Dear Don and David,
your contributions to the group alchemie are so very valuable - I
believe for all constellation facilitators.
I have just come back from a one week workshop in Austria, where a
group of collegues, toghether with the african shaman Malidoma Somé
worked to the theme of constellations and ritual. (We 5 constellators
worked in the mornings in small groups and he in the afternoons with
the big group. We helping there, he being with us in the morning
groups.)
What touched me most was his emphasis on "the village", the group.
(We were about 80). This was the place of utter belonging, from where
the individual embarked to do their piece and where they came back
to, to be embraced and celebrated.
Never did I have a more easy way of working with a group the way I
like to work, which is very group oriented, in a way that I offer at
the beginning my idea, that each constellation is actually one for
all of us. The individuals give their questions and issues to the
whole, so we can explore toghether, what it means to be a human being...
What you, Don, have observed Ed doing in his work, and what you David
described really warms my heart! I find it utterly exciting to read
that more of us are busy with "the village" and giving it the right
place!
"However, if we move slower, if we wait, then maybe we move the work
from addressing the symptom to something deeper, the deeper pattern,
the deeper healing or cry or scream, if the client and the group and
we can hold this."
This would mean a shift from putting most of our attention on
teaching the method to teaching that what helps us hold the space.
David, I am more than gratefull you gave it words, and Ed: thank you
for doing the work this way and Don for having written about it in
this very forum!
Much love an courage to all on this path, Sneh
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