Charell & Duane Berg Retreat

Join fitness trainers Charell and Duane Berg for an immersive retreat in the Tuscanian hills.

Charell’s Quote: ‘Wellness incorporates the body, the mind and spirit. There is no medical fix, but a way of living – a lifestyle sensitive and responsible to all dimensions of the body. It’s an approach to life we are all designed to achieve, reaching our highest potential for physical and mental wellbeing, now and forever.’

Discover the deep understanding of why movement is so essential for our total wellbeing. With 20 years’ experience as a Pilates Specialist, 27 years teaching GF programs and training high profile corporate clients, to further extensive education in fascia and functional anatomy, her programming is unique and functionally driven. Charell’s sessions will educate, improve body awareness, therefore improve how you feel and move. Each session will finish with take home self-care tips to unlock restrictions, to aid in decreasing stressors, trigger points and pain.

Duane’s Quote: ‘If your training doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you’
Functional Training can mean many things to many people and can be designed to use specific exercises that relate to different lifestyles. The exercises can be tailored to closely replicate and enhance the activities we carry out in our everyday lives. This can pertain to being sports specific or it can replicate our everyday tasks around the home, work or even leisure. Specifically designed exercises using multiple joints and facilitating increased muscle groups for a specific outcome. It can be performed at a high intensity to aid in boosting metabolism and calorie
burn after exercise, or it can be slowed down to aid in flexibility and range of movement. Each of our sessions will aim to improve strength, balance, flexibility and co-ordination.

Charell Berg has over 26 years experience in the Wellness Industry and has defied the specialists post two spine surgeries to be now living pain free and working full time as a functional movement and Pilates specialist coach. She is lead to foster resilience of both the mind and body in each of her clients and members that she coaches. Charell is a Certified Personal Trainer and holds numerous International Certifications for Group Fitness programmes as well as a Diploma in Remedial Massage. She runs her own Pilates Studio alongside a Clinic whereby she treats holistically in the modality of Remedial Massage. Her extensive fascia and anatomy training has developed a deeper understanding of the bodies intricate workings which enables her to diagnose any pain and discomfort that her clients may be experiencing and in turn implement a plan to ease the discomfort. Charell overcame the early obstacles in her career which has only deepened her passion for wellness in everyone that crosses her path. She was honoured and awarded with ‘Group Exercise Leader’ for the State of NSW in 2022. This prestigious award was presented by Australia’s governing body for Fitness in Australia.

Duane Berg: “My passion for Fitness started many years ago as a teenager competing in short course Triathlons and racing Sailboards in Taupo, New Zealand. Winding the clock forward a few more years and that passion for Fitness moved me to helping other people with their own fitness journeys. Charell (my wife) was my biggest inspiration for motivating me to get started as a Group Fitness Instructor back in 2006. I started teaching and attained International Certifications in the programs that I had loved to participate in previously. In 2008 I was offered a Group Fitness Management role with a leading International Fitness franchise in Sydney Australia, this was a turning point for me as I was now able to have an impact, not only on the lives of the people that attended my classes, but the Instructors that taught to many more people as well. I achieved many awards in my role as a Group Fitness Manager and this led me to use that position to organize and participate in many group fitness events like Indoor Cycling & Group Fitness Marathons raising money for Charities and great local causes. I also completed two 100klm trail walks in 2009 and 2011 raising over $10,000 for Oxfam. I attained certification in Personal Training & Advanced Outdoor Group Training in 2013 and started teaching and running my own groups outdoors as well. My main business is all about building confidence, empowerment, strength, building comradery and about being more functional in our daily lives. Over the last few years my focus has been leaning towards reducing the reliance on fixed equipment and heavy weights to more functional & correctional bodyweight exercises aiding in not only more range of movement but reducing the chance of sport related injuries. My aim is to train people to know that they can still achieve their health and fitness goals with little to no equipment and that they can train anywhere!”