A constellation usually proceeds as follows: The people in the group sit in an oval. The centre is empty. Anyone wishing to do a constellation briefly and succinctly explains their problem to the facilitator and the group. The facilitator senses the issue and suggests what would be the most appropriate constellation.

Once the task has been clarified, the client chooses the necessary representatives from the group. The system constellation is created as the representatives follow their inner impulses, which come out of nowhere, and find the place that feels right for them. They do not know anything about the client, they are not acting, they have nothing else to do but to pay attention to their current feelings as calmly as possible. In contrast to ‘classic family constellations’, where the client ‘places’ the chosen representatives, here the representatives move without any external influence. They simply follow the ‘movements of the soul’, hence the name.

In the initial stage of the constellation, they represent a picture of the client’s inner reality, their relationship system, their work environment or even their business. They make themselves available to something we call the ‘field of knowledge’, a linguistic image for the still little explored resonance-based exchange of information between all living beings and things.
Resonance reliably shows, often over generations, what needs to be looked at and what is going on in the inner dynamics of the issue presented. There is little talking during the process and an atmosphere of great mindfulness. The facilitator looks at what strengthens the client, makes connections and often expresses what is evident in the present moment.

If a solution emerges during the constellation, it is allowed to unfold. Then everyone steps out of their representative roles and returns to their places. The next constellation begins. To protect mutual trust, everything that is revealed remains in the room with the group.

The principle of representative perception works reliably and with measurable accuracy. Phenomena of physical, psychological and emotional resonance unfold within the constellation field. The scientific world view is currently too limited to explain how emotional, body-specific and factual information from the client’s system can be transferred so reliably to the representatives without a visible information medium. All that can be said is that it happens.

All participants, including spectators sitting on the sidelines, come into contact with what appears to be a healing field. It acts as a field of growth and has its own strengthening power, often without any further intervention. This is a particular advantage of group constellations.

The same process occurs in individual constellations. The representative perception, i.e. the spatial representation of the inner dynamics, takes place here with floor anchors, with figures or directly in the imagination. The advantage of individual constellations lies in the special protection they offer the client and in the possibility of responding more precisely to their personal rhythm.

One more thing: constellations do not make anything disappear. No illness, no crisis, no conflict. However, they can set healing processes in motion in the body and mind and move people from suffering to action.