The events of this year have turned our attention to the burdens of collective trauma as perhaps no other incidents have, at least in the lifetimes of many Americans. And, at the same time, many of us have felt personal traumas revealed as we face the disruption of most of our familiar routines. The blinders are off. How can we use this time to inquire into and take steps toward transforming our traumas and the collective traumas that exist behind much of the angst we experience in our post-modern lives, at the same time? Are they connected, and if so, how? This four day online training will explore the unconscious systemic roots of racism and genocide in the United States, and how it affects us personally and in our roles as citizens and/or immigrants. We will surface wounds at the root of collective trauma, and call into being the deep human connectedness that existed before, and that it is our responsibility to begin to manifest again in order to truly move forward together into a new evolutionary phase of humanity.
Our facilitator, Elena Veselago, is a master facilitator and shaman, trained by Bert Hellinger, Daan VanKampenhout and many others, and founder of The Field Institute in Moscow, where she has trained thousands in the art and practice of constellations and similar work. She has worked deeply with issues of collective trauma in Russia and other European countries. For our work here, she brings the unique perspective of standing mainly outside the American field, and so can perceive these dynamics through a different lens than we do here. She is joined by master facilitator Sarah Peyton, whose visible role is as translator for Elena, but whose energetic presence will lend much more.
Please note:
· We are also inviting interested Russian constellators to attend, to build awareness and understanding between our cultures.
· This workshop will take place three days following the American presidential election.
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Elena Veselago is a leading Russian constellations facilitator, leader and the organizer of the Russian professional society of constellators. Having started her study of constellations directly with Bert Hellinger, Elena then continued her education with the most important international constellations masters. She has studied with 28 teachers from German, the Netherlands, the USA, and Australia, and other countries, including with teachers who offer shamanic training. Elena is a regular presenter at international professional conferences in Europe, the USA and in Australia, and is also the organizer of the largest constellations conference in Russia, “The Open Field.” Combining a deep sensitivity to the field, a knowledge of systemic laws, and access to the great resources of humanness and nature, Elena has created her own style of doing constellations, including the development of definitions and technology that support integration. Elena is very grateful to be working with Sarah Peyton, who is able to translate new phrases and ideas from Russian into English in order to make them available to the international audience.
Sarah Peyton, who visited us to teach the Relational Neuroscience of Constellations, is delighted to be our Russian translator for Elena's workshop. Elena is Sarah's own master teacher, and she is as excited about being with us to learn as she is to interpret. Sarah worked as a simultaneous interpreter for 20 years, and only returned to Russian and to translating when she met Elena and wanted to learn from her and to support other non-Russian speakers to learn from her.
