Apr 11 2025 - Apr 13 2025

Family Constellations: Weekend Retreat

Take strength from your roots and unload unnecessary burdens!

Life can be hard enough sometimes. It can get even tougher, though, if we not only face challenges from our own lifetime but also carry burdens from our family system.

Family/systemic constellations help us to identify, better understand, and release the burdens that we unconsciously and unnecessarily take on from our living or long-deceased family members. This approach is one of the few methods that also provide practical tools to deal with transgenerational trauma – whether related to personal, family, community, or national losses.

As all of us are, to some extent, shaped by our family’s legacy (whether we like it or not),
family/systemic constellations offer something to everyone. However, if you’ve had long-term struggles that aren’t easily explained by your own life events and choices, or if you feel like you’re self-sabotaging, chances are even higher that this method will be a crucial step on your journey toward living life to its fullest. Constellations work often helps people reconnect with estranged family members. Other times, reconnection may not be possible, but better understanding and working through our unconscious loyalties and entanglements can provide greater freedom to make better choices that serve you, and achieve a deeper peace with who we truly are.

This weekend is open to all.

If you are unfamiliar with family constellations, a brief introduction can be found on the website of the North American association of constellators (https://www.nasconstellations.org/what-are-systemic-constellations.html). A more in-depth introduction to the philosophy of constellations can be found in an interview book with the developer (Acknowledging What Is: Conversations with Bert Hellinger), while the practice of this method is well-described in the work of I.T. Preiss (Family Constellations Revealed). Finally, if you are interested in where empirical research stands regarding family constellations, you may read about it in one of Barna’s academic papers here: https://pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/177231226/famp.12636.pdf

Please note that while the facilitator of this workshop is a registered mental health professional, a single family constellation workshop is not formal psychotherapy and is not proven to treat mental disorders.

RETREAT SCHEDULE

Friday, April 11
3-5 pm
Arrive & Settle in to your Cabin
5:00 pm
Opening Circle in the Studio - Introductions and review the retreat agenda
6:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm
Overview of the theory and background of family/systemic constellations
Saturday, April 12
8:30 am
Breakfast
10:00 am
Overview of the practice of family/systemic constellations and first group constellation
12:00 pm
Lunch & free time to explore the trails
1:00 - 6:00 pm
Afternoon constellation sessions with breaks between sessions.
6:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday, April 13
8:30 am
Breakfast and free time to pack up your cabin
10:00 am
Morning constellation session
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Closing circle - taking the practice home.
Stay as long as you wish to enjoy the space and depart at your leisure.

Meet Your Facilitator

Dr. Barna Konkolÿ Thege

Barna is a psychologist working in the public healthcare system, where he supports people with severe mental health challenges. Beyond his clinical work, he also conducts formal research, including on the effectiveness of family/systemic constellations. Barna began exploring family/systemic constellations over 20 years ago in Europe, where he is originally from. He completed his formal constellator training at the Hellinger Institute in Toronto, but he also studied with numerous constellation facilitators across Europe and North America.

Book Your Retreat

Friday April 11
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Sunday April 13
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Tuition

Included in the pricing are all meals, classes and the accommodation you choose. Rates are per person.

Shared $565 + HST (up to 4 people share a cabin)

Semi-private $645 + HST ( 2 people share a room)

Private $825 + HST (a room all to yourself)

Some cabins have 2 rooms, each having a separate entrance.

Please note that while the facilitator of this workshop is a registered mental health professional, a single family constellation workshop is not formal psychotherapy and is not proven to treat mental disorders.

 

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Shared - Cabin will be shared with up to 3 other guests of the same gender. If you are booking for just yourself, depending on the retreat, we will match you with other guests of the same gender.

Semi-private - Cabin will be shared with the 1 other person you are registering with. If booking alone, we will try to match you with someone of the same gender.

Private - Cabin for one person, not sharing with others.

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11th April: Family Constellations: Weekend Retreat