Legacy Burdens, Gifts and Inheritances (Melbourne)

As a family system we all carry aspects of our family's inheritance. This includes strengths and weakness, guilts and innocence, loyalties, shadowy unclaimed cut-offs, and more. These legacy inheritances (not just those we feel good about, or wish away) can invisibly shape us, and even to require something of us in our life. As part of a larger context, a system of systems, we discover much we have struggled with or pathologised about ourselves, can also be understood as belonging-to the whole family or social system. When we personalise these heavy burdens we can experience ourselves as 'stuck, broken or treatment resistant' , rather than allowing that the approach (medical or psychological) may be misdirected or misperceiving. Additionally, these inter-generational imbalances or debts can travel through and across family lines over decades, even centuries. Collective burdens may relate to social experiences such as immigration, colonisation, gender and religion - institutional and social mores, and more.

Any part in the personal or family system can be carrying legacy influences that impact its' role and functioning. These are unique energies and influences that we acquired from our families, and other legacies that are shared more widely - the result of our history, cultural codes, ways of upbringing, system of education, ethnicity, gender and so on. They can be visible and obvious, or hidden and unaware. Acknowledging both the pain and the beauty of our heritage brings healing and clarity to our inner and outer systems.

In this workshop we will learn to;

• identify legacy influences in ourselves and our clients
• understand their content and recognise their impact on the person's system and life
• invite representatives to stand-in within our system to bring new information, energy and perception
• separate 'heirlooms' in our legacy that we would like to keep and pass on forward, and the painful burdens that we could release
• understand and practice the release of process of legacy burdens, including acknowledging the importance, role and well-wishing of ancestors, resources and guides

This workshop will include didatic teaching, live demonstrations, small and large group work, meditation, and much opportunity to experience practice and build skills.

Participants will learn by doing, sharing and reflecting. This is not a therapeutic group, and those seeking therapy are kindly directed to appropriate professionals. This workshop is not recommended for those in crisis. If you are unsure please contact the organiser.

WHEN

Each day will start promptly from 9:30AM to 6:00PM AEDT - excepting Day 1 which we begin from 9:15AM to allow time for registration, ahead of our start at 9:30AM.

DAY 1 - Monday 17th March 2025 (9:30AM to 6:00PM AEDT)

DAY 2 - Tuesday 18th March 2024 (9:30AM to 6:00PM AEDT)

DAY 3 - Wednesday 19th March 2024 (9:30AM to 5:00PM AEDT)

COST

GENERAL TICKET - 3 DAY WORKSHOP - $1,150 AU (plus ~$20 EB fee)

Register here with a deposit of $350 (plus ~$20 EB fees) to reserve your place, and the remaining workshop fee will be invoiced to you separately. Full payment will confirm your place. Payment plans are available. No recordings will be made. See cancellation and refund policy for all details.

Tickets include materials, morning and afternoon tea ~ snacks/fruit and drinks. Lunch is BYO or at local cafes (easy walking distance).

WHERE

ABBOTSFORD CONVENT

1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford

VIC 3067 Australia

(All day parking opposite, in St Heliers St)

https://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/

Crows Nest Sydney workshop 22-24th March details here

PARTICIPANTS

Limited to 32 persons, plus the training team.

TRAINER

Kay Gardner LCPS; IFS Institute Lead Trainer

Kay is a senior Lead Trainer for Internal Family Systems (IFS). She is a therapist who has been in private practice for 40 years in Chicago. Kay is co-founder of the Women's Circle, a woman’s program in Chicago and also has led various workshops around the country for men and women including Persephone's Journey, Men and Their Mothers, Women and their fathers, Legacy burdens, and Sacred theatre for couples. She has been involved with IFS since the first trainings in the early 1990's.

Previous to this, she was a therapist and teacher of Hakomi Body Centered Psychotherapy and helped to integrate the body into the IFS model starting 25 years ago. Kay Gardner has over 40 years of clinical experience and 30 years in private practice. She is a gifted and heartfelt presenter who brings a body centered and spiritual approach to her work and has been a student of yoga and meditation for 40 years.

Kay says, "This workshop will be an experiential exploration with the intention of working with our legacy and cultural burdens. Participants will get a chance to explore the burdens and blessings that we carry both from our ancestors and our culture.

We will spend our time together in experiential meditations and embodiment practices, sculpting and sharing deeply with each other.

At the same time, we will deepen into our relationships with our whole and well ancestors, often going way back in our ancestorial line. On the final day we will culminate our time together with a grief ritual for our ancestors.

Come join us in this deep and intimate exploration of our cultural burdens and our past."

Who is this for?

This workshop will be offered to those who have completed Level 1 IFS or above, or a Deepening or Enriching Small Group workshop. Basic IFS concepts eg 'entanglement'. 'burdening', as well as working with 'parts', and 'Self' relationship building will be assumed.

Note - these workshops qualify for equivalent hours of specialised training that may be counted towards Continuing Professional Development according to requirements set down by your accrediting body. Registered health professionals have a responsibility to ensure that they continue to maintain, enhance and extend their knowledge and skills throughout their working lives.

Anyone attending the live training/workshop is recommended to have their vaccination and boosters against COVID-19 up to date. We recommend all participants take best precautions (masks, distancing, hand-washing, testing) in order to take care of others and themselves during the endemic and flu seasons.

Workshop size

The size of this workshop is limited to 32 participants plus training team.

Early registration is encouraged as previous workshops have sold out directly in our last Legacy themed offerings.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is the signature work of Dr Richard Schwartz PhD, more at www.IFS-Institute.com and trademarked through the Centre of Self Leadership.

As a clinical treatment IFS is rated effective to improve general functioning and well-being by the US National Registry for Evidence-based Programs and Practices as an evidence-based practice. In addition, it has been rated promising for each of: improving phobia, panic, and generalized anxiety disorders and symptoms; physical health conditions and symptoms; personal resilience/self-concept; and depression and depressive symptoms. For more read here.

Internal Family Systems Institute (IFSI) certified Level 1 trainings in Australia and NZ are planned to run in 2025 and beyond. This workshop will be useful preparation for a further learning program. Other options for furthering skills include online Demos Series, Enriching Workshops, Small Groups, and the IFS Institute's Online Circle program.

FAQS

What should I bring to the workshop?

BRING:

curiosity, willingness to try things out ("Yes, and..."), a sense of humour, and a heart-oriented openness to the multiplicity of self. Preparedness to do your own work - "if you are feeling it, it's probably yours".

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

See the link at the bottom of the brief bio to the right .

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

Tickets are not transferable.

What is the refund policy?
Due to the limited size of each course, a refund can only be issued if cancellation notification is received 30 days prior to the workshop - less a $75.00 administration fee per person. Existing registrants will be sent the refund, and should return any materials sent. We cannot reimburse any expenses you may have incurred. If you cannot attend, a suitably qualified substitute may attend in your place, assuming you forward all materials or information to them. Courses are pre-paid. We do not take money at the door.

We reserve the right to cancel due to insufficient registrations or other reasons beyond our control at our discretion. Workshop fees will be reimbursed in full should cancellation be necessary.