hey there Chris...
Briefly dolphins
Out of currents
Dive
Affording
A better view
Their being still
Wet with the current,
Maintaining membership
In whence they came....blessings,Joseph
On Saturday, November 11, 2006, at 06:54AM, "Chris Walsh"
<chrisjwalsh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
I have noticed for some time that the senior German constellators are able to
move through their constellations faster towards the end of workshops. I was
never quite clear how they did it. I figured some of it was do to their
ability to harness the increasing cohesion of the group as the workshop
progressed.
In my last workshop I felt the need to attempt this with my last constellation
as time was running short. First I flagged the short time available with the
client and the group and warned that I may stop the constellation short of a
resolution when I felt some movement had occurred. In this way I tried to
manage expectations & may also have primed the group to be more focussed.
I felt a strong connection to the field in the interview. So instead of my
usual strategy of setting up the minimum number of representatives and waiting
to see where the energy went, I set up the relevant people from the client's
nuclear family plus the father's former lover and the forgotten child (half
brother of the client) right from the start. This was where I felt the
relevant entanglement was. ( The constellation confirmed this) I then
requested much less verbal feedback from the representatives and relied much
more on their nonverbals which I could observe. I commented on these to make
my work transparent. What was potentially a complicated and long constellation
reached a good resolution in about 35 minutes without feeling rushed. I was
very pleasantly surprised.
I am aware that working in this way could have a number of pitfalls, for
example narrowing your attention too soon. I am curious what experiences -
positive and negative - people have had in working in this way. I am hoping
feedback will help me to build on this experience in a positive way.
hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
My Website: www.cwalsh.com.au
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