Systemic Constellation Workshop in Bristol on Friday 28th June 2024

HEALING FAMILY PATTERNS - WORKING WITH HUMAN SYSTEMS

Friday 28th June 2024 in Bristol

Systemic Constellation Workshop with Gaye Donaldson

Please find below all the details you will need to join this workshop. If you have any further questions do contact Gaye by email at gaye@gayedonaldson.com

Venue

The Centre for Whole Health,

12 Victoria Place,

Bristol, BS3 3BP

Tel: 0117 923 1138

Email: www.centreforwholehealth.org

Commonwealth House is a large building on the corner of St Paul’s Road and Whiteladies Road in Clifton. The entrance is on St Paul’s Road. The front door will be open from 9.45. Please come on in and join us in the Club Room straight ahead of you.

Times

Arrive from 09:45 for tea/coffee

Workshop Starts: 10.00

Workshop Finishes: 17.00

If you are going to be late please TEXT Gaye on 07810 434 699

Refreshments & Lunch

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided for our morning and afternoon breaks.

We will take a lunch break of about an hour at around 1pm – it is difficult to give a precise time. There are plenty of cafes nearby which cater for different dietary requirements. There is also an M&S and a Sainsburys in easy walking distance on Whiteladies Road.

Important

Please be sure to let Gaye know about any physical or mental health issues that may affect your participation, before the workshop begins. In this way your needs can be met and any concerns discussed. Your wellbeing is of upmost importance.

Participants

The group will be kept to a maximum of 20 people. This may well include some constellation students who attend as representatives only. They come to support the group as part of their own constellation training.

An Important Note about this Workshop

This is an experiential workshop in which everyone will participate in some way in every constellation.

The day will include a guided meditation, discussion and teaching, as well as about 5 or 6 constellations. Those who feel ready to do a piece of work are invited to raise their hand. If, towards the end of the day, there are a number of people remaining who wish to do their own constellation then names will be put into a hat and ‘issue holders’ selected randomly.

So, please be clear that the opportunity to present your own issue is not guaranteed. However, all those present in the group will, in one way or another, have a powerful experience. Whether you have brought the issue, actively participated as a representative, or held the space for the work in the outer circle, constellation work offers profound insight and new understanding for everyone in the group. We will of course reflect on each piece of work together.

By selecting the issue holders on the day (rather than monetarising the issue holder place and therefore creating two different tiers of involvement in the group) is the original way of working. In the 1990s it was the only way a workshop was run. Here we trust the Field to provide what we, as a group, collectively need. This respects the spirit of the work.

For me personally, in my 28 years of involvement with Constellations the two most life-changing constellations that I have done were both when I was a representative, not the issue holder.

Cost

£135 per person

Please pay through Eventbrite on the Kindred Constellations website. Alternatively, an invoice can be sent. All fees are to be paid before the workshop. Payment details are included on the invoice.

Cancellation Policy

- Cancellation with more than one months’ notice – full refund given

- Cancellation made within 2 – 4 weeks of the workshop – half the fee is refunded

- Cancellations made with less than 2 weeks’ notice – no refund given

The Facilitator

Gaye Donaldson is a constellations practitioner and registered BACP counsellor, who has worked in the community and the private sector. She became a student of systemic constellations in 1994, training extensively in both family and organisational work in the UK and abroad. She has been as a facilitator and trainer of the work since 2005. Gaye is the Creative Director of the Centre for Systemic Constellations, the UK’s first Constellation School, established in 2000 (www.thecsc.net). She is a senior teaching faculty member, offering core training, masterclasses and supervision to student constellators. She also works with the constellation approach in film and theatre, and has worked as a trainer for ‘Healing the Wounds of History’, an organisation that brings new perspectives to conflict resolution in the Middle East. Gaye is a mother of 5, and grandmother of 3, and lives in Bruton, Somerset.

The Workshop

Systemic Constellation Work is a solution-focused approach that enables us to explore complex, and sometimes seemingly intractable personal issues, that arise from family, relationships, health issues, career, or existential and spiritual difficulties. At the workshop we will explore how key events and traumas in our lives (which often include events from previous generations) influence us and may even have led to ‘entanglements’ or ‘hidden loyalties’ that unconsciously affect us in our life today.

What is a constellation?

A constellation begins with a conversation in which the ‘issue holder’ describes a difficulty or issue is affecting their life. The issue holder is then asked to select group members to ‘represent’ elements of the system under consideration. Aspects represented are typically known individuals, but may also include groups, organisations, countries or abstract concepts.

These ‘representatives’ are asked to stand in a configuration called a Constellation which is form of ‘living map’ of the system under consideration. The facilitator gathers information that both contributes a fuller understanding of the present difficulty, and also supports movements towards resolution. By creating a constellation of an issue we can begin to see what is stuck or blocking the solution that brings peace, and new possibilities to the whole system.

The ‘system’ in question may of course be our family system, our relationships, our working environment, or our own health and wellbeing. The constellation approach can be used to explore any issue. There will be space to look at 5 or 6 issues during the day. As a result, please note that the opportunity to present your own issue is not guaranteed during the day.

Constellation work can be profound and deeply affecting. Please come prepared to participate in a spirit of openness and generosity.

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If you would like further information about the constellation process, please go to www.kindredconstellations.com. On the website there is also information about constellations in general, professional training, and also details of future workshops.