Cacao & Family Constellations: A Monthly Workshop for Cycle Breakers

Freemasha: Masha Zolotarsky

A Transformational Gathering: Step into a safe space of profound discovery, connection, and release inherited patterns with an open heart.

SRV Retreat Center

Held in a serene countryside sanctuary in a beautiful Temple nestled in the hills of Greenville, NY—this immersive workshop invites you into deep personal and ancestral healing through the heart-opening medicine of Ceremonial Cacao and the profound practice of Family Constellations.Together, we’ll explore how your family system might be influencing your present-day experience, and how to create new possibilities for freedom, connection, and healing.<h4>Through the powerful combination of Cacao, Constellations, and Community, you will:</h4><ul><li>Gain insight into how ancestral patterns shape your life and relationships</li><li>Release burdens and beliefs that no longer serve you</li><li>Open your heart with the grounding, plant-spirit ally of Ceremonial Cacao</li><li>Experience the magic of this work, whether you're receiving your own constellation or witnessing another's</li><li>Connect with like-minded cycle breakers on a shared path of growth</li></ul><h3>🌿 What to Expect</h3><ul><li>A welcoming space in the beautiful SRV Retreat Center’s Temple set amidst tranquil nature, built with unique architecture, inspired by traditional Indian design, features beautiful domes, tall glass windows, and hand-built vaulted pine ceilings.</li><li>Opening the workshop with a warm cup of Ceremonial Cacao to ground, connect, and open the heart</li><li>A trauma-informed embodied space where you can feel held to do this work</li><li>Two to three Family Constellation sessions facilitated in a supportive group setting</li><li>Opportunities to receive a personal constellation or participate as a representative</li><li>Time for reflection, integration, and connection with others</li></ul>Even if you don’t receive a personal constellation, your presence is powerful. Participating as a representative or witness often reveals unexpected truths and healing for your own life.<h3>🌱 Who this is for:</h3>This workshop is for cycle breakers: those who feel a quiet (or loud) call to heal what’s been passed down, to live with greater freedom, and to become the turning point in their lineage.<ul><li>Those who feel the weight of inherited trauma or stuck relational patterns</li><li>Those navigating a life transition and seeking clarity</li><li>Anyone longing to live with more alignment, authenticity, and inner freedom</li><li>Healers, space-holders, and seekers wanting to explore the deeper roots of their personal story</li></ul><h4>You might feel drawn to this experience if you:</h4><ul><li>Sense you’re carrying pain, beliefs, or emotions that don’t fully belong to you</li><li>Are ready to break free from repeating patterns in your life</li><li>Feel stuck in relationships, roles, or dynamics that no longer serve you</li><li>Those navigating a life transition and seeking clarity</li><li>Have done therapy or self-help work, but feel like something deeper is asking to be seen</li><li>Long to live with more authenticity, sovereignty, and inner peace</li><li>Are a space-holder, coach, healer, or seeker exploring your next layer of healing</li><li>Want to feel more connected—to yourself, to your lineage, and to others on a similar path</li><li>Are curious about Family Constellations, Ceremonial Cacao, or energy work in a group setting</li></ul>This is gentle, soul-deep work. You don’t need to know your whole family story. You don’t need to have it all figured out. Just come as you are with your heart open and your willingness to explore.<h3>📅 Reserve Your Spot in Advance</h3>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 <a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">masha@freemasha.com</a> to let us know and to receive guidance on dosage.Testimonial from our latest Cacao &amp; Family Constellations Retreat:<blockquote>“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</blockquote>

<h3>What is Family Constellations</h3>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:<ul><li>Identify unconscious patterns</li><li>Resolve family issues</li><li>Heal ancestral wounds</li><li>Understand family dynamics</li><li>Grow personally</li><li>Support career or life transitions</li><li>Find closure or resolution</li><li>Seek emotional and spiritual healing</li></ul>To learn more, visit: <a href="https://www.freemasha.com/family-constellations" title="https://www.freemasha.com/family-constellations" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.freemasha.com/family-constellations</a><blockquote>"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</blockquote><blockquote>"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</blockquote>

<h3>What is Ceremonial Cacao</h3>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 <a href="https://www.freemasha.com/cacao" title="https://www.freemasha.com/cacao" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.freemasha.com/cacao</a>.<blockquote>“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</blockquote><blockquote>"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</blockquote><blockquote>“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</blockquote>

<h3>Your Facilitators</h3>Masha Zolotarsky is an intuitive Soul Purpose &amp; Embodiment Coach based in Catskill, NY. After spending two decades in New York City as a successful graphic designer, a heartbreak led her to an unexpected spiritual awakening and a profound life transformation. She is now devoted to empowering others to overcome barriers, embody their truth, and step into alignment with their bigger purpose in the world.Masha is trained in Focalizing (a somatic healing modality), Family Constellations, Keith’s Cacao, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Since 2022, she has assisted and co-taught The Focalizing Practitioner Training with The Focalizing Institute.With a deep commitment to creating safe spaces for healing, Masha weaves together her learnings of shamanism, energy work, embodiment practices, Human Design, astrology, and Family Constellations to support her clients and ceremonies. Her passion lies in bringing people together, and sharing the transformative magic of Cacao and Family Constellations through her workshops and gatherings.Learn more: <a href="https://www.freemasha.com/" title="https://www.freemasha.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.freemasha.com</a>Jeffery Tiger is a Psychedelic Guide and Integration Coach, National Board Certified Health &amp; 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.

<h3>About the Location: SRV Retreat Center in Greenville, NY</h3>A place of tranquility and a sacred container for wisdom, the SRV Retreat Center invites each guest to immerse themselves in our serene countryside sanctuary—where tranquility, rejuvenation, and personal growth are effortlessly discovered. SRV 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: <a href="https://srvretreatcenter.org/" title="https://srvretreatcenter.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">srvretreatcenter.org</a>