FAMILY DAIMON™
"I went to this horse afternoon with my daughter and it wasn’t easy. The first time was heavy, all the stuff we couldn’t say before came out, all the things we were disappointed about. The second time felt more freeing, like we could open up. It’s important to let my guard down, to show my own weaknesses. It helped us a lot."
-Stella Ferrari

THAT SELF-ASSIGNED ROLE CARVED IN STONE? DESTROY IT

FROM ASSUMED BONDS TO GENUINE RELATING: HORSES REVEALING FAMILY'S TRUTH

Family Daimon™ is a profound shared experience that brings your family into the presence of a horse, an animal of flight and extraordinary sensitivity. In this safe and guided space, each participant explores emotions, dynamics and unspoken bonds by engaging with meaningful objects placed in the arena. This journey is about being together really, feeling really and unexpectedly relate to each other.

Families, Couples, Young Adults
Perfect for families

The Family Daimon™ supports families navigating disconnection, adolescence or doubt. Ideal for those seeking genuine connection beyond roles or assumptions. It offers multi-generational groups a meaningful shared experience, while young adults can explore inherited patterns and choose their own path—all while being seen and heard at every stage.

PREFECT FOR:
Families: Families living together but feeling distant, wanting conscious connection rather than assumed closeness
Families with adolescents: Navigating developmental transition where independence emerges within continuing family bonds
Couples: Individuals willing to discover thrie patterns honestly, choosing growth over comfortable narratives
Young adults individually: Exploring family patterns, recognizing dynamics, choosing whether to continue inherited relating styles
Multi-generational groups: Grandparents, parents, young people seeking authentic shared experience across age differences
Shared transformation
The family Daimon™effects

The Family Daimon™ experience triggers a small emotional earthquake that helps participants reconnect with each other and bring out their secrets through the relationship and interaction with the selected horse. Greek philosophers defined the dàimon as a thread connecting one’s spiritual strength with divine power. Socrates as the Master who lives within us, to whom we must give voice through intuition and trust in ourselves.

LIST OF BENEFITS:
Step into transformation together: Let horses take your family beyond everyday patterns
Reveal hidden strengths: Witness abilities in each other that usually go unnoticed
Challenge old stories: See young adults as they truly are, beyond the family’s fixed labels
Create new connections: Break free from habitual roles and discover fresh ways to relate
Make it real: Turn insights from the horses into lasting change in your daily family life
Preliminary Assessment
Preparation

The Family Daimon™ includes a preliminary thirty-minute video assessment to identify personal dynamics, challenges and goals to explore. After the assessment, the Alterreno team prepares the experience and selects the group of suitable horses. The horse(s) for the actual session is confirmed on the day of the meeting. The experience can last from thirty minutes up to a maximum of two hours, depending on how much can be brought out and communicated through the horse. For optimal results, the sessions should ideally be held at least four times in a year.

ASSESSMENT ELEMENTS:
Family dynamics assessment: understanding how this specific family communicates, relates, functions together
Individual perspectives: hearing each member's experience of family relationships, identifying different viewpoints
Pattern identification: recognising strengths to build on, challenges needing attention, unconscious habits limiting connection
Horse selection: Angelika chooses horse whose temperament provides most relevant feedback for family's needs
Activity design: creating experiential exercises addressing identified dynamics rather than generic bonding activities
During the experience
Connection practice

The experience is designed to reveal challenges and foster connection through breathwork with the horse. Observing the horse in liberty highlights mirrored aspects of oneself, while exploring your internal state and presence deepens awareness. Paddock interactions invite personal reflection through engagement with the horse. Each element serves the purpose of reconnection, as horses reflect clearly and immediately.

TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES:
Connect through Breathwork: Breathe alongside the horse to establish presence and immediate connection
Observe the Horse in Liberty: Watch the horse move freely to uncover reflections of your own behaviour and emotions
Explore your Inner State: Pause and notice your thoughts, feelings and presence in the moment
Engage in the Paddock: Interact with the horse while exploring personal questions and challenges
Reflect and Reconnect: Integrate insights from each activity, using the horse’s clear, immediate feedback to deepen self-awareness

NO FAMILY IS, AND WILL EVER BE, PERFECT

Truth is so much better than perfection: this is a safe, protected and judgment-free space.

You don’t need to know everything before starting. The session is guided by experts, with experience and patience: you are never left alone in the process. Please know it’s normal to experience unexpected emotions: crying or feeling relief is part of the process. What happens is a release, not a danger. You can go at your own pace, without obligations or performance.

Shared vulnerability creates intimacy

Working together with horses requires authentic presence impossible when family performs habitual roles.

Preparation identifies relevant focus

Angelika's evaluation ensures experience addresses this specific family's actual dynamics rather than offering generic bonding activities.

Horses selected for family needs

Each family works with horse whose temperament provides most relevant feedback for their particular relationship patterns.

Young adults welcomed individually

Experience serves families together and young adults separately exploring family patterns they're recognizing and evaluating.

What matters is the truth

Two or more as one

If you’re ready for more than just a retreat, to genuinely deepen your self-awareness, realign with your family purpose and transform your way of being, the Transformative Encounters at Alterreno offer a rare, powerful journey.
€539,00/session V.A.T. and assessment fee included

A life-changing encounter

The Family Daimon™ sessions guide you to your core calling, developing a better communication and cohesion with your self.