About the CONSTELLATION Process:

There are two ways to approach any struggle we may have in life: privately or with a group. Each approach is helpful in different ways and often we may benefit from a combination of both. Family Constellation’s work is founded on the highly effective principles of group healing techniques.  The origins of this work come from the Zulu people of Africa who recognized the deep importance of having an awareness of one’s ancestors and cultural origins.

Receiving a personal Constellation begins with a group of people gathering in a circle. You will have a discussion with the facilitator of the workshop about the topic you wish to learn more about. The trained facilitator is your guide through the movements and the information that gets revealed during the Constellation.

The facilitator will then invite you to choose people from the group to stand as representatives for aspects of the issue you have brought. You then place those representatives in the empty space of the circle in relation to other representatives. We then observe the dynamics that unfold between the representatives as they move and react in relation to each other. The insights that get revealed in this simple setup is astounding and illuminating. The representatives move around the space and interact like star constellations shifting in the sky which is where the name “Constellations” comes from. What they reveal about the issue is often intensely accurate and leads to a deeper understanding of the issue.

When we see our struggles in the larger context of the family patterns that go back several generations, we are often liberated from the personal frustration we believed was ours alone to resolve. The Constellation process enables us to discover the original source of a pattern as well as locate the healing movement that will release it from our psychology. Constellation’s work speaks in the non-verbal language of the heart.  Its positive effects are powerful and enduring.