Feeling Already Lighter
A three-phase transformational programme. From exhaustion, through honest desire, to a sustained peak state. Three evenings. Two tiers. One serious decision. Chapters I and II are behind us; Chapter III — Pride is next, on Sat 25 July · 17:30–19:30.
Real transformation is not linear. The curve below maps the internal arc most clients describe — a flat reset, an inflection of honest desire, and a sustained ascent.
If you have done the breath-work, the journaling app, the silent retreat — and you are still negotiating with the same exhaustion every Sunday evening — the GLORY path is built for you. It is rigorous, sequential, and unsentimental. It assumes you are an adult who is ready.
It is not therapy. It is not yoga. It is a coaching protocol developed in the RUSSO Talent methodology and adapted for urban professionals.
Each seminar is a self-contained two-hour evening — but the cycle travels. Phase I opened on the meadow in Johannapark, behind the Lutherkirche. Phase II moved west to Martinsplatz in Kleinzschocher. Phase III — Pride — comes indoors, to Café Rosa on Merseburger Straße. The recommended path is to attend in order; many clients find the second seminar lands differently after the first.
Led by Annabel Schönfeld. A nervous-system protocol disguised as inactivity. We worked with intentional under-stimulation, breath cadence, and the somatic release of held urgency. The cohort left heavier, slower, and unusually clear. See documentation →
Sat 30 May 2026 · 19:00–21:00 · complete
Led by top model and fashion designer Alfredo Miamo. A masterclass in unapologetic want — distinguishing the desires you were trained into from the ones that are actually yours. Movement work, partner observation, and a written contract with your own appetite.
Sat 27 June 2026 · 19:00–21:00 · complete
Martinsplatz · Kleinzschocher — Going south. The night opens.
Led by Head Coach Salvatore Russo. The hardest evening — and the most rewarded. One selected Subject undergoes the full personal Immersion in front of the gathered circle. All other guests participate as witnesses, with their own quiet practice running alongside.
Sat 25 July 2026 · 17:30–19:30
Café Rosa · Merseburger Straße — indoors now. The peak is held inside.
A recommended minimum donation. Attend any one seminar — or all three — as part of the seated and standing community in the room. You observe, breathe, take notes, and begin your own internal sequence alongside the group.
A single application-only place per cycle. The selected candidate undergoes a personalised Phase III with Head Coach Salvatore Russo, in front of the gathered circle — and receives a bespoke Home Training Booklet compiled from their application.
Other guests can also attend Seminar III as participants for the recommended €10 donation, exactly as in the previous evenings, and benefit from witnessing the Immersion alongside the Subject.
Every Phase III Subject leaves with a bespoke 48-page workbook, compiled in the seven days following the Immersion. It contains:
The application is a single document, no longer than 1,500 words, in any language you write best. Tell us what you want to leave behind, what you have already tried, and what — specifically — you want to be able to feel by autumn.
One Subject is selected per cycle. Unsuccessful applications are kept on file with consent, for the next intake.
Begin applicationPhase III is not another evening. It is the single Immersion place per cycle, granted by application, where one Subject is brought to a sustained peak state — and held there long enough to look around.
RUSSO is, at root, an argument for a decent quality afterlife. To make that argument honestly, we must first earn the vision: not the wishful kind, but the working kind — the one you can describe afterwards, in your own words. The peak is where that vision is taken. The view from here is too generous to be taken on faith alone.
Somatic facilitator and former endurance athlete. Trained in vagal-tone protocols and intentional under-stimulation. Leads the deep-reset evening.
Top model and fashion designer; long-standing graduate of the RUSSO methodology. Splits his year between Milan and Leipzig. Leads the Lust seminar with embodied authority. In conversation →
Founder and head coach of RUSSO Talent. Conducts the Phase III Immersion personally. One Subject per cycle, chosen by application.
Chapter I — the deep reset — took place on the meadow behind the Lutherkirche. Below: a few documentary frames from the evening. Lanterns, pillows, blankets on the grass, a single body surrendering to weight.
Photographs by Sam Kioni Roberts
Chapter II — the honest drive — took place at Martinsplatz in Kleinzschocher, with Alfredo Miamo holding the demonstration. Below: three studies drawn from the evening, the figure caught mid-longing.
Drawings by Markus K. · from Alfredo Miamo's demonstration
Each venue is level and step-free, reachable by tram. A small tea station opens before the session and stays on afterwards for unhurried debrief — by lantern-light outdoors, by candlelight indoors. Tea, water, and quiet corners are available throughout.
You do not need to bring anything. Pillows and blankets are laid out; comfortable layered clothing is recommended — Phase I includes extended stillness and Phase II includes movement.
Photography and recording are not permitted during the seminars. The work is private to those present.
No. GLORY is a coaching programme, not a clinical treatment. We are not a substitute for therapy or psychiatric care. If you are currently in crisis, please reach out to a clinician first; we are happy to receive you afterwards.
Participants attend any seminar for the recommended €10 donation and observe, breathe, and run their own internal practice. The Subject — one person per cycle — undergoes a full personal coaching Immersion in Phase III, paid for at €490, and leaves with a bespoke Home Training Booklet.
Yes. The Phase III evening always has a circle of Participants observing alongside the Subject — the format is built around that witness layer. The recommended donation is €10, exactly as in the first two seminars.
You are welcome to attend any single seminar. We do, however, recommend the sequence: the deep reset of Phase I makes Phase II readable; without Phase II, Phase III lands without footing. The bundle is priced to encourage the full path — and arrives with a signed photograph by Alfredo Miamo.
Annabel Schönfeld leads Phase I. Top model and designer Alfredo Miamo leads Phase II. Head Coach Salvatore Russo conducts Phase III personally.
A 48-page personalised workbook, compiled in the week after the Immersion, with somatic protocols, a 90-day calendar, two follow-up calls, and a tailored reading list. It is included in the Subject tier.
GLORY is the result of an unusual collaboration between a coaching practice and a performance lab. The methodology is real and the Immersion is genuine; the room around it is dressed with the precision of a theatre. We do not consider this a contradiction — and neither will you, by the end of Phase III.
Where to find us
Within the Clara-Zetkin-Park grounds (the eastern half is officially Johannapark since 2011, but many locals still call the whole park Clara). Look for the meadow on the south side of the church.
A square in the old village heart of Kleinzschocher, by the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium. The evening takes the open space at dusk; arrive a few minutes early to find us.
A warm room on Merseburger Straße in Lindenau. Pride comes indoors: the ascent is held inside. Arrive a few minutes early to find us and settle.