Cacao & Family Constellations: A Workshop for Cycle Breakers

A monthly gathering for healing, connection, and community in the Hudson Valley

About this Event

Held at the serene Śaranam Center for Healing & Transformation in the hills of Greenville, NY, this monthly gathering invites you into a space of heart-opening connection, insight, and transformation.

Together, we’ll drink Ceremonial Cacao and move into a gentle group healing process called Family Constellations, where we explore how family dynamics and inherited patterns may be shaping your present-day life, and how to shift them with compassion and clarity, so you can begin to heal your lineage and move forward with greater freedom.

Whether you’re working through relationship challenges, stuck in patterns that feel familiar, or simply longing for a deeper sense of belonging, this space offers an invitation to reconnect with what matters most.

What You’ll Experience

Through the powerful combination of Cacao, Constellations, and Community, you will:

• Gain insight into how family patterns may be shaping your life and relationships
• Release burdens and beliefs that no longer serve you
• Open your heart with the grounding, heart-centered support of Ceremonial Cacao (optional)
• Experience the magic of this work, whether you're receiving your own constellation or witnessing another's
• Connect with like-minded cycle breakers on a shared path of healing and growth

What to Expect

• A welcoming circle in the beautiful Temple at Śaranam Center, nestled in nature and inspired by traditional Indian architecture with hand-built vaulted pine ceilings and peaceful surroundings
• A warm cup of Ceremonial Cacao to ground, connect, and prepare for the work (cacao is optional)
• A trauma-informed, embodied space where you can feel safe and supported
• Two to three Family Constellation sessions facilitated in a small group setting, and/or simple experiential practices to help you connect with the work in your own life
• Opportunities to receive a personal constellation or participate as a representative
• Time for reflection, integration, and shared connection

Even if you don’t receive a personal constellation, your presence is powerful. Participating as a representative or witness often reveals surprising insights and healing in your own life.

🌱 Who this is for:

This workshop is for cycle breakers—those who feel a quiet or urgent call to explore what has been passed down, to shift old patterns, and to live with more freedom, clarity, and authenticity.

You might feel drawn to this experience if you:

• Sense you're carrying emotions or beliefs that may not fully be yours
• Feel stuck in relationships, roles, or dynamics that seem to repeat
• Are navigating a life transition and want clarity and support
• Have done personal healing work but feel something deeper is asking to be seen
• Want to feel more connected to yourself and those around you
• Long to live with more authenticity, sovereignty, and inner peace
• Are a space-holder, coach, or healer exploring your next layer of healing
• Are curious about Family Constellations, Ceremonial Cacao, or energy work in community
• Long to be part of a grounded, heart-centered space for healing

This is gentle, soul-deep work. You don’t need to know your whole family history. You don’t need to have it all figured out. Just come as you are, with your heart open and a willingness to explore.

📅 Reserve Your Spot in Advance

This is a monthly gathering, and we lovingly prepare the cacao fresh for each guest.

Please register at least 12 hours in advance so we can honor your presence and prepare accordingly.

Your RSVP helps us create a more intentional and heart-centered space for all.

Cacao Info: We’ll be sharing a gentle, heart-opening dose of Ceremonial Cacao. For best results, avoid eating 2–3 hours before and skip caffeine or dairy. Feel free to bring a snack for afterward or if you need support for blood sugar. If you're pregnant, breastfeeding, have a heart condition, or take SSRIs/MAOIs, please email bWFzaGEgfCBmcmVlbWFzaGEgISBjb20= to let us know and to receive guidance on dosage.

Testimonial from our latest Cacao & Family Constellations Retreat:

“I went to this retreat not knowing anyone, just feeling the call to go, and I am so grateful I trusted my intuition. Masha and Tiger held an open and healing space. Coupled with the power of cacao and family constellations work, there was this permission to be vulnerable, to play and to feel seen. I left this retreat feeling connected to the community that was created in that space. I feel lighter and more supported in my long-term healing journey and I can already tell that this work is going to shift larger dynamics in my life where things have been stuck for years. I think it adds beautifully to years of healing work I've already done and for those of us with complex trauma/harder traumatic family relationships. If you're feeling the call, I recommend giving it a go. :) “ — Beth Ann

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What is Family Constellations

In a Family Constellations workshop, participants typically gather in a group setting with a facilitator. A session begins with a brief conversation between the client and the facilitator. During the conversation, the facilitator seeks to understand the client's intention for the session. For example, if a client is struggling with a particular relationship pattern, the facilitator may ask "What tells you this pattern is playing out?" Or "When did the pattern start?" After getting a picture of how the issue expresses itself in the client's life the facilitator moves on to ask questions that uncover the role these dynamics play in their larger family system.

Once the facilitator has gathered enough information to begin, the facilitator asks the client to choose representatives for the family members or entities that are relevant to the situation.

In a group workshop, this means the client picks people from the group to stand and represent different members of their family. Although the other workshop attendees are often strangers, they can be chosen by the client to stand and temporarily represent their mother, father, sibling, grandparent, significant other, boss at work or the client themselves.

What develops is a 3D representation of the client's view of their family, place of work, or other relevant system they are examining. From the start, externalizing what was previously an internal image begins to draw out insights. Why did the client place their mother so far from their father? Why does the client's representative look like they're in a stand-off with their sibling?

Inevitably, new stories emerge that the client may not have realized were relevant to their intention for the session. As the Constellation progresses, new information continues to come to light while the facilitator guides the representatives and brings in new representatives to test different areas of the client's system. The session typically culminates by finding the configuration that restores order, resources, love, strength and/or gratitude within the client. In fact, it's common for the client to report feeling these new sensations in their body as the session reaches completion.

When you participate as a representative in constellations, your presence offers the valuable opportunity to observe and gain insights from the process for your own life. This work is deep and beautiful. In group Family Constellations, we get to witness the humanity in all of us.

People attend Family Constellations workshops to:

• Identify unconscious patterns
• Resolve family issues
• Heal ancestral wounds
• Understand family dynamics
• Grow personally
• Support career or life transitions
• Find closure or resolution
• Seek emotional and spiritual healing

To learn more, visit: www.freemasha.com/family-constellations

"I have been wanting to do family constellations in person for a long time. I knew the experience would be life changing but I thought I would have to travel overseas to experience it.Then it happened, right here in my hometown. A friend told me about Masha’s upcoming event and I registered right away. I was right, live family constellation sessions are life changing and especially when the facilitator is intuitive, caring and so gifted. I continue to attend Masha’s sessions because whether I have my own constellation or participate in someone else’s the transformation is always there. I could keep trying to explain the value of these live sessions but I think the best way to understand them is to attend one, and thanking me later.” — Cat

"Attending a Family Constellation workshop was a truly eye-opening experience for me. It shifted my perspective from feeling like things happened to me to understanding that they simply happened—without personal attachment or blame. This workshop provides a unique opportunity to observe family and relational systems from a more objective, bird’s-eye view rather than being confined to your own personal narrative. Through this process, I was able to break free from a cycle I never consciously chose, gaining clarity and empowerment along the way. I highly recommend this experience to anyone ready to challenge their ingrained beliefs about family, relationships, work, and community. It’s an incredible practice that works with energy in a way unlike anything else—truly transformative and powerful. — Ruu
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What is Ceremonial Cacao

Ceremonial Cacao is a powerful plant medicine known for its heart-opening properties and ability to enhance clarity, creativity, and focus. Consumed in ceremonies and/or at home, it facilitates deep emotional healing, self-expression, and connection to your inner guidance. Beyond its spiritual benefits, cacao is also a nutrient-rich superfood, supporting productivity and well-being. When used intentionally, Ceremonial Cacao can bring joy, deepen your self-care practices, and support your personal and spiritual growth. Discover the transformative magic of cacao and its capacity to awaken your heart.

Tiger and Masha are both Keith’s Cacao practitioners, which is a very powerful cacao for deep healing work, and that is the cacao we will be drinking.

To learn more, visit www.freemasha.com/cacao.

“Thank you so much for sharing such an awesome, safe, transformative and loving heart space with a very beautiful community. The Spirit of Cacao brought many miracles and magic! Your facilitation helped everyone to open up in a special, and authentic way. Continue your beautiful work, I look forward to joining you again on your powerful sharing journey!” — Karen

"Cacao Ceremony has literally changed my life. Discovered this mid-summer, and have been on a very incredible self-discovery ever since. It is such a different stimulation, and helps to open the heart, and relax the ribcage, so it is not constantly in protection mode. What amazing, knowledgeable and safe people are Masha and Tiger, being in their presence, with cacao is a hug in itself. Thank you." - Ruu

“First of all, thank you so so much for such a profound experience. I’ve never done cacao with such an intimate group with a guide, like you. I’ve done ayahuasca and mushrooms, I’ve done all that work so many times, and in such a short amount of time I was so open. The cacao opened me up so quickly in ways that I’ve never experienced. As the cacao was being brought around, I already started to feel the energy of the cacao. As I was holding it in my hand, it was vibrating. My whole body and heart was vibrating, and I didn’t drink it yet. I only took a few sips, I drank about half a cup, and I was so open. Being able to move and experience the cacao through movement in that way was amazing and being able to open up and cry like that in front of this group, in ways I haven’t gotten to in so long. It was exactly what I needed with everything im going through in my life. Thank you thank you, there’s not enough words to say it all. It was amazing and amazing is an understatement it was so profound thank you.” — Miriam
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Your Facilitators

Masha Zolotarsky is a trauma-informed healing arts practitioner based in Catskill, NY, who blends somatic and ancestral healing with the wisdom of astrology and the heart-opening spirit of cacao. After two decades as a designer in New York City, a heartbreak sparked a profound spiritual awakening that led her to this work. Trained in Focalizing (a somatic healing modality), Family Constellations, Keith’s Cacao, and Internal Family Systems (IFS), she also assisted and co-taught the Focalizing Practitioner Training with The Focalizing Institute for three years. A devoted student of astrology, Masha weaves these modalities with shamanic and embodiment practices to guide others in returning to their truth, breaking old cycles, and embodying who they came here to be. Her passion lies in creating safe, transformative spaces for healing through her 1:1 work, cacao ceremonies, and Family Constellations gatherings.

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Jeffery Tiger is a Psychedelic Guide and Integration Coach, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Somatic Practitioner, Recovery Coach, and Family Constellations Practitioner. Tiger facilitates groups focusing on addiction, trauma, and PTSD. He is also a Keith’s Cacao Practitioner, hosting cacao ceremonies in the New York area alongside his partner, Masha. With over 20 years of experience in psychedelic medicine and recovery, Tiger brings a lighthearted approach to his work, believing that heart-centered healing is where true magic happens.

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We also have a full-day Cacao & Family Constellations workshop coming up at The Kiva in Stone Ridge on February 7th, 1-7pm that you can learn more about here.

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About the Location: Saranam Center for Healing & Transofrmation (formerly known as SRV Retreat Center) in Greenville, NY

A place of tranquility and a sacred container for wisdom, the Saranam Center invites each guest to immerse themselves in our serene countryside sanctuary—where tranquility, rejuvenation, and personal growth are effortlessly discovered. Saranam exists to connect people with wisdom, insight, and healing. We have a long history of hosting regular classes and private group events for practitioners of healing arts and wisdom traditions ranging from yoga, meditation, dance, and sound healing retreats, indigenous teachers and practices. We welcome seekers of wisdom, earth-loving people, medicine people, evolving people – no matter one’s color or the language of one’s ancestors.

Learn more: saranamcenter.org

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