I needed to check in with something, someone(s) beyond my thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. As I sat in the jury box, I summoned the support of my ancestors through Dad and Lola and Maraea and way, way beyond. That was a moment. And there have been many more since...And that’s it, isn’t it. You are not alone. You are never alone. Your ancestors who dreamed of you are all around. Always.

These are pieces of information about unfinished business that I need to work with to fully release subtle trauma my body is still holding onto decades later. I know, without the slightest doubt that going into constellation with another facilitator will enable that to happen. Either something works or it doesn't. My experience is that constellations work, every time. The field does not lie, ever.

Systemic constellations provide a pragmatic/phenomenological way of working with the generationally collected and currently collective traumas we carry, by recognising what is, opening up our natural resilience which is a resource we take for granted, or perhaps we don’t even acknowledge it. We have it, though, otherwise we would not have made it to this moment, in whatever shape we are in.

Intergenerational stress or trauma or joy or what we create by our own actions, or take on by interest or proximity has an effect. Karma.

Next workshop Saturday 09 November 10-3 pm, one hour lunch, book online at manawafamilyconstellations.com limited places

the healing power of constellation work + personalised coaching (for) clarity, to overcome obstacles and achieve your personalised goals

'...greater understanding fuels compassion for past and present generations. When we break the cycle, we become the change..'

watch ...Another Self, the Turkish  Netflix series. It's a drama about three friends who find a Family Constellations facilitator, Mr Zaman

'[(despite) resilience]...the trauma does not just float away. We hold it. We carry it. We embody it. We just may not know it.'

'...change your approach. Family Constellations is a way... without intellectualising, in a supportive and safe environment...'

'...unacknowledged, shamed and secret members of the family system reverbrate through generations, affecting later members...

Our human messiness is inevitable. We do not necessarily notice ... some compassionate intervention would be useful.

replace old, buried, forgotten, unruly hitches in your family system, get fresh perspectives and peace

Therapy can help individuals with the disruption... that occurs in families/whanau and households consisting of first and third generations

At heart of Family Constellations are belonging, order, and balance. ... cut offs disrupt..causing big emotions ...hard to come back from

where I'm from, how I came to be a Constellations Facilitator, ...we are ...inevitably 'ready for therapy' and how Constellations work...

Family constellations gets at old, buried, forgotten, unrecognised hitches in your family system...

...shame do(es) not go away with time. ...in a safe context we need to speak of it, for someone to hear and hold space... without judgement.

The process is not hurried; things unfold as naturally as breathing in and breathing out.

'...The so-called black sheep of the family are, in fact, hunters born of paths of liberation into the family tree...'