I am enjoying this thread, a bit belatedly having been on vacation till last
week.
I am delighted to hear of the effect of Ed's work and of the ongoing
collaboration between SCW and Malidoma Some's work (we have been fortunate to
have Malidoma giving workshops here in Asheville, NC. over the past several
years).
This conversation regarding individual vs. group vs. system processes
fascinates me as a facilitator. My work currently brings me most in contact
with what goes on in the individual. It seems that pointing this out to the
group then ignites both the group and systemic processes. I am reminded of the
videos of Bert's initial work and how that work built the foundation of SCW in
such a way that we now use what was learned from those early constellations
regarding the individual, the individual's place in the family, the family's
place in the society and the society's place in the world, without going
specifically through all of the steps to get there.
It seems that the work has grown according to this progression as well, from
Bert's first formulations, to his small groups, to larger groups, to Germany,
then across borders and across the sea. I see this as a greater movement ala
The Hundredth Monkey; the cumulative effect of this work on the individual, the
family, the society, the world is remarkable to imagine.
I also appreciate the fact that some one of us is engaging the work on one
level while some other engages it on another level, depending on our own skills
and experience and personal process. Thus it is happening on all levels
simultaneously, somewhere, at all times. I find this exciting, and would be a
wonderful topic at international conferences.
Hoping you are all enjoying the summer or the winter, whichever hemisphere you
inhabit! all the best, sheila
Family Constellation Workshops/Fletcher, NC ~ Aug 28/Oct 23/Dec 11 ~ $125/10am
- 6pm
Sheila Saunders, RN, LMFT
www.systemicfamilysolutions.com
PO Box 1011 Weaverville, North Carolina 28787
828-273-5015
"When we have passed a certain age, the soul of the child we were and the souls
of the dead from whom we have sprung come to lavish on us their riches and
their spells." -Marcel Proust (In Search of Lost Time)
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: sneh.victoria@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:29:45 +0200
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Re: Magical Group Alchemy and Personal
Tranformations in CT
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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