Beside the Sea Tidings - Jan-March 2026
- Karena Coller
- Mar 16
- 4 min read
Updated: Jun 1
Occupational Therapy, Family Systemic Constellations, Coaching Circles and Selah in New Zealand in April.
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Beside the Sea, Occupational Therapy, Family Systemic Constellations and Coaching Circles.
Welcome - if you’re curious about Occupational Therapy, Family Systemic Constellations, or Coaching Circles, you’re in the right place. Each offering supports you (and your children) to meet what’s here with acceptance, and to restore connection through belonging, order, and balance—so binds can loosen, barriers can shift, and you can move forward with greater clarity, strength, and joy.
Occupational Therapy
2026 has already been a full and fast-paced year of Occupational Therapy. I feel deeply privileged to walk alongside so many individuals and families.
The year began with significant change: recovering from a head injury after wild winds at Wilsons Promontory, and the sale of our family home, White Cedar. While these transitions carry the promise of new beginnings, moving through the endings- held by the love of family and friends - was not without challenge.
My head is healing remarkably well, a reminder of how residentially and wonderfully we are made. White Cedar now begins a new chapter with Daniel and Laura, who will create their own family memories there. Our children, too, are carrying forward what they have gained at home as they build lives of their own. Love ripples outward like waves, showing how ordinary lives can have an extraordinary reach.
I will be taking leave over Easter and from Monday 13th April to Monday 4th May. During this time, I will be catching up on work admin, then visit family in New Zealand and attend and facilitate at the 3rd Immersive ANZCI: Aotearoa New Zealand Constellations Intensive in April in Rotorua. I look forward to seeing you on my return.
Family Systemic Constellation Days
Family Systemic Constellations offers a grounded and compassionate space to explore the patterns that shape our relationships, choices, and inner life. Through a facilitated process of embodied systemic work, you are invited to consider a new perspective of ourselves within our intergenerational family and society. I facilitate the space with warmth, deep respect and steadiness and - together, creating a field where each person is met with dignity and care. Whether you participate in your own constellation, represent for others, or simply witness, the experience offers insight, connection, and a quiet sense of coming home to yourself.
Please reach out if you would like to know more about how family Systemic Constellations can help you with an issue that despite your best efforts feels stuck, tangled or too much.
'Heal the past, live the present, dream the future' (Mary Engelbreit)
Facilitator: Karena J Coller
Upcoming workshops for 2026: Sunday 12 April, Sunday 14 June, Sunday 16 August, Sunday 18 October
Location: Warragul Natural Health, 83 Victoria Pde, Warragul, Victoria
For more information and to register for a workshop see: Family Systemic Constellations Workshops| Beside The Sea
Coaching Circles
Caring for Ourselves, Caring for Each Other, Caring for Our Children and Young People
Drawing on my occupational therapy and family systemic constellation lens, I aim to create a space for solution-focused explorations for the challenges that arise in parenting, caring, therapeutic and educational roles. By stepping back to see the broader systemic picture, participants can gain clarity, reconnect with their own wellbeing, and recognise a grounded next step forward.
Sessions run for 60 minutes for one participant, with 30 minutes added for each additional participant.
Groups include up to three participants, with a maximum session length of 2 hours 30 minutes.
You may attend as needed or join regularly.
The circle runs with between one and three registered participants.
Facilitator: Karena J Coller
Upcoming workshops for 2026
In-person - Wednesday morning monthly: 10am - 12noon
Online Zoom - Monday evening monthly 6pm - 8pm
Location: Warragul Natural Health, 83 Victoria Pde, Warragul, Victoria
For more information and to register for a Coaching Circle see:
New Zealand in April - Selah: A peaceful pause
In selah, in stillness, we can hear the still, small voice that connects our higher self to what is, to truth, to honour, to a loving pathway. This is where we are guided by more than our intuition - where we are guided in our circumstances and situations in accord with all that is truthful, good, wise, honoring, respectful and eternal - so that greater Love may flow in our lives.
During facilitation of individual inquiries and possible constellations, I will pause to indicate this type of facilitator listening skill, where we are taken beyond our own knowledge and step into service to one another. When we learn the art and practice of selah in the action of listening, of presence, of compassion we are guided and thus we are empowered to dig deep to a strength we did not know we could find. We will also see how selah is available to each of us as reprsentatives and witnesses during a workshop and in our day-to-day lives.
Facilitator: Karena j Coller
Where: Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
When: 24 - 29 April, 2026
For more information see: Family and Systemic Constellations, New Zealand | ANZCI
Immersive 3-day Retreat: Family and Organisational Systemic Constellations in Goulburn Valley in Victoria
We are seeking expressions of interest for 3-day Immersive to experience both Organisational and Family Constellations. This is an opportunity to participate in a shared process and learning experience during several workshops presented by five uniquely experienced facilitators.
Facilitators: Catherine Ingram-Silver, Judith Richardson, Karen Tweedie, Karena Coller, Tony Byrne
When: Thursday 3 December afternoon - Sunday 6 December morning
Location: Proposed to be at Common Ground in the beautiful Seymour, Goulburn Valley, Victoria.
More information: Coming soon!
Expressions of interest: Welcome!
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