Chris Walsh

Lifeworks - Professional Development - July 17
Libby & I introduced the work to about 20 members of the staff at Lifeworks - a Victoria wide agency, that provides relationship counselling and education services.

ConstellationFlow Workshop August 3 -Melbourne
Libby & I ran a workshop on Saturday August 3, with 16 participants. It went very smoothly. As is usual, the participants contributed generously and I think we all learnt a lot from each other.

Jakob & Sieglinde Schneider Workshop August 16&17 Perth
I have just returned from a two day workshop in Perth with very experienced international facilitators. It was organised by Annie Wearne, a local Perth psychotherapist. There were 40 participants, many of whom were counsellors & psychotherapists who were interested in experiencing this work.

The facilitators were Jakob Schneider and his wife Sieglinde. Jakob was one of the first people to start doing this work with Bert Hellinger in the early eighty's. Certainly his 20 years of practical experience with this work shone through as a very special elegance and preciseness in his constellations. Sieglinde demonstrated how the work can be done one to one using figurines rather than human representatives. This way of working was surprisingly effective.

Jakob, Sieglinde and their godson Phillip are now going on an outback holiday through the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. I hope they have a great time as they get to know the ancient soul of this land, with its red dust, its raw primitive landscape and of course the unique flora and fauna.

At the end of the workshop there was a high level of enthusiasm for the work in Perth. Follow up will be happening at the Park St Centre, which Annie Wearne manages. Some Perth people may even be going to Germany next year to get further training.

Good luck Perth!
Thankyou Annie for organising such a wonderful event.

(left to right) Vera Ross (Interpreter for the workshop), Annie Wearne, Sieglinde and Jakob Schneider

GTA Orders of Love Training with Judith Hemming
In July GTA (Gestalt Therapy Australia) organized a training in constellations for their students. Judith Hemming who ran it is an international member of theri faculty from the UK. She is a very experienced practitioner of constellation work. I understand the workshop was very well attended and that the participants found it extremely valuable.

I am sure we all appreciate the ongoing efforts of the GTA director, Gabe Philips in developing this work here in Melbourne.

Other Workshops & Events
Other workshops continue around the country side. Lesley Baragwanath continues to run regular workshops in Melbourne. Patrick Kavanagh continues to run workshops in Bendigo and Melbourne. Patrick will will presenting the work at the GANZ (Gestalt Australia & New Zealand) conference http://www.exevents.co.nz/GANZinfo.php in September. Good luck Patrick!

Possible Future Visits by Oversees Practitioners
I am aware of people quietly working to see if one or more of the following practitioners may come to Australia in the near future:
Albrecht Mahr
Harald Hohnen
If anyone has any contributions in this regard I am happy to put you in touch with those who are currently working on these possibilities.

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