A two day seminar on new generation constellation work

Current developments in our postmodern society evolve rapidly. Small changes in systemically interconnected systems bring about effects in various domains simultaneously. Our knowledge about the biopsychospiritual system called “human being” is exponentially growing and we need to re-learn what we knew in every instant.

How does this (r)evolution affect our ideas and premises about systemic constellation work? Does it affect the practice of setting constellations up? Are there new domains of applications? How does the new generation relate to constellation work?

In this workshop, we will critically reflect on the concepts and practices of systemic constellation work. Johannes B. Schmidt will work with participants’ processes using his integrative view and practice. As a seasoned facilitator who has been setting up constellations extensively since 1994, Johannes has integrated approaches from body-based trauma work, principles of craniosacral biodynamics, experiences with pre and perinatal psychology, constructivist systemic work, interpersonal neurobiology, and mindfulness practice to name only a few.

Johannes’ slow-motion constellations and his focus on inner dynamics rather than family entanglements opens constellation work to a wide range of applications. His integration of conception issues, intrauterine life and birth dynamics; and bonding and attachment styles enables him to work in the non-verbal domain of human development and to facilitate complex trauma healing. Focusing on self-regulation, he challenges our view on independence and autonomy. In his work, a space of stillness and silent participation opens and invites deeply felt contact and connection that profoundly affects our being-nature. Witnessing this work is entering a space of true transformative intimacy.

Course facilitation:

Johannes Benedikt Schmidt

CONSTELLATION
WORK

Dates

June 23, 2009
5 – 10 p.m.
June 24, 2009
9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Location

Unitarian Church of Vancouver
949 West 49th Ave. (@Oak St.)
Vancouver, BC

Cost

before May 15/09, $225.00
after May 15th, $275.00

Information and Registration

Ellie Hallman, M. Ed. (Couns. Psy.), BN, RN
Psychotherapist
Box 275, Duncan, BC V9L 3X3
Canada
Phone: +1 866-701-5951
E-mail: elliehallman@hotmail.com
 

DEAR SEATTLE CONSTELLATION COMMUNITY AND OTHERS

We're extremely fortunate to announce that Johannes B. Schmidt has agreed to come to the Seattle-Kirkland area to conduct a workshop this year in November on trauma resolution. Johannes' expertise as a facilitator, author, coach and trainer is of the highest caliber. I recently attended his workshop in North Carolina and it was by far one of the most powerful healing experiences of my life. I have a greater sense of self and purpose and a greater degree of compassion for others after attending. His book further cements the concepts that I was fortunate enough to grasp during this experience. I will not only be a more effective and safe facilitator, but also a more compassionate human being overall because of this experience 'I highly recommend Johannes' workshop. -Therese Thomas RN

Touching the Untouchable

Being fully alive is a deep longing in every person. So deep is the craving for vitality, joy, vibrancy and full participation in life that we cannot ignore our hunger for completion and wholeness. We cannot live for less than we are. We are driven towards reunion with our deepest Self.

Getting in touch with ourselves, however, is no easy business. In the very beginning of life, we undergo imprints that form our basic behavior patterns. Conception, embodiment, intrauterine experiences, as well as the quality of birth, attachment, systemic family dynamics, and traumatic experiences have a strong impact on our self-relationship and on the way we experience the world.

These early experiences reach deep into our somatic, emotional, neuronal, and spiritual makeup. Modifying the way we are requires safe holding, mindful attentive presence, and patient gentleness to invoke healing in the different levels of our being-nature.

This seminar offers the opportunity to inquire into your own being-nature within the supportive framework of a group. Finally meeting your Self can be a liberating experience that deepens well-being, connection, and intimacy with your self and the world around you.

In Systemic Constellation Work we set up people as all-body-receptors to tune into a co-created field of inquiry. You bring your questions to the field and pick up information via embodied perception, observation of systemic interconnectedness, and reciprocal dialogue.

Course facilitation:

Johannes B. Schmidt has been working with constellations since 1993. He is the founder of the Aptitude-Academy, a cooperative network for human and collective development in Europe. A much sought after workshop presenter, his keen perception, compassionate honesty, and unconventional simplicity is mixed with humor and dedication, providing a model of self-reflection and a safe container for self-exploration.

SYSTEMIC
CONSTELLATIONS

Dates

June 19 – 21, 2009

Location

Wockner Hospice Center
12822 124th Lane NE Kirkland,
WA.  98034

Cost

USD 450.00 with an early registration fee USD 400.00 if registered by April 30, 2009

For further information or registration please contact Therese Thomas: tjthomas03@yahoo.com +1 425-273-6811
 

Trauma Training

The trauma training is limited to twenty professionals and participants. Registration is on a first come first serve bases.  Johannes uses cranial sacral biodynamics along with family constellations. The training consists of four modules taught throughout a year.

Trauma Resolution

Trauma work is about connecting with your "being" nature and resources. It is about going from a felt-sense to an integrated felt-self. It is about getting into coherent resonance with the fundamental rhythms of life and integrating the developmental knowledge and experience of embryology, pre- and perinatal psychology, and neuropsychology. To touch the origin of your being-nature is a humbling and gently rejuvenating experience. It is an awe-inspiring journey to the birthplace of your spiritual roots. Dis-ease turns into ease, separation into connection and stuck-ness into flow.

In this workshop, by combining the experience of constellation work with that of trauma work, we go one step further. We apply systemic constellations to inner, non-verbal processes and trauma resolution. We will explore our inner realities and find new ways of relating to ourselves and thus to life and the world around us.

The interface of trauma resolution work and systemic constellations provides the opportunity to use the wisdom of both to open you to a deeper relationship with yourself and to integrate the nonverbal, embodied experience of the time between conception and age three, the time of pre-verbal traumatic experiences. The group holds the field, providing a safe container for the process to unfold. The containment and gentle pace of the process helps to externalize critical life experiences and disengage from events which overwhelmed in the past. The quality of the observer's presence invites you into exploration, with a stillness and gentleness that transforms emotional wounds and fosters healing. This workshop is a gift for yourself and an invitation to compassionate self-healing - the place where you and your self meet.

2009/2010
Module Dates

June 26 – 29, 2009
Sept 04 – 07, 2009
Nov 13 – 16, 2009
Feb 19 – 22, 2010
(All dates 10:00am – 6:00pm)

Location

Wockner Hospice Center
12822 124th Lane NE Kirkland,
WA.  98034

Cost

Includes all four modules
$2600 if registered before
April 15 $2800 after

CEU

112 CEU available for full
term participation

This  unique and powerful combination is extremely beneficial to promote systemic and personal healing.

Johannes B. Schmidt's book

For further information or registration please contact Therese Thomas: tjthomas03@yahoo.com +1 425-273-6811