I have seen Ursula Franke do Reichian style massage to help clients move
through the interrupted reaching out movement. I don't know if it is the
body harmony Thomas Falke mentions. So it appears to me that Reichian work
and constellation work can be advantageously mixed.
I too experimented with receiving some neo-Reichian therapy in the 80's. It
was called Radix. There was a focus on maintaining relaxed eye contact with
the therapist during a discharge. Although it was helpful, there was an
"addictive" quality to it, even with the eyes open. I think I got what I
needed out of it after about 5 sessions, although I kept going for much
longer.
I agree with Preeti that meditative awareness is a good safeguard against
becoming "addicted" to emotional discharge. Regardless of whether it it is
in body work, standard psychotherapy or in constellations. It protects
against feeding unnecessary secondary emotions. As Max suggested having the
eyes open helps too.
Being aware of how we carry tension in the body certainly helps
constellation work - as suggested by Francesca. The tension does not just
arise from the psychological work in constellations. It also arises from the
artificial situation of being so still for so long. Massages, stretches and
breaks between constellations certainly help people to maintain their
concentration and energy levels. Mindfulness body scans between
constellations also help. These measures also seem to improve the quality of
the constellations.
Hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
Website www.constellationflow.com
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[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Preeti Helena
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 7:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [ConstellationTalk] More questions Somatic Psychology combined
with "soul work".........
Stefan and Max
I have done a lot of personal development work in my time and find that
everything has its place in the right time. Sometimes emotional release is
just what is required. The problem with it is, one can get addicted to it. I
remember Osho (an Indian mystic) commenting on this phenomena that as any
muscle can be trained also the emotions can be trained. So if the anger
'muscle' gets trained often enough, it is getting stronger and stronger. His
answer was that meditation has to be added to any personal work to help grow
awareness and inner peace. Sorry, I can't remember where the quote is.
Constellations are not the cure for everything and at some stage we probably
have to go even beyond this. I think it was even mentioned here in this
email group that one can get addicted to the intensity of a constellation
workshop.
Preeti
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[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Max Dauskardt
Sent: Wednesday, 13 July 2005 6:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] More questions Somatic Psychology combined
with "soul work".........
Hi Stefan,
as a veteran of heavy duty Reichian therapy during the seventies I came to
realize the limits of body work.
Rather quickly does the pursuit of it take on an addictive character.
When one is ready once more only a fortnight after the last session to bash
the (parent)pillow with even greater vigour, something doesn't seem to move
quite in harmony.
The very subtle body work involved with FC,e.g. simply allowing that sigh of
relieve after having said: I am your son, only your son...
or the sensation of tears streaming down your cheeks having just heard: I am
your uncle and I died in a car crash.....
is so much more powerful and sustaining, that I would not dream of mixing
Reichian based body work with systemic work;
however if some sort of catharsis wants to emerge spontaneously during a
constellation it is fine to give it room; most important in such a situation
is, to make sure the protagonist keeps the eyes open.
Max
Cedar Pocket, Queensland
merlin7win@xxxxxxx wrote:
As one moves forward with the work of saying Thank you to our parents and
accept the life unconditionally from them.........and making peace. Do
the residues of pain (the survival mechanisms of childhood that have now
become the limiting factors in our lives.........that are somatized)
eventually dissolve in the body
by time... as the "soul" widens to acknowledge "what is and was" and accept
it with humility.
Anyway the question is has anyone found that other methods like
bioenergetics or Primal work or other kinds of body work helpful to bring
out what is most alive in us and free up the body as we do this work?
Stefan Bajon
Santa Monica, Calif.
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