in communities and pulsating life projects, with great teachers and fellow practitioners.
I have been an active member of the Italian Ecovillage Network (RIVE) since 2012 and had the honor of being its co-president. Now I’m in charge of community and member relations and collaborate on the organization’s revision.
I have been collaborating with the European Ecovillage Network (GEN Europe) for a few years, offering empathic listening spaces during the summer gatherings.
I’m also a member and supporter of the “Piumani” Community, a movement that combines lightness and a sense of community with free expression and spirituality.
I currently support established and emerging community groups as a facilitator and trainer.
Testimonials
Find out what our past walks’ participants have to say
Margherita Edith D.
, Pizza chef
You have shown me the world as I want it to be and where I feel free to be Me. You have been Great in everything at every moment, the energies you emanate are of love, trust and sincerity. See you again soon: I'm in it now! Thank you with a happy heart 💖🦋
Ilaria B.
, Freelance midwife, holistic practitioner
Safir has this role in his blood, he was born to do this, he was able to manage the group and employ a lot of strength despite walking as well. I understand very well the responsibility and mental energy you have to put into the circles to lead them at their best, and he was able to do all this perfectly.Giovanni ditto, he is great as a leader, safe and focused, attentive to everyone and always available and organized to help someone in distress.
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Matteo S.
, Musician, music teacher
Safir, Giovanni: I want to say thank you. You were both humanly wonderful, two excellent companions, sensitive to each other's needs, caring, attentive to making sure every aspect of the walk went smoothly. It was nice to get to know you a little more with each step you walked. Continue in this mission of yours.
Roberto
, Retired (former computer scientist)
Thank you for organizing this walk: it allowed me to have a wonderful experience that I will always carry with me. It was also a great idea to partly help communities that need funding. One's tiredness was kept balanced by alternating breaks and walking days in well-calibrated legs. It allowed space for a challenge, but in a safe way.
I think were well calibrated and allowed for experimentation.
Chiara P.
, Teacher
I thank you both immensely for deciding to give us this opportunity, for the practices you taught us, and for the understanding and support I received throughout the experience.
Ilaria M.
, Municipal employee
Guys [Giovanni and Safir], I thank life that brought me to you. Together you are perfect, you complement each other and have a beautiful energy.
Valerio
, Actor, director, screenwriter, speaker
I hope you will want to push into other territories and bring this experience to ecovillages all over Italy. And I hope I can make myself useful to help you when possible 😉
