8th – 13th December 2027
Wiltshire – Residential
BOOKING*
Tier 1: £550
Tier 2: £500
Tier 3: £450
Deposit: 250*
If Level 1 introduced the landscape of your Inner Village and Level 2 deepened your relationship with its many resources, Level 3 invites you into an entirely new perspective.
Here, your Inner Village is no longer only experienced from within or expressed through your own body. Through embodied constellations, it takes physical form in the space around you.
Other players temporarily become the villagers who live within you, allowing the relationships between your inner parts to unfold in front of your eyes. What has previously been sensed, embodied and expressed now becomes spatially organised, offering a completely new way of perceiving your inner world. Your Inner Village becomes visible, mappable and playable.
SEEING THE INVISIBLE
As your constellation unfolds, hidden dynamics gradually emerge.
– Who is drawn close?
– Who stands apart?
– Who protects whom?
– Who has been silenced?
– Which voices carry authority?
– Which have been quietly waiting to be recognised?
Little by little, the architecture of your inner world reveals itself. Because your inner system is now alive in front of you, you can begin to play with it in a new way; a villager moves closer, another finally speaks, two parts meet for the first time, someone lays down a burden they have carried for years. Sometimes even the smallest movement reorganises the whole system.
Rather than analysing your psychology, you experience it as a living ecology that can evolve, adapt and discover new possibilities.
STEPPING INTO ONE ANOTHER’S INNER VILLAGES
This retreat is unique because you don’t only explore your own Inner Village; you also become part of everyone else’s.
By embodying another person’s Protector, Rebel, Lover, Child, Critic, Fool or other villagers, you often discover unexpected aspects of yourself. Again and again, participants find that another person’s constellation illuminates their own.
The boundaries between your village and mine begin to soften.
Instead of simply understanding another person’s experience, you begin to feel it from within. This creates a profound sense of empathy, resonance and shared humanity, alongside a much richer understanding of both the uniqueness of every Inner Village and the universal patterns that connect us all.
THE COLLECTIVE FIELD
Every participant contributes to every constellation. The group becomes a living ecosystem where witnessing, embodying and being witnessed are all equally valuable forms of learning. Each constellation serves not only the person whose Inner Village is being explored, but everyone present.
Fool Expression remains the foundation throughout the retreat. Voice Dialogue, ritual, embodiment practices and reflective inquiry are woven through the five days, creating a rich environment for exploration, integration and play.
As the relationships within your Inner Village become clearer, something begins to reorganise in how you inhabit yourself. Inner conflicts soften, previously polarised parts discover new ways of relating, and there is often a growing sense of inner leadership, coherence and choice.
WHAT THIS RETREAT INCLUDES
Throughout the retreat we move between:
– Individual and group Inner Village constellations
– Extended Fool Expression processes
– Embodied warm-ups and playful explorations
– Relational exercises
– Witnessing spaces
– Group sharing and reflections
– Feedback and integration
– Spacious downtime for rest and digestion
– Time in nature
– Reflective inquiry
– Integration circles
There is space for depth, spaciousness and reflection as the group gradually becomes a living expression of one another’s Inner Villages.
WHAT PARTICIPANTS WILL DEVELOP
– The ability to map and work consciously with the relational dynamics of your Inner Village.
– Greater inner leadership through recognising how your different parts relate, collaborate and influence one another.
– Increased flexibility between previously polarised or conflicting inner voices.
– A deeper capacity to recognise unconscious relational patterns and bring them into awareness.
– Greater trust in the intelligence of embodied and collective processes.
– A richer capacity for empathy through inhabiting the Inner Villages of others.
– A wider understanding of the diversity and universality of human inner worlds, recognising both individual uniqueness and shared archetypal patterns.
– Increased confidence navigating complexity, uncertainty and inner change with greater coherence and choice.
ASSISTED BY BETH
Beth has over a decade of experience facilitating groups in diverse settings, alongside her work as a Core Process Psychotherapist based in Devon and online. She also offers training and consultation across the UK on polyvagal theory, trauma-informed practice and cultivating healthier organisational cultures.
Rooted in a long-standing meditation practice and a deep interest in embodiment, nervous system awareness and transformational group work, Beth brings clarity, steadiness and relational precision to the space. She cares deeply about supporting individuals and groups to unfold with curiosity and compassion, creating a “safe enough” container in which meaningful depth can emerge.
Alongside Christie, Beth supports participants in navigating the emotional and relational complexity that naturally arises through constellation work, helping to create an environment where exploration feels both courageous and well held.
You can find out more at www.unfolding.uk.
TESTIMONIAL
“My time at the Fool camp was life changing. Over six days, fourteen adventurous souls transformed from strangers into a loving, open-hearted family. The transformation was extraordinary, gentle and safe.
We were expertly facilitated by Christie and her team through a powerful blend of Fool Expression, Voice Dialogue and deep relational community. I was able to tackle weighty personal issues in a supportive environment and understand what it feels like to belong to a community where I had a role that supported the whole.
Most of all I shared tears and laughter in a setting where everything was welcome.”
— John S., IT Architect
PRACTICALS
– Dates: Tuesday 8 December, 7pm – Sunday 13 December, 5pm
– Location: Hazel Hill Wood, Grimstead Road, Nr Farley, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP5 1AU.
– Accommodation: Shared residential rooms (three beds per room), with a limited number of single rooms available for an additional cost.
– Facilities: Beautiful indoor and outdoor play spaces, communal areas and kitchen, woodland, campfire and peaceful natural surroundings. Hazel Hill Wood is a secluded 70-acre ancient woodland retreat centre dedicated to reconnecting people with nature and supporting wellbeing and resilience.
– Open to: Players who have completed Level 1 and Level 2 of the Fool Expression Player’s Track.
– Food: Meals are organised collaboratively as part of the community experience. Each participant brings ingredients for one shared vegetarian meal and joins others in preparing it. Support is provided throughout, so no cooking experience is necessary. More information will be sent upon booking.
BOOKING*
Choose your tier and reserve your place below
Tear 1: £550
Tear 2: £500
Tear 3: £450
Deposit: 250*
BEYOND YOUR OWN INNER VILLAGE
Throughout the retreat, you don’t only explore your own Inner Village; you become part of everyone else’s
As you embody another person’s inner parts, you begin to experience their world from the inside. Again and again, participants are surprised by how deeply they resonate with roles they never expected to play. A villager that belongs to someone else’s Inner Village often reveals something about your own.
This reciprocal process creates a unique kind of learning. Rather than only understanding another person’s experience intellectually, you begin to feel it in your own body. Empathy grows through direct experience, and the many different landscapes of the human psyche become more familiar.
Over the course of the retreat, a profound sense of connection naturally develops. Participants often leave with a deeper appreciation of both the uniqueness of every Inner Village and the universal patterns that weave us together. The boundaries between “your village” and “mine” become more permeable, revealing a shared humanity that is felt as much as it is understood.
Level 3 is designed for players who are ready to see their Inner Village from an entirely new perspective and to discover what becomes possible when inner worlds are explored together. Read more about Fool Expression
Contact Christie here if you have any question.
* In response to the financial situation that is strongly affecting some of us, the fees of the workshop are now organised between 3 Tiers, depending on your financial situation. This is a system that works towards more equality, mutual trust and abundance. Do read carefully the details of the 3 Tiers at the bottom of the page, and thank you for choosing the Tier that applies to you with integrity. Don’t hesitate getting in touch with me if you have any questions.
Once you have booked yourself, you will receive a payment confirmation and closer to the event you will receive some more practical information about the camp.
* the remaining of the payment needs to be paid by the 15th of October 26.
Terms & Conditions: Deposit and full payment are non-refundable. If you cancel over three weeks before the start of the camp the amount over and above the deposit is transferable to another workshop within the next 5 months.
Picture Credit : Francesca Harris