Articles about Family Constellation

1. DO YOU RECOGNISE THIS PERSON?

He (or she) has come such a very long way. In workshop, session and retreat, he's slowed down, dropped way below the surface, learned to feel his body, recognize his emotions, see his patterns. He's catharted, forgiven, jumped with a will into every therapeutic experience. But still he feels stuck, in old patterns of feelings and behaviours that keep on coming up.

Who was it who said "Sanity is 'always some damn thing'; neurosis is 'always the same damn thing'"?

If someone longs to free himself but can't shift an old familiar pattern, it may because the pattern he's carrying just isn't his. The pattern was created from some experience - but maybe the experience was someone else's all along, maybe one of his ancestors'. Does that sound crazy? Read more

2. STANDING IN AT A FAMILY CONSTELLATION WORKSHOP

By Robert Moore

Was it fate? Was it destiny? - The unfolding had a quality of being pre-ordained!

First there was the interview in the AHB Newsletter which led to my interest and excitement with Family Constellation work.

This then led onto the theme for the Family Constellation issue of Breathe, Issue 99. Manohar Foster wrote an article from which I learned that he and his partner Sarasi were hosting, in March 2005, a Family Constellation workshop at their centre near where I live in Devon.

I knew both of these two people only as dancers at my monthly ‘dance-at…’ events.
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3. OUR ANCESTORS WEAR OUR TEARS LIKE JADE BEADS

By Jeremy Thres

I wanted to share a couple of different experiences and perspectives I have come across, in relation to the ancestors, that offer interesting parallels to the family constellation work I have been involved in.

First is what I experienced under the ceremonial guidance of Martin Pretchel. Martin is a remarkable shaman who lived and trained for many years with Tzutujil Mayan elders in Guatemala....
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