Thank you Alison,
for the nytimes link,
as one of those of us who is approaching the twilight zone
the article reads uplifting for me; there is wisdom in the air.
Your frank description of experiencing
an 'end of workshop fatigue'
makes me suggest you are not alone it that.
Perhaps to some extend what you describe
is a reflection of the group energy.
Particularly towards the end of a workshop lasting more than one day
one seems to be able to work quite differently,
more efficient I dare say.
The group has grown together
some previous representations and all the observations
have given already a lot to those who still intent to work themselves.
No need to 'start from scratch' with them.
What kicks in late is something
I'd like to call the home-stretch-boost.
It becomes almost imperative then,
after the barest minimum of talk,
to bring the seeker in straight away herself
with just one representative for 'the issue'.
Most amazingly fast and deep transformations
seem to occur during these last hours of the workshop
with virtually no intervention at all.
Is that part of your experience as well?
Max
Melbourne, Australia
Harmony in Human Systems
Dear Hunter:helpful
Thank you for returning to my question and to Chris, and Max for your
responses as well.
Bracketing ones awareness, as you suggest Hunter, sounds like a very
approach to acknowledge what we bring in while allowing that to recede fromsometimes
front and center in the awareness. Also your comments on forgetting,
meditation, really spoke to me and there is something Id like to share.
Ive long noticed that as the workshop day nears its end, that I am
tired with my mind a near blank. As people share their issue, it sort ofsentence.
washes in and from that emerges one single thing, an impression, a
There is often a sense of we dont need a whole constellation here, and Ithat
tend to do simpler more direct things with the client, often suggesting
they or the reps say statements that come up on the moment and dont soundcontemplation
like anything Ive heard before. Or Ill offer a guided imagery
with whatever shows up in the moment. Ill often feel that I am near tobeing
asleep while standing on my feet and doing a constellation. At first,this was
a little scary because I identified this as almost like a seniormoment, or
worse. But Ive seen over time, that amazing stuff happens then and someago, a
workshop regulars try to work at the end because of this. Two workshops
bee appeared in the room (in fact bees have shown up at a few workshopsnow)
and became part of the constellation. Ive always wondered whether ornot Im
losing it and whether losing it is a good thing.releases
Overall, I have a very focused sort of mind, so perhaps my focus in the
earlier part of the workshop day has worked the mind muscle until it
and just opens. I also saw a piece/study somewhere that senior momentsare
artifacts not of senility but of a broad attention span that does not
filter. The article here discusses that:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/research/20brai.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=ag
ing+brain&st=nyt&oref=slogin