Beside the Sea Tidings - Jan-March 2026
- Karena Coller
- Mar 16
- 3 min read
Updated: Mar 26
Beside the Sea OT in 2026 and Family Systemic Constellations & Coaching Circles, Selah in New Zealand, April & upcoming Immersive in Victoria in December.
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Beside the Sea OT 2026
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.
I hope you find something here of interest. Please feel free to reach out or to explore how Family Systemic Constellations may support you on your journey with yourselves and your children. In Occupational Therapy as in Family Systemic Work, we are looking at acceptance of what is, and harmony in belonging, order and balance - so that we release the binds, move the barriers and reach out to one another for a life where we support one another. Together, we create connection, so that we can reach for our potential and support one another with strength and joy.
Family Systemic Constellation Days
'Heal the past, live the present, dream the future' (Mary Engelbreit)
Facilitator: Karena J Coller
Dates for 2026: Sunday 12 April, Saturday 13 June, Sunday 9 August, Saturday 17 October
Caed mille failte: All is welcome.
For more information and to register see: Family Systemic Constellations Workshops| Beside The Sea
Coaching Circles: Nourish ourselves - nurture our children
Facilitator: Karena J Coller
Dates for 2026
In-person - Wednesday morning monthly: 10am - 12noon at Warragul Natural Health, 83 Victoria Pde, Warragul, Victoria
Online Zoom - Monday evening monthly 6pm - 8pm
For parents, kin, caregivers, therapists, support workers, learning aides, educators.
Supporting you to care for ourselves and to care for our children. An invitation to reach into our hearts and discover a new perspective that will help you to move forward with a stuck or complex issue. Ideal for embodied reflection, coaching support to gain insight and to move forward on challenging, new or persistent difficulties in our lives.
For more information and to register see: Family Systemic Constellations Workshops| Beside The Sea
New Zealand in April - Selah: A peaceful pause
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
During the 3rd Immersive ANZCI: Aotearoa New Zealand Constellations Intensive in April in Rotorua I will be offering a workshop to look at and experience '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.
Immersive 4-day Retreat: Family and Organisational Systemic Constellations in Goulburn Valley in Victoria
Facilitators: Catherine Ingram-Silver, Judith Richardson, Karen Tweedie, Karena Coller, Tony Byrne
When: Thursday 3 December afternoon - Sunday 6 December morning
Where: In the beautiful Goulburn Valley location of Common Ground in Seymour
More information: Coming soon!
Expressions of interest: Welcome!
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