Wellness Weekend (Sept 2008)

Chiropractors Anthony Page, Samantha Longfield and Melvyn Foey bring their clients to Marina di Ragusa for a wellness weekend. Hands-On Sicily invited locals to participate.

This wellness event was another first of its kind in Sicily. Typically when foreign groups come to host a retreat, they bring their clients with them and stay, secluded, in a resort. Hands-On Sicily teamed with three American and English chiropractors to host, by contrast, an international retreat with an equal number of off-island and Sicilian participants. Guests were lodged at a four-star hotel integrated into the heart of Marina di Ragusa (Hotel Terraqua).

Natural healing techniques promote wellness

The natural healing techniques that were offered at the retreat are called Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) and Somatic Respiratory Integration (SRI), developed by Dr. Donald Epstein of Boulder, Colorado. Sally Veillette, Hands-On Sicily founder, is certified in SRI. She helped Dr. Samantha Longfield, NSA practitioner, establish a practice in Ragusa in 2007.

Hands-On Sicily advertised to encourage local participation
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Participants came from London, Parma, Rome, Palermo and Ragusa

The Mariele Ventre youth choir entertained the group, under the direction of Giovanna Guastella.
[CD: Suono del Cuore Siciliano]