It is my great and heartfelt pleasure to emphatically recommend Harald Homberger and his work. Harald mentors so many beautiful qualities I wish to continue to cultivate in myself: presence, humility, compassion, deep wisdom, clear intuition, undeniable mastery of his craft, and an absolute trust in and surrender to Love as the primary organizing principle of the Universe. His work cannot help but move you to tears and shift stuck, often hidden patterns directly responsible for disease, suffering, pain and sorrow that may have been present in an individual for a lifetime or in a family for generations. DO NOT MISS THIS RARE AND WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY to meet, observe and train with Harald Homberger here in Albuquerque. This is Spiritual Healing at its finest.
Stephen P. Weiss, M.D.
Having worked in the mental health field for over twenty years, and spent countless dollars on my own mental health, I am wary of new therapies. I felt trepidation when I signed up recently for a three day Family Constellation workshop with Harald Homberger. Not only did I enjoy the time I spent with Harald and the group that gathered over the weekend, but I found this work, delightfully, to be grounded, authentic and transformational on a deep level that most traditional psychotherapies do not even reach. My own work during the weekend helped relieve me of an emotional burden I have carried for others from a previous generation, and since, I have felt lighter and full of clarity. The work is a great way to remember the groundwater of the soul, to which we all have access and can drink from, with the right guidance and focus. Much of what makes this work powerful is impossible to explain with words, in fact, much of the actual constellation work is done in silence, and must simply be experienced to fully understand its power. I’m inspired to do more Family Constellation work for my own personal and professional growth and have been telling everyone I know to try it!
Tina Carlson APRN, BC
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatry
"Prior to my first constellation experience, I felt like I was living in 3 rooms of a very large house, now I am living in 9, and they are full of possibilities, light, and a balanced kind of peace. This is a new space, but I feel very at home in it."
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Family Constellations have enhanced my life and relationships by clearing up the clutter of the past--not only my own past, but also that of my family and ancestors. It amazed me to learn that events in my family's history affect how I live my own life, without me even realizing it. Seeing the microcosm of family patterns and the way we interact with each other, acted out in a room by strangers, allows me to see where we each fit in the bigger picture, to see how we block each other's energy, and sometimes take on behaviors or choices that aren't even truly our own. Harald has a gift for sifting through all the messy minutae of family behaviors, and unpeeling the layers of emotions and entanglements, leaving you with the gift of clarity and opportunity to embrace your own destiny.
Lettie Carpenter, Realtor
When my friend mentioned “Family Constellation” workshops in a conversation recently, I thought she said “family consolation.” I was ready to sign up immediately. After all, who couldn’t use a little consolation and conversation about their wacky families?
But I soon discovered that Family Constellations are much more than grown-ups discussing absent fathers, self-absorbed mothers and bad potty training experiences. The three-day constellation workshop I attended a couple of weekends ago in Albuquerque was the most profound experience of my life. That’s saying a lot for someone who grew up in an experiential church, visited a psychotherapist for years and accumulated more self-help books than Barnes and Noble.
To set the record straight, I’m not a spiritual-therapy-new-age junkie who is on a foggy quest for the deeper meaning of life. I don’t know how to meditate. I hate yoga. To the world at large, I’m a happy, successful, well-adjusted woman who eats Pop Tarts every day. But the Family Constellation workshop called me, I answered, and I am changed. The timeline of my life is now divided into BC and AD: Before Constellation and After Discovery.
To explain Family Constellation work is a little like trying to describe falling in love. Or the experience of holding your child for the first time. Or how you feel after seeing a beautiful sunset. That’s because these experiences happen on a soul level, beyond conscious thought, which is not well suited for words.
But I’ll try.
In broad terms, constellations are a therapeutic method of healing based on holistic thinking. Developed by Bert Hellinger of Germany, family constellations reveal the subconscious links we have to our families and ancestors – connections that can cause us to repeat destructive family patterns and keep us from fully living our lives. The method is widely accepted and used in Europe.
In practical terms, constellations bring to light one’s deepest fears and darkest family secrets through the body movements of total strangers. These fellow workshop attendees tap into the “knowing field” of collective consciousness – something that was surprisingly easy to do when I was called upon to act in other people’s dramas.
Attendees represent family members whom the facilitator has determined, after a brief conversation with you, will be part of your constellation. Often, more “family members” are added as the constellation progresses. The representatives respond to impulses to move, interacting with each other in a silent, intricate dance. These “soul movements” are eerily accurate depictions of families and the feelings, beliefs and conflicts they have passed on.
Constellations do not usually result in specific solutions to the problems people come in with. But they shine the bright light of truth on the root causes of why we’re stuck, depressed or frustrated in our lives. When truth is seen and acknowledged and family entanglements are recognized, Hellinger says, we are freed of those burdens and gain the strength to follow our own paths. I don’t know how it works, but I know it does.
As Harald Homberger, a student of Hellingers from Germany, gently led my constellation, five generations of trauma borne by the women in my family unfurled like a ribbon. Even though it was a history I wasn’t consciously aware of, I instantly knew it was true. Later, I remembered snippets of family stories that confirmed what my constellation revealed. A conversation with our family genealogist made the truth of the constellation irrefutable.
The Family Constellation workshop has helped me make sense of some very confusing parts of my life. I have a better understanding of why I have repeatedly made bad decisions in certain areas. And I now know what I must to do to break the ancestral cycle of pain for my daughter. I still eat Pop Tarts every day, though.
Constellations are not for the faint of heart. It’s hard to keep watching while your pain is played out in front of you. But it can be more than worth the effort if you come with an open heart.
Sophie Pinkerton
I am interested in the Certification Program for two reasons: First, the community Ursula is bringing in is so down to earth and practical that I imagine that they will use this work in ways that it has not been used in the United States. I want to be a part of that. Second, I am very impressed with Harald and the way he approaches Family Constellation Work. I would love to see this work offered in prisons, homeless shelters, old folk’s homes and to cancer patients who have no money. I think this group of Ursula’s has that potential. I believe that Harald has a lot to teach us.
Marcie Neville, Attorney
For more information about this work visit
www.harald-homberger.de
For a schedule of upcoming Family Constellation workshops in Albuquerque, contact Ursula M.L. Nickel, DOM: ursula@nickelacupuncture.com
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