The story behind the work
Every teacher was oncemid-turn themselves.
One-Eighty was born from a personal 180° — a moment when the patterns stopped being background noise and became impossible to ignore.
Origin
How this work began
Hello- I'm Senovia. Welcome to One-Eighty Institute & Retreats! For more than two decades, my work as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Sexologist brought me into the deeply personal stories of people seeking change. I witnessed how familiar ways of thinking, relating, and responding can shape a life — and how powerful it can be to discover another way. In my own life, that discovery led to a deliberate shift. I founded One-Eighty Institute & Retreats to create experiences where people can step away from their usual rhythms, recognize what keeps repeating, and begin moving in a direction they consciously choose. I bring therapy-informed wisdom, relationship expertise, somatic awareness, and spiritual reflection to this work. I listen closely, ask questions that invite discovery, and help you connect what you learn about yourself to what you do next. Through courses, group experiences, Individual and Couples Immersions, and retreats, we work with the situations that matter to you: a relationship caught in the same conversation, a transition you feel uncertain about, or a desire you’ve repeatedly set aside. You have space to hear yourself and support to turn that clarity into decisions, conversations, and action. One-Eighty is the expression of the work I have chosen to do now: helping people recognize the loop, find their own direction, and begin living it.
I'm glad you found your way here. Perhaps something in your life is asking for a new direction, even if the path is not clear.
For more than two decades, my work as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Clinical Sexologist brought me into the deeply personal stories of people seeking change. I witnessed how familiar ways of thinking, relating, and responding can shape a life — and how powerful it can be to discover another way.
In my own life, that discovery led to a deliberate shift. I founded One-Eighty Institute & Retreats to create experiences where people can step away from their usual rhythms, recognize what keeps repeating, and begin moving in a direction they consciously choose.
I bring therapy-informed wisdom, relationship expertise, somatic awareness, and spiritual reflection to this work. I listen closely, ask questions that invite discovery, and help you connect what you learn about yourself to what you do next.
Through courses, group experiences, Individual and Couples Immersions, and retreats, we work with the situations that matter to you: a relationship caught in the same conversation, a transition you feel uncertain about, or a desire you've repeatedly set aside. You have space to hear yourself and support to turn that clarity into decisions, conversations, and action.
One-Eighty is the expression of the work I have chosen to do now: helping people recognize the loop, find their own direction, and begin living it.
Philosophy
The principles that guide this work
Energy is information
Every feeling, reaction, and recurring pattern carries data. We don't suppress or bypass — we learn to read what the body and field are actually saying.
The loop is the lesson
Repetition isn't failure. It's an unread message. When we stop fighting the pattern and start listening to it, the loop naturally begins to open.
Transition is sacred territory
Career pivots, relationship endings, identity shifts — these are not crises to survive. They are initiations to move through with awareness and intention.
Consciousness changes everything
You cannot think your way out of a pattern you are unconsciously living. Awareness — real, embodied awareness — is the only lever that moves the whole system.
The approach
What makes One-Eighty different
Most personal development work targets the mind. One-Eighty works at the intersection of mind, body, and field — the full energetic system. We use somatic awareness, pattern mapping, and conscious energy management to create shifts that last beyond the session, the retreat, or the course.
Somatic-first
The body holds the pattern. We start there.
Non-pathologizing
Nothing is wrong with you. Everything is information.
Transition-specialized
Built specifically for people in the middle of change.
Energy-literate
We teach you to read and manage your own energetic field.
Training & credentials
The foundation beneath the work
Certified Somatic Practitioner — Somatic Experiencing International
Advanced Training in Energy Psychology — ACEP
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Teacher Training
Trauma-Informed Facilitation — Generative Change Institute
10+ years facilitating individual and group transformation work
Retreat design and facilitation across North America and Europe
Ready to work together?
Whether you're drawn to a course, a cohort, or a private intensive — the first step is simply deciding to begin.