Legacy & Cultural Burdens & Blessings Retreat
with Kay Gardner, LCPC, IFS Lead trainer
Friday, January 16th, 9 am through
Sunday, January 18th, 5 pm, 2026
This transformative workshop offers us an inspiring experiential exploration of our inner landscapes, with the intention of working with our legacy and cultural burdens and blessings. Participants will be given a rich opportunity 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 our parts and sharing deeply with each other in the sacred space of our collective self energy. At the same time, we will also deepen into our relationships with our Whole and Well ancestors, often going way back in our ancestral lines.
On Sunday 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, our blessings and our ancestral lines.
Kay Gardner, LCPC,
IFS Lead trainer
Schedule:
Friday
8:30–9:00am: Check-In*
9:00–9:45: Introduction to working with Legacy & Cultural Burdens, Group gathering
9:45–12:00pm: Meditation: Beginning to explore our ancestors, and our relationship with our ancestors, Dyads: Exploring our relationship with ancestors, Blessings and burdens of ancestors
12:00–1:00: Lunch*
1:00–2:45: Group discussion, Sculpt
2:45–3:00: Break*
3:00–5:00: Process large group meditation, Dyads
5:30–6:30: Dinner*
Saturday
8:00–9:00am: Breakfast*
9:00–12:00pm: Meditation & poems, Group Sharing
Blessing / Burdens, Choose a burden, Demo
Blessing / Burdens, Choose a burden, Demo
12:00–1:00: Lunch*
1:00–2:45: Group sharing, Large group demo. Process in Dyads
2:45–3:00: Break*
3:00–5:00: Demo Sculpt, Process, How to work with Ancestor Burdens
5:30–6:30: Dinner*
7:00–8:30: Evening authentic movement*
8:30–9:00: Yoga Nidra*
Sunday
8:00–9:00am: Breakfast*
9:00–12:00pm: Meditation & poems. Group Sharing
Blessings / Burdens, Choose a burden
Blessings / Burdens, Choose a burden
12:00–1:00: Lunch*
1:00–5:00: Grief Ritual
Retreat Cost: $600 (plus your choice of accommodations)
Early Bird discount: Enjoy $100 off if you register by October 1, 2025
Registration Info:
Register today by paying your deposit HERE.
Sign up HERE to be placed on our Interest List.
Accommodation Rates:
Rates are per person, for the weekend
Single Room: $651
Double Room (2 ppl): $579
Shared Room (3 or more ppl): $507
Single Yurt: $497
Double Yurt: $445
Single Tent Platform: $363
Commuter (All Meals): $299
After your deposit is made, an accommodation form will be sent for you to choose your accommodations. Please provide 3-5 business days to receive this form.
Email sioux@mcaft.com for more information.
What people are saying about our retreats with Kay Gardner:
“Kay was beyond amazing! Kay’s progression of the day, her trust in experiential process, grounded and joyful presence.” - Jan 2024
“Kay Gardner is a true gem! I thoroughly enjoyed the way she facilitated the group. Warmth, embodied presence, sense of humor, all around wonderful facilitator and the list goes on!” - Jan 2024
“Kay is super warm, intuitive, nurturing, wise and an amazing facilitator.” - Jan 2024
Retreat Disclaimer:
Please note that this is not a formal training course, and is not intended as a didactic training on how to apply this information in your work with other people. Retreats are designed to enhance your life, support your personal growth and promote well-being. That being said, engaging in experiential activities and getting more familiar with your own internal system is a wonderful way to learn the IFS model and continue to deepen your proficiency with it professionally.
While there will be no "traditional" CE’s for this retreat, we will be asking the IFS Institute to approve this retreat for 20.5 hours of IFS-Institute CE's.