Family & Systemic Constellations is a modality founded and developed by Burt Hellinger, weaving together indigenous understandings of ancestral healing, family systems therapy, and Rupert Sheldrake’s “morphic field.”  Helinger says Constellations is phenomenological – it is a felt sense that emerges in an actual experience, not simply a theory.

It can be applied in one-on-one or group sessions with a trained facilitator. 

An individual comes to Constellations work with an issue or challenge they want to address - be it related to family, work, their personal health, or some other aspect of their life.  Often these issues emerge out of unconscious loyalty to old patterns – we enact a present conflict that actually originates in an earlier source in our family system and ancestral lineages. Other members of the group represent various aspects/roles, creating a map of the system - a constellation. The person has the experience of seeing their system mapped ‘on the ground’ and hearing the information that comes through these representatives.

The force of life is relentless, always looking forward as through the Kaledeiscope’s lens. Yet invariably we get stuck, captured by the past in ways that perennially mystify us. This force of life comes through us most specifically via our ancestral lineage. We exist as a direct fulfillment of the lifeforce flowing through them. Constellation work enables us to map and navigate our lineage and social systems. Our gaze reveals what we often don’t acknowledge, thus opening us to life’s invitation to embody our potential, less entangled in the knots of the past. We turn luminous fragments in the Kaleidoscope, a mosaic of lost bits, in a process of constant recreation as we begin to answer the question: how much of our stories, and which parts, belong to us?

In both group and one-on-one sessions, we begin by grounding our somatic selves as well as opening our hearts to guidance. I listen and invite the presenting issue for which you are seeking help. I do a short interview allowing some information to be sourced without entering into much narration of stories. The point is to allow the somatic expression of the constellation to begin. With objects and/or human representatives, we begin to map out the issue. Representatives offer information from the Field. The physical movement and placement of representatives reveals where the flow of life is blocked. Often, a resolution occurs whereby the representatives feel a sense of release. Sometimes we use “seed sentences,” which are simple, clarifying statements which you are invited to speak. Eg. “You are my mother. I am your daughter.”

Everything in the universe holds a vibrational signature. When we step into a representation of a person, eg. somebody's mother, or an ancestor, or even an archetypal concept, we embody the energetic imprint of what it is that we’re representing. If this feels like magic – it kind of is. One definition of magic is the capacity to change consciousness at will. It might seem like an esoteric practice, but it is a natural human capacity that we do all the time, even when we’re not aware of it. When we behold a tree in our yard, or a bird feeding, or a person's emotional energy, we are enabling what we call morphic resonance. We feel a subtle interconnectivity that resonates in our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual Field. The key is to bring awareness to this innate capacity, noticing the synergy between all things. This is what we do in Constellations work. Many people, even if it’s their very first time, find it to be immediate and accessible.

Constellations practice, both as clients and representatives, can be deep work.
Our own ‘issues’ and emotions may emerge.
We each take responsibility for our own experience.
We trust, respect & agree that we each have our own individual resources for working through what comes up.

A basic principle for working in groups or with individuals
where personal information may be shared
is to honor a practice of confidentiality.
In a community where people may know each other, creating a sacred container will enable ongoing trust.

The advisement in Constellations practice
is to allow the constellation to work in its after effects by holding the experience within for a couple of days. This allows the images and knowings to arise in us
in a sacred and contained manner.
The constellation continues to ‘work’ within us
after the group experience completes.
Keeping this container sealed allows the energetic forces constellated to bring about a deeper transformation.

As leader/circle holder of this group,
I am available to speak about anything arising for you.
Please connect directly to me.

Constellations work does not claim itself to be a form of conventional therapy, although it can hold deep healing opportunities. By participating in Kaleidoscopic Constellations work, you acknowledge that the session, future sessions or workshops are not designed as a substitute for therapy with a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, other mental health care professional, other medical professional, or as a substitute for any other professional consultation. You understand that Family Constellation Therapy is designed as an educational experience only.