THE ANIMA APPROACH
Root → Deepen → Integrate → Lead
At Anima Healing Institute, we support the full arc of transformation and embodiment. Our work meets people at different stages, from grounding and healing, deep experiential work, to integration and embodied leadership.
Rooted in trauma-informed practice, integrative and somatic therapies, ancestral wisdom, and live music, we prioritize safety, coherence, and long-term integration.
Choose Your Path
Offerings dedicated to empower you.
People come to this work in different places. Some need grounding and regulation.
Some are ready for immersive experiences. Some need integration after intense work.
Some feel called to guide others.
Anima Healing Institute is organized into Paths,
so you can enter safely, clearly, and at your own pace.
PATH I: ROOT
Foundational Program
Come Home to Your Self
A beginning rooted in embodied healing. Build inner trust and coherence. For those wh are seeking to empower yourself or prepare for deeper work.
PATH II: DEEPEN
Retreats & Immersive
1:1 Experiences
For those ready to step into deeper experiential containers, including retreats and 1:1 journeys, with preparation and integration support.
PATH III: INTEGRATE
Integration Program
& Ongoing Support
Integration is where insight becomes embodied change.
This path supports grounding, stabilization, and coherence after deep work.
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PATH IV: LEAD
Facilitation Trainings, Supervision & Mentorships
For those called to hold space for others. Focused on ethical leadership, nervous-system awareness, and responsibility leadership..
The Tools that Support the Work
Techniques that help your growth.
Nervous System, Breathwork & Somatic Awareness
All work is grounded in an understanding of the nervous system and the body as primary gateways to healing. Practices are paced and trauma-aware, supporting regulation, capacity, and embodied awareness rather than intensity.
Integration Over Time
Insight alone is not transformation.We work with integration as an ongoing process, supporting reflection, grounding, and continuity so experiences can be embodied and sustained.
Transformation and embodiment unfold through nervous system regulation, presence, and relational safety. Across all of our paths, we work with a set of elements that support these processes in grounded and intentional ways.
These elements support different stages of the journey.
Rather than offering a single approach for everyone, Anima Healing Institute is organized into distinct paths allowing you to enter the work in a way that matches your readiness and needs.
Music as Medicine, Plant Wisdom & Ritual
Music and (when included) plant-based practices are used as supportive tools within this larger field. They are never positioned as solutions in themselves, but as ways of deepening awareness, coherence, and remembering.
Parts Work, Relational Presence & Attunement
Healing does not happen in isolation. We emphasize relational presence, clear boundaries, and attuned facilitation, creating containers where people can feel met, seen, and supported.
What Clients Say
Testimonials from our participants and alumni
Luca Restino
2025-09-09
Con Costanza il Breathwork diventa molto più di una tecnica: è un viaggio profondo dentro sé stessi. La sua presenza è sicura, sa guidare con sensibilità e professionalità in ogni momento. Ogni sessione lascia effetti reali e tangibili: leggerezza, chiarezza mentale, rilascio emotivo e nuova energia vitale. Non è solo un’esperienza, è un percorso di trasformazione che continua anche dopo la sessione. Costanza unisce cuore e competenza in modo raro: non accompagna soltanto, ma sostiene davvero. Per me è stato un incontro prezioso che consiglio a chiunque voglia riscoprire sé stesso con autenticità
Craig Welsby
2025-04-08
I can’t recommend Costanza highly enough, her skill and presence as a retreat leader is exceptional, I look forward to continuing my transformational journey with her in the future.
David Morgan
2025-01-12
I want to express my deepest gratitude to Costanza and her incredible team for their profound and caring support. Their acts of unconditional kindness and unwavering presence helped me release emotions I had been carrying for so long, and for that, I am forever thankful. Costanza is not only an extraordinary musician but also embodies the essence of a divine grandmother, gently guiding with love and wisdom. Her deeply loving presence, combined with the music created by her and her team, elevated me into a state of pure heart-opening that still resonates within me to this day. Her music on Spotify has become a cherished part of my life—it contains a magical essence that transports me back to that beautiful feeling of peace, love, and transformation. Listening to her tracks is like revisiting the healing and joy I experienced during my time with her. If you are seeking a profound and soulful experience, I wholeheartedly recommend Costanza and her team. Their music and presence have been nothing short of life-changing for me.
Gabriela Rexova
2025-01-10
I worked closely with Costanza and her team in 2024 for more than a week. The programme was designed with purpose and intention and her vast experience with various traditions and approaches allowed me to feel safe while embarking on my inner healing journey. There was time to work and time to enjoy and sing your heart out. Costanza's art of facilitation is a unique blend of professionalism, wisdom and love for nature and community. This was one of the most meaningful experiences in my life.
Ashley Goodwin
2025-01-06
Life changing experience. Costanze and the team were amazing. The location, food and music also amazing. I got to share my journey with some great people too.
UPCOMING 2026 RETREATS
Retreats are immersive experiences. Preparation and Integration are essential.
3 day Retreats
April 23 - 25, 2026 - Costa Rica
August 21 - 23, 2026 - Netherlands
October 23 - 25 - Portugal
5 day Retreats
April 23 - 27, 2026 - Costa Rica
October 23 - 27 - Portugal
Each retreat is limited to max. 15 participants
THE FOUNDER.
Costanza Ayni
Costanza works with people at moments of transition, whether they are coming back to their truth, going deep, integrating insights, or stepping into leadership. Across the four Paths of Anima, she holds the container so transformation can land in the body and last.
She brings an integrative approach that combines Internal Family Systems, somatic therapy, breathwork, meditation and ancient practices learned in the Amazon. Music, ceremony, and presence are woven into the work, helping people meet themselves fully and safely.
In addition to this, she teaches and mentors students to become ethical facilitators, offering the Music Apprenticeship and Breathwork Training, as well as Supervision and Mentorships, sharing methods developed over years of study and practice. These are informed by both traditional wisdom and trauma-informed clinical approaches.
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What Research Point Toward
Each person’s journey is different, but these insights show what makes transformation possible.
Insight Alone Is Not Enough
Modern research echoes what ancient systems have long understood: lasting change does not come from insight alone. It happens when understanding is accompanied by embodied experience.
The Nervous System Matters
Studies in trauma and relational healing show that when the nervous system feels resourced, it naturally begins to reorganize. Regulation, coherence, and resilience emerge from this foundation.
The Body Supports Regulation
During deep and restorative sleep, the body and brain consolidate learning, integrate emotional shifts, making transformation durable. The practices offered help the system relax and rest.
Creativity Opens the System
Imagination and creative exploration engage the nervous system in new ways, offering flexibility, perspective, and the freedom to experiment with how we respond to life.
Supporting, Not Fixing
The paths don’t treat the system as broken. They focus on creating conditions where the body and psyche can respond with more flexibility and choice.
Neuroplasticity Makes It Stick
The brain’s ability to reorganize itself, called neuroplasticity, allows new patterns, habits, and emotional responses to form. Supporting it helps insight become lived change.
DISCLAIMER - This work does not involve the provision of substances and is not a replacement for medical or psychological care. We offer a safe and supportive space for legal holistic retreats and personal growth.
Descargo de responsabilidad - No vendemos ni proporcionamos sustancias. Ofrecemos un espacio seguro y de apoyo para retiros holísticos legales y desarrollo personal. Isenção de responsabilidade - Não vendemos nem fornecemos substâncias. Oferecemos um espaço seguro e acolhedor para retiros holísticos legais e desenvolvimento pessoal.