Skala Vasilika, Lesvos, Greece
Up to 18 in group
September 6 - 13, 2025
About this Retreat
Massimo is a 500 Hour Yoga Teacher registered with Yoga Alliance International and a 300h yoga therapy certifaction with International Vasishta Yoga Research Foundation (Kerala, India). Massimo is also a professional Shiatsu therapist and teacher, a qualified kinesiologist and since 1999 the director of Holismos, a centre for complementary therapies in Tuscany and Varese (north of Milano), Italy. He also teaches Anatomy and Pyhsiology in many teacher trainings. He is the founder of Three Treasures Yoga, a YAI registered school.
Massimo spent 12 years practicing the Zen Buddhist Martial Art called Shorinji Kempo, in London, Italy and Japan (2° Dan ) under Sensei T. Mizuno.
Massimo also trained originally as a percussionist, playing for many years in various groups in the UK and in Italy and traveled extensively in Europe and south America performing.
Today one of his main interest is the study of sound, vibration and the effect they have on our lives, health and evolution.
“Elemental World” the newly released CD by Massimo Cantara on Holismos label.
In 2021 he published his book “Ospedale senza dolore” Ed. Epigraphia
He speaks Italian and English.
Piero Bianciardi
In 1983 Piero began practising Yoga, in particular Hatha Yoga and Viniyoga. In the same period he started studying Taijiquan and Shaolin chuan under the guidance of Master Chang Dsu Yao and the Bernabei school in Siena . From '84 to '86 he attended the Shiatsu school of Master Clemente Cocchiola, and from '86 to '89 the acupuncture school in Florence directed by Prof. Nguyen Vanghi's. In 1988 he obtained his Shiatsu practiotioner and Yoga teacher diplomas at the EFOA school in ROME. In the same year he began teaching Yoga. From '93 to '97 he attended the Feldenkrais Method Training school in Florence, and obtained the diplomaof Pratictioner in the Feldenkrais Method. In 1999 he obtained the qualification "Operatore attività motorie" at the University of Medicine in Siena. During the same period, he developed his own method of teaching Yoga: "FeldenYoga", and a method of practising in water: "Feldenwater". Since 2005, he has been practising Aikido, which he teaches with the rank of 2' Dan. In the same year he began dancing and studying Tango with instructors such as Chicho Frumbuli and Pablo Moyano. In 2006 he began attending Family Constellations seminars with Carl Peter Strommer and Bert Hellinger. In 2009 he obtained the Diploma of Systemic Family Constellator at the Hellinger Schule of Bert and Marie Sophie Hellinger. In 2013 he became Assistant Trainer of the Feldenkrais Method. She teaches the Feldenkrais Method in Siena and Florence, and since 2014 as Assistant Trainer in various trainings in Italy and worldwide.
Details of this retreat
I LET GO AND PREPARE TO WELCOME THE NEW The ancient sages, and no less the Buddha Gautama Shakyamuni, teach us that the greatest cause of suffering is represented by the almost innate tendency to attachment. Everyone, more or less, creates a holographic image of themselves, an image that is inevitably influenced by dysfunctional learning processes and traumas that we may have experienced firsthand or that have involved members of our family circle.We hardly recognize these entanglements because we mostly react by implementing automatic responses based on acquired patterns and experiences. You have a chance to contact and deploy innovative energies that can help you to let go of thought/behavior patterns that are no longer current and useful with a certain effectiveness. With the practice and knowledge derived from yoga we will learn useful techniques to energize and activate the "change mode", with the Family Constellations however, you will be given the opportunity to work on your personal dynamics and behavior/thought patterns that prevent your growth and evolution.
WHAT ARE FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS: Family constellations take place in a group whose members serve as representatives in the staging of a theme or situation that one wants to observe. The dynamics between the various representatives brings out the movements of the soul that indicate a possible solution. Represent a role in a constellation is an experience that helps those who are represented to observe what is, those who represent to perceive a dynamic from within and those who observe for the empathy that is generated. Bert Hellinger, the creator of family constellations, calls this sense of connection, perceived by group members, the morpho-genetic field. Current problems and difficulties can be influenced by trauma suffered in previous generations, even if the people involved are not aware of it. The sense of knowledge that comes from the process is shared among all members of the group
ENERGISE YOUR DESIRE FOR CHANGE,ROOTING YOURSELF IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
EXCURSIONS Petra and Molivos, located in the north of the island,are the most characteristic and most visited villages.The island is of volcanic origin and has numerous thermal springs; the water is of excellent quality and gushes out at a temperature of 39 degrees. In the vicinity of the centre there are beautiful beaches, among which the beach of Vathera stand sout with its 5 km long sandy shore and crystal-clearwater.