Dear friends,
we shall gather together again to continue the exploration of what’s next in polyvagal practice.
This year, for the first time,
Deb Dana will hold a
Master Class in Italy, Tuscany, in 2025,
from October 31st
to November 2nd
This Master Class is a unique opportunity to move deeper into polyvagal-guided clinical work.

Deb Dana will share the polyvagal framework she developed that takes the foundational practices you have all become skilled with and moves into sessions that focus on autonomic reorganization, and often leads to trauma resolution.
It is possible to arrive at the retreat in the afternoon of Thursday, October 30th.
Friday, Ocotber 31st and Saturday, November 1st will be full days of demos, discussion and practice. Sunday, November 2nd is a half working day and after lunch we shall return to our everyday lives.
- The Master Class is open to anyone who has completed Foundations or another multi-day polyvagal training.
- Maximum registration is 50 people.
- The cost is 550 euro for those who register within March 30th and 610 euro for those who register within July 31th, 2025. The price includes the workshop materials.
La Selva Holistic Hotel is plunged in the beautiful Tuscan hills and can be reached directly by car or from Florence station or airport or else from Siena station. On request, the transfert is organized by the Hotel and has to be booked at least one month before.
This location has been chosen to allow us to stay together in a place exclusively reserved to our Master Class.
Take a look at the Hotel: https://hotellaselva.it/
For prices and reservations contact Roberta directly:
info@hotel-laselva.com – telephone: +39 338 173 1538
Register contacting Raffaela Cattaneo
email: masterclasspolivagale2025@gmail.com
The structure
La Selva Holistic Hotel
It can be reached by car or:
- From Siena station: 50 euro
- From Florence airport/station: 120 euro
- From Pisa airport: 150 euro
and transportation is arranged by the Hotel itself and has to be booked at least one month before.


- Single room: 110 euro
- Double room: 85 euro
- Three or four-bed room: 75 euro
These prices are for full board, excluding drinks.
Tourist tax: 3 euros per day per person to be paid cash on arrival
The working room
- 160 sq m (9 x 18 m )
- 800 m³ (7 m high)
- Underfloor heating
- Air conditioning
- State-of-the-art sound system capable of delivering 700 watts (Bose).
- Parquet flooring
- 50 floor mats and pillows
- Total privacy, secrecy and no acoustic limits

To register, fill out this form and you will receive the link for the fee payment
Or you can contact Raffaela Cattaneo at
masterclasspolivagale2025@gmail.com
Master Class Program
October 31st
- 11:00AM – 1:00PM
Review: Identify the basic beliefs about the way the autonomic nervous system is organized and responds.
Reflection: What beliefs about the way the autonomic nervous system works guide your practice?
Experiential Practice: Mapping the regulated nervous system. - 2:30PM – 6:00PM
Review of the three organizing principles and three essential elements.
Presentation of the autonomic framework that informs clinical sessions.
Clinical demonstration.
Examination of clinical choice points.
Participant dyadic practice session.
Large group debrief.
November 1st
- 10:00AM – 1:00PM
Review: What are the actions of a clinician who attends to the organizing principles of the autonomic nervous system?
Reflection: What qualities of an autonomic approach in therapy are habits of your practice and where are your growing edges?
Experiential Practice: Constructing Autonomic Landscapes.
Experiential Practice: Utilizing Metaphor and Imagery to Safely Move Between States. - 2:30PM – 5:30PM
Clinical demonstration.
Examination of clinical choice points.
Participant dyadic practice session.
Large group debrief.
November 2nd
- 9:30AM – 1:00PM
Experiential Practice: Assessing adaptive response patterns through the lens of an autonomic genogram.
Clinical demonstration.
Examination of clinical choice points.
Ending Intentions.
