The Transformative Power of Yoga and Family Constellations
I let go and prepare to embrace the new.
The ancient sages, including Gautama Buddha, teach us that the primary cause of suffering is the almost innate tendency toward attachment. Each of us, to varying degrees, creates a holographic image of ourselves, an image inevitably influenced by dysfunctional learning processes and traumas experienced personally or by family members. We rarely recognize these entanglements because we usually react through automatic responses based on acquired patterns and experiences. For this beginning of 2025, we have decided to harness innovative energies to help you effectively release outdated and unhelpful patterns of thought and behavior. Through the practices and insights of yoga, we will learn techniques to energize and activate the “change mode.” With Family Constellations, you will have the opportunity to work on personal dynamics and behavior/thought patterns that hinder your growth and evolution.
Energize Your Desire for Change by Grounding Yourself in the Present Moment
What Family Constellations Are
Family Constellations take place in a group where members serve as representatives, enacting a theme or situation to be observed. The dynamics among the various representatives bring out soul movements that suggest a possible solution. Representing a role in a constellation allows the represented person to observe what is, the representative to perceive a dynamic from within, and the observer to experience the empathy that arises. Bert Hellinger, the founder of Family Constellations, calls this sense of connection perceived by group members the “morphogenetic field.” Current problems and difficulties can be influenced by traumas experienced in previous generations, even if the people involved are unaware of them. The sense of knowledge that arises from this process is shared by all group members.
Casale Il Sentiero, via Ca’ Nicolò Fanano, Modena
- CASALE IL SENTIERO
Nestled in the mountains of the Modena Apennines, in stunning nature with breathtaking landscapes. Just a few minutes’ drive from Fanano, a picturesque village in the Modena Apennines, rich with trails and paths inviting for excursions and hikes.
The house has around 10 double or triple rooms with a kitchen and various common areas with beautiful views of the Apennines. The practice room, separate from the house, is built of wood and glass and offers a wide view of the surrounding valleys and mountains.
- VEGETARIAN/VEGAN CUISINE
Great care is taken in the preparation of meals. The three included meals are exclusively vegetarian/vegan. Additionally, we can adapt meals to meet specific dietary needs such as intolerances and allergies.
Seminar Program
Saturday 28
Arrival during the day, 4:00 pm Registration, 6:00 pm Start and seminar presentation, 8:00 pm Dinner
Sunday 29 / Monday 30 / Tuesday 31
8:30 am Yoga Practice, 10:00 am Breakfast, 11:00 am Family Constellations, 1:00 pm Lunch, 3:30 pm Family Constellations,
6:00 pm Evening Practice, 8:00 pm Dinner
Wednesday 1
9:00 am Yoga Practice, 10:00 am Breakfast, 11:00 am Closing Circle, 1:00 pm Lunch, afternoon Departure
Cost and Registration
€590 (includes accommodation in a double or triple room, all meals, and the seminar). Single room available for a supplement.
To register, a deposit of €200 is required.
Yoga Seminar Teachers
Massimo Cantara
Graduated as a Yoga Teacher (500h) with the international SYM school, where he was also an instructor. He also completed a Yoga Therapy diploma (300h) with the Vasistha Yoga Foundation in Kerala, India. Since 2010, he has been teaching at his center in Italy and is a founding member of “Three Treasures Yoga,” an international teacher training school. In addition to his professional work as a practitioner of Bio-Natural Disciplines and as a Shiatsu teacher, he founded the Holismos Center for Health Arts in 1999, a center for promoting and practicing Bio-Natural Disciplines, including Yoga, where he serves as director. In 2016, he co-founded the Holismos Yoga and Wellness Center in Varese with Sara Della Torre. He holds diplomas in Cranio-Sacral Balance, Kinesiology, Shiatsu, and Yoga instruction. In 2020, he released his music CD “Elemental World,” a sonic journey through the five elements. In 2021, he published his book “Pain-Free Hospital” on Bio-Natural Disciplines in a hospital context, published by Epigraphia, Salus series.
Piero Bianciardi
He studied medicine for five years at the University of Siena, while simultaneously dedicating himself to Yoga, especially Hatha Yoga and Viniyoga, Taijiquan, and Shaolin chuan under Master Chang Dsu Yao, Shiatsu with Master Clemente Cocchiola, and Acupuncture with Professor Nguyen Vanghi in Florence.
He studied contemporary dance with Master Dominique Dupuis, Contact Dance, and the sacred dances of Gurdjeff with Shurta. He achieved a 1st dan in Taijiquan and Shaolin chuan with M° Chang Dsu Yao and a Yoga Teaching diploma at the EFOA school in Rome with Francoise Berlette and as a Shiatsu practitioner. He earned certification as a “Movement Activities Operator” from the University of Medicine in Siena and as a Feldenkrais Practitioner in Florence. He has taught Yoga and Feldenkrais in Siena and Chianti for many years, creating his own teaching methods, Felden Yoga, and an aquatic practice method, Feldenwater.
He practices and studies Dong-style Taijiquan with Master Alex Dong and Aikido at the Renwakai school with M° Massimiliano Perini and M° Alain Tendron, holding a 2nd Dan. He has studied Tango with various instructors, including Chicho Frumbuli and Pablo Moyano. For many years, he attended Family Constellation seminars with Carl Peter Strommer and Bert Hellinger, and he earned a Diploma in Systemic Family Constellations from the Hellinger School of Bert and Marie Sophie Hellinger. He teaches as an Assistant Trainer of the Feldenkrais Method in Siena and Florence and as a trainer in various formations in Italy and worldwide.
