I was involved in a great discussion of ways in which household pets become identified with, not just their owners, but others in the family system--even deceased relatives.

Our ancestral families form a kind of system or soul that extends across generations and influences our adult lives. We look at one being re-aligned.

Before I learned to facilitate Family Constellations , I had long been a shaman. Started my journey from the dead mechanical world into that living conscious animistic one in 1986.

We’re down on collectives. Here in English speaking North America, our awareness is skewed very strongly in the direction of individualism.

Recently someone asked me what it was like to be a shaman. That question has been posed to me a lot over the years, so I came out with my normal answer. Shamans are animists, I said.

When you speak to potential clients about Family Constellations, trying to "sell" them--that is, attempting to persuade them somehow--is not the best approach.

And you learned the importance of simply saying something like: "You know, I'm just here to find out if what I'm thinking is right for you.

You say you're doing well with Looking for a Fit, and Ask, Listen, Learn First-- the networking techniques for Family Constellations I taught you in my previous two posts.

Many facilitators believe that holding a phenomenological stance and having no intention in constellations allows them to see only what is.

I want to talk about the idea of invoking the full generational range of your family soul. Invoke and work with whatever is right in your family soul.

Constellations often start with a question for the client. “What’s the problem?” the facilitator asks. I’ve also heard this referred to as a client’s “issue,” or “theme.”

Many family constellation facilitators in North America, learning, or trained already in group workshop forms, need to consider learning to offer both private and remote 1 to 1 constellations.

Here in English speaking North America, where individualism is strong and families are diluted by damage and "in-country migrations"--family constellation workshops can be hard to keep going.

There are two ways for you facilitators to do more Family Constellations, help more people, and earn a more sustainable living. They also give you interested non-facilitators a better chance to experience deep change through family constellations.

When I first learned to do family constellations, I was given a set of wooden figurines. These were for tabletop setups. They fell over a lot, because the bottoms had bumps on them, and they had no eyes--so you didn't know which way they were facing.

Perhaps surprisingly, transformations through family constellations bring positive change on more than the level of the individual. How is this possible?