Meet your facilitator: Daniela Gargiulo

Daniela was born in London and spent her early childhood in a remote Sicilian village, where her family lived off the land—growing their own food, butchering their own meat, and making wine by hand. At age nine, she moved to the United States, carrying the imprint of three very different worlds. These contrasting landscapes shaped her identity and planted the early seeds of resilience, sensitivity, and depth.

Though she appeared high-achieving on the outside, Daniela’s inner world told a different story. Her childhood and teenage years were marked by sexual trauma, emotional chaos, and the instability of a violent home. These early wounds left her feeling disconnected from her body, stuck in survival mode, and quietly burdened by anxiety and depression.

As a teenager, she turned to fitness and physical discipline as a way to cope. She became a certified personal trainer at 17 and later competed in bodybuilding. While her body grew stronger, her inner world remained fragile. Years of pushing herself physically led to hormonal imbalance, burnout, and emotional collapse. She was surviving, not thriving.

Seeking deeper healing, Daniela began working with a functional health coach to restore her physical health. But as her body started to repair, she realized that true healing couldn’t come from supplements or structure alone. Her nervous system still held the imprints of trauma. Her spirit was still searching for peace.

This realization opened the door to a more profound journey.

She began exploring EMDR, LENS neurofeedback, and somatic psychotherapy. While these approaches offered valuable support, Daniela felt called to a more integrative path that honored the body, the spirit, and the sacred. She moved to Hawaii to deepen this healing, immersing herself in Ketamine-assisted therapy, plant medicine, Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda.

What followed was a deep journey of healing that took her across the world. She became a full-time nomad, living in 13 countries and studying ancient, embodied ways of healing. It was through sacred medicine, breathwork, Tantra, and devotional practice that she finally began to feel at home in herself,  in her body, her heart, and her purpose.

Today, Daniela is a trauma-informed practitioner, ceremony guide, and somatic facilitator. With over 850 hours of formal training in breathwork, Tantra, and nervous system healing, she offers sacred medicine ceremonies, shamanic and rebirthing breathwork, trauma integration, retreats, and somatic embodiment sessions.

Her work is not just a profession. It is a prayer.

Daniela considers herself a vessel for this work and surrenders to the intelligence of these medicines and modalities. She believes that God, Spirit, and the wisdom of the Earth move through her to support the remembrance and restoration of those she serves.

She believes healing happens in safe, sacred community — soul to soul. When we are truly seen, when our stories are honored, and when our nervous systems feel safe enough to soften, we begin to return to the essence of who we are.

To create these spaces is a privilege. To serve these sacred modalities is an honor. Daniela offers her work in reverence to the mystery, to the body, and to the soul's capacity to heal.