While our focus is on spiritual growth and self-discovery, we also believe in the power of joy and fun. Life is meant to be celebrated, and we ensure that our retreats include opportunities for relaxation, celebration, and embracing the beauty of life. Whether it’s through dance parties, laughter workshops, or enjoying delicious meals together, every moment is infused with a sense of purpose and lightheartedness.
Our journey began with Natural Awakenings South Jersey Magazine, where we shared stories, wisdom, and resources rooted in holistic wellness and conscious living. From there, we expanded into Holistic Health & Healing Expos—creating gathering spaces where curiosity, learning, and community naturally unfold. Today, our retreats are the heart of this work, bringing everything full circle through intentionally designed experiences that support reflection, connection, and inner alignment. We invite you to walk this path with us. Each retreat offers space to slow your pace, listen inward, and reconnect with what truly matters. Through shared experiences, sacred moments, and meaningful connection, we come together to create journeys that feel both grounding and expansive—honoring personal growth, collective energy, and a life lived with presence and purpose.
Meet the Experience Curators
About Shae Marcus
Shae Marcus is the founder of The 11:11 Experience, a retreat company created for women who are craving something deeper than a vacation — a space to pause, reconnect, explore, heal, laugh, exhale, and remember who they are beneath the noise of everyday life.
As the publisher of Natural Awakenings, South Jersey and Philadelphia, Shae has spent years surrounded by the world of holistic health, conscious living, wellness practitioners, healers, teachers, and spiritual seekers. But The 11:11 Experience was born from something more personal — the understanding that women often carry so much for everyone else that they forget to make space for themselves.
Shae is a certified 200-hour RYT yoga teacher and holds a Reiki certification, both of which have shaped the way she understands presence, intention, mindfulness, and healing. While yoga may be woven into the retreats, The 11:11 Experience is not centered around yoga alone. These are wellness retreats designed to offer connection, adventure, reflection, rest, ceremony, and meaningful experiences in beautiful places.
As a mother of two teenagers, an animal lover, and someone who has spent many years in animal rescue, Shae brings a grounded, real-life perspective to the wellness journey. She believes healing and self-connection do not have to be overly complicated or out of reach. Sometimes it begins with a deep breath, a supportive circle, a sunrise, a shared meal, a good laugh, or one honest moment of remembering, “I matter too.”
Through The 11:11 Experience, Shae creates retreats that blend meaningful travel, women’s connection, gentle wellness practices, ceremony, adventure, and plenty of room to simply be. Her why is simple: to create spaces where women feel seen, supported, inspired, and gently reminded that the next chapter can be meaningful, beautiful, and completely their own.
About Arianni Fiorini
Arianni Fiorini is a guide, space-holder, and intuitive leader whose work is rooted in presence, compassion, and energetic awareness. With a calming, grounded approach, she creates environments where people feel safe to soften, reconnect, and return to themselves—without pressure, performance, or expectation.
Arianni’s path into holistic wellness is shaped by lived experience and a deep respect for the mind–body–spirit connection. Over time, she was drawn to practices that honor both the seen and unseen layers of healing, leading her to become a Pranic Healer and Yoga Nidra Certified guide. These modalities inform her work at every level, allowing her to support others through gentle yet powerful energetic balance, deep rest, and intentional stillness.
As a facilitator, Arianni is known for her steady presence and natural ability to hold space. She leads with warmth and authenticity, believing that true transformation happens when people feel supported enough to be fully themselves. Whether guiding a Yoga Nidra session, offering energetic healing, or simply creating space for reflection, her work invites a sense of ease, clarity, and inner alignment.
Arianni is a core part of the 11:11 Experience, hosting and co-hosting many of the brand’s retreats around the world. These retreats represent the heart of her work—bringing together mindfulness, connection, and sacred pause in thoughtfully curated environments. She understands that growth often unfolds quietly: in moments of rest, honest conversation, shared silence, or the feeling of being truly seen. Her role is to make space for those moments to emerge naturally.
At the center of Arianni’s philosophy is the belief that healing is not about fixing or becoming someone new, but about remembering who you are beneath the noise of everyday life. Through intentional practices and soulful experiences, she helps women reconnect with their inner wisdom, restore balance, and cultivate a deeper sense of presence.
Arianni Fiorini’s work is a reminder that when healing is approached with gentleness and respect, transformation doesn’t need to be forced. It arrives organically—through connection, intention, and the simple act of allowing.
About Monica Delli Santi
Monica Delli Santi is an American-born expat living in Italy whose presence brings warmth, laughter, and a deep sense of belonging to every experience she touches. Equal parts cultural connector, spirited host, and intuitive guide, Monica has a rare gift for making people feel instantly at home—whether that’s in a Tuscan piazza, a candlelit villa, or the middle of a spontaneous dance party.
Monica is most often found with a microphone in hand, effortlessly guiding groups through moments big and small. She has a natural talent for reading a room—knowing when to lead, when to lighten the mood with a perfectly timed one-liner, and when to pause and let something meaningful unfold. Her humor is genuine, her energy contagious, and her ability to create connection is unmistakable.
As a co-host for many of the 11:11 Experience culture-forward retreats, Monica serves as the bridge between place and people. Living in Italy has deepened her appreciation for ritual, rhythm, and the beauty of everyday moments—long meals, shared stories, music that moves through a room, and laughter that feels like medicine. She brings this perspective into each retreat, reminding guests that culture is not something to observe from a distance, but something to feel, taste, move with, and celebrate.
While Monica is known for joy and levity, her work is also grounded in presence and intention. She understands that spiritual connection doesn’t always happen in silence—it often emerges through shared experience, movement, and moments of uninhibited expression. Whether she’s inviting guests into a playful moment of dance or guiding a group into deeper reflection, her approach honors both the lightness and depth of the human experience.
At her core, Monica believes that connection is sacred. She creates spaces where people feel free to be themselves—where laughter and reflection coexist, and where memories are made not just through beautiful settings, but through how people feel within them. Her energy encourages openness, spontaneity, and a return to joy as a powerful pathway to presence.
Monica Delli Santi brings heart, humor, and soul to every retreat she co-hosts. She is a reminder that transformation doesn’t always arrive quietly—sometimes it arrives through laughter, music, shared moments, and the simple permission to fully enjoy being alive.