Many thanks Doug, Annie and others,
My experiences validate what Chris says in that it takes the understanding
from mind to muscle, its very validating and expands the healing picture. But
it is complete at that time in my experience, not needing follow up, not
needing validation, but when it happens it is all of the aforementioned. It
sometimes simply happens as a continuation of a persons process in working with
them over time.
Allowing the representatives to then follow their movements has actually just
naturally happened for me Annie when it has been followed up in a group and you
are right it can then go to the next step.
Many thanks to so many for continued gifting of insights, it feels a generous
space to look into regularly, if there is anyone in the Sydney (Australia) or
surrounding areas that would like to join a peer support group that meets
monthly please contact myself or Maria Dolenc
mariadolenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ jonine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
warm regards,
Jonine
www.coreconnectiontrainings.com
----- Original Message -----
From: annieblockpearl
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2009 4:43 AM
Subject: {Disarmed} [ConstellationTalk] Re: Live constellation following a
figurine (doll) constellation.
Hi Doug,
What a creative idea! This was indeed an interesting experiment which
intrigues me because I too work with the Playskool figures in Individual
constellations. A further progression of this experiment might have been to
allow the representatives to "follow their movements" if so inclined. My
hypothesis is that in the elapsed time from the first constellation there might
already have been some further movements. Did you sense any inclinations for
this?
Annie Block Pearl, M.S.
New York, New York, USA
www.annieblockpearl.com
-- In ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dawn & Doug Smith"
<family.tree@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Chris, I had been encouraging my client to attend my family
> constellation workshop which was only a couple of weeks away as an
> introduction to live constellation work rather than going ahead immediately
> with a doll constellation on an issue that she was very urgent about. My
> sense was that she was ready to constellate the issue and she was familiar
> with working with the dolls because she had done a doll constellation with
> me about three years previous on a different issue and that had been very
> useful for her. I went with the client's urgency and constellated her issue
> using the dolls in a private therapy session. This went well, but I thought
> the impact of seeing this work live would be even more useful. Having the
> understanding that we don't re-do (re-constellate) the same issue, I
> suggested that the client come to the workshop and that with her permission,
> I bring the photo of the resolution constellation with the dolls and that we
> could set that up live so she could both see it live and then stand in her
> place to experience it live. She agreed to this proposition with the
> additional offer on her part of supporting my workshop and the others
> attending by being an active participant,which was helpful to me to achieve
> a good sized group to work with.
>
> Her energy to set up her resolution constellation was strong on the day and
> it has a completely authentic feel within the workshop. I explained the
> previous work that had been done privately in my clinic using the dolls to
> the group. I then set up the resolution constellation with the dolls in the
> centre of the group on the floor using the photo to ensure I chose the same
> colour dolls and the same order was reproduced. I asked my client would she
> like me to choose the live representative and to just set it up. She said
> that she would like to choose the reps and have me place them. I placed the
> people by pointing to the place they should stand rather than placing them
> as a seeker does in the beginning of a constellation. Having set up the
> resolution constellation I interviewed the representatives while my client
> witnessed from her chair in the holding circle. The representatives comments
> affirmed what a complete resolution had been reached using the dolls but
> added an element of hearing the experience of each rep as they stood in
> their places. I invited my client to then stand in her place in the
> constellation. This had a profoundly deepening effect for her to the
> resolution.
>
> There were some very positive outcomes from this experiment.(I call this an
> experiment because I had not done this or never witnessed setting up a
> resolution with dolls to a live situation before, and I thought this was
> authentically following the principle of not re-constellating the same
> issue). For the people in the group who were new to constellation work it
> served as a sort of warm up experience without all of the more stressful
> stages of a constellation. For me it allowed me to follow an idea that
> seemed really authentic and to validate it by testing in a live workshop
> situation. I am feeling confident to do something similar in the future if
> the need arises because I quite often use doll constellations with my
> clients in private therapy sessions. For the group, the woman entered into
> the workshop as a member and she represented in other constellations very
> fully. I hope this is useful information and I would like to hear from
> others their comments and experiences if they have done anything similar.
> Doug Smith, Melbourne
>
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