Take strength from your roots instead of being caught up, and unload unnecessary burdens!
Life can be hard enough sometimes. It can get even tougher, though, if we not only face challenges from our own lifetime but also carry burdens from our family system.
Family/systemic constellations help us to identify, better understand, and release the burdens that we unconsciously and unnecessarily take on from our living or long-deceased family members. This approach is one of the few methods that also provide practical tools to deal with transgenerational trauma – whether related to personal, family, community, or national losses.
Each constellation during this workshop will involve group work. A constellation is a process of manifesting and observing family dynamics and then changing the internal image of these dynamics for the better. The process begins with a brief discussion between one participant (‘issue holder’) and the facilitator to clarify the goals of the constellation. This is followed by a decision about which members/elements of the participant’s family system may play the most important role in the issue. These family members are represented by other group participants during the constellation. The representatives are initially positioned in the room by the participant reflecting their inner image of their system (“problem constellation”). This allows the facilitator to identify the dynamics beneath the participant’s concern, while at the same time helps them reflect on their internal experience from a more objective, partially external perspective (as they are observers and not participants of their constellation at this point). Next, the representatives are asked about their physical sensations, feelings, and thoughts they have while in their positions. Then rearrangements of the representatives and brief, ritualized conversations are made based on the principles of healthy functioning within a system until a constellation is identified that offers a relief for both the client and the representatives. This “solution constellation” provides a new, more harmonious framework for the participant to feel, think, and behave in their family system. This is not psychodrama, nor does it involve ‘acting’.
As all of us are, to some extent, shaped by our family’s legacy (whether we like it or not),
family/systemic constellations offer something to everyone. However, if you’ve had long-term struggles that aren’t easily explained by your own life events and choices, or if you feel like you’re self-sabotaging, chances are even higher that this method will be a crucial step on your journey toward living life to its fullest. Constellations work often helps people reconnect with estranged family members. Other times, reconnection may not be possible, but better understanding and working through our unconscious loyalties and entanglements can provide greater freedom to make better choices that serve you, and achieve a deeper peace with who we truly are.
While constellations are about family systems, this approach is recommended for individuals primarily. In theory, there is nothing wrong with family members attending together but with such a small-to-moderate sized group, this is not practical (people should not participate in their family member’s constellation and then we have too few other group members left to serve as representatives).
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