Carlo Runay has been organizing and facilitating personal growth and transformational retreats for over ten years through various projects and experiential contexts.

His focus includes authentic relating, conscious sexuality, Tantra, the sacred masculine, and the living dance of archetypes.

His travels and research have led him to study Eastern traditions such as Tantra and Taoism, integrating them with modern psychology, somatic work, and nervous system regulation practices. By bridging East and West, spirituality and science, he has developed a personal approach that weaves symbolic depth with embodied grounding, creating supported spaces where participants can explore intimacy, integrate their shadows, and transform vital energy into creative power.

For over twenty years, he has traveled across several continents, connecting with diverse cultures, including tribal communities in Africa, Asia, South America, and Central America.

He is the author of five books about traveling around the world without airplanes and his personal growth journey, which became bestsellers in Italy.

In 2021, he co-founded Meraki, an ecovillage with an educational and training project inspired by permaculture.

He is also co-founder of Etna Therapy, Estasia Fest, and Kāma Etna Fest — festivals and experiential spaces dedicated to personal transformation, embodiment and conscious sexuality.

https://www.runay.org/