May/June 2016, A unique 6 Day workshop in the beauty of Lavaldieu, near the French Pyrenees, creatively combining The Work of Byron Katie & The Sesame Approach to Drama and Movement in Therapy. Taking the ancient myth of Demeter & Persephone, and the life and teachings of Mary Magdalene as our theme, we will explore feminine consciousness in our own lives: where it has been neglected, and where it is now emerging in us, and in the world.

1. Mary Magdalene, Persephone, Demeter
Exploring the Feminine Mysteries through
The Work of Byron Katie™
&
The Sesame Approach to Drama & Movement™
May 28th
– June 4th
2016
Near Rennes le Chateau, France
Tamara Alferoff – Certified Facilitator of The Work
Elizabeth Heren – Certified Sesame Practitioner
A brand new retreat workshop in which we will:
• Use creative exercises to explore the inner experience of the myth of
Demeter & Persephone, and the life of Mary Magdalene.
• Inquire into, and identify beliefs that prevent us from accessing our
wisdom, and connecting with a process that honours the earth’s seasons.
• Working with the imagination for healing and whole health.
• Build a container together in which the group itself will become a rich
resource for each of us to explore those beliefs.
• Each afternoon free to relax, explore, share or journal.
Lavaldieu is a mediaeval hamlet in the foothills of the French Pyrenees,
steeped in the mythology and history of the Grail, Knights Templar, the
Cathars, and of course the mysterious Rennes-le-Chateau where the Tour
Magdala was built. Legend tells that the Magdalene arrived here with her
spouse Jesus, and the area has many springs, caves, and sacred places
dedicated to her, and from where the stories of Jesus and Mary began. Forest
walks, historic castles, unspoiled villages, rivers, butterflies, eagles, wild
boar, and horses, along with immersion in Inquiry. A detox for your body,
your mind, and your soul. See more: www.lavaldieu.com

2. Tamara will facilitate liberating Inquiry into those beliefs and thinking patterns that
obscure and cripple our fullest experience and expression of our deep wisdom,
spontaneity and connection using the simple powerful process known as The Work of
Byron Katie. www.thework.com
The gentle and illuminating play of the Sesame Approach to Drama & Movement Therapy
will be guided by Elizabeth, and will accompany the Inquiry, embodying and inspiring
shifting thoughts with story enactment, movement, improvisation and play.
www.sesame-institute.org/the-sesame-approach
Mary Magdalene would have been initiated into the ancient feminine mysteries practised
long before the birth of Jesus. These mysteries involved the myth of Demeter and her
daughter Persephone that described their separation when Persephone was abducted
into the underworld by her uncle Hades. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene speaks of
listening not just to the ‘above’, but also to how it calls to us from ‘within’, or ‘below’,
which is a path of inner awakening. This is a non-denominational retreat, and its aim is
to discover and deepen our own knowing, not to teach religious doctrine, but to access,
honour and embody the wisdom of the maligned, disregarded, and kidnapped feminine.
We will gather for dinner on Saturday 28th
May, and close before lunch on
Saturday 4th
June. Please plan your travel accordingly. Book flights now!
Tuition: €317 (£249) Earlybird by May7th
€337 (£267) Paypal or bank transfer
tamara.alferoff@gmail.com
Accommodation for 7 nights: half-board € 271, payable to Lavaldieu - booking
essential: info@lavaldieu.com http://lavaldieu.com/lavaldieu/
Tamara Alferoff is a Transpersonal
Psychotherapist and Supervisor who
has a private practice in London
working with individuals, couples
and groups. She has been running
Retreats, Intensives, Training
Events, and Workshops in London,
France, Greece, the Middle East for
over four decades. She’s a
traveller, gardener, linguist, writer,
and lover of what is.
www.tamara-­‐
alferoff.com
Elizabeth Heren is a
psychotherapist, facilitator,
Sesame practitioner and
supervisor. She runs drama
and movement courses and
workshops, and works with
the contemplative arts as a
path to whole healing.
www.elizabethheren-
psychotherapy.co.uk