The Body as Home
What does ‘embodiment’ really ask of us? We are often encouraged to ‘settle, and come into our body’ as if this is simple and easy thing to do – but what if our body doesn’t feel like a safe place to be? What if ‘coming into the body’ feels a bit scary and alarming? For some, the body may even feel like an enemy or an adversary.
Over three days, using the unique and direct experience of the systemic constellation approach, we will confidentially and carefully explore our relationship with our own body. In pairs and very small groups, we will listen directly to what our body wishes we knew and understood. We will give our body a voice to express its needs and desires through representation – working ‘blind’ if we prefer. Through a carefully held programme, we will discover what blocks us from deeply engaging with our own bodily wisdom, and what prevents us from feeling the gift of our life force fully. We will explore how our body feels about our judgements, self-loathing and moments of self-attack, and discover what is needed for peace and reconciliation.
Our body is the home of our soul, and the soul expresses itself through the somatic experiences of the body. When we are disconnected from aspects of our own body-knowing we also lose touch with the messages of the soul. In Body as Home we work with body and soul to reveal what needs to be seen and integrated now in service of our own flourishing.
Who is it for?
This course is for all those who wish to gain a fuller and direct understanding, from a systemic constellation perspective, of the relationship that they have with their body.
What will your learn/develop?
This course is evocative, rather than didactic. It is experiential rather than theoretical. We focus on discovering what we don’t know, rather than what we do. Most constellations that work with the body do so through physical symptoms, health issues, and how these may relate to our entanglements in the unfinished stories from past generations.
Body as Home is different. In this course we will be with the realm of the body as the fundamental ground of our being. We will journey from shame to befriending; from isolation to inclusion, from rejection to acceptance.
As we bring our collective presence and awareness to the realm of the body, so it reveals itself to us. We will work together to gain new insight and understanding of what stands in the way of us fully receiving the gift of life and recognising the triumph of how life has successfully travelled down so many generations to reach us and animate us with our own life’s purpose.
Together we will hold the question ‘what do we truly long for when we hold the gift of life in our hands?’
Course Dates
This course is run as a single module over three days on 28th-30th April 2027.
Wednesday 28th April – 10am – 5.30pm
Thursday 29th April – 09.30am – 5.30pm
Friday 30th April – 09.30am – 4.30pm
Costs
The fee is £595. If you would like to take advantage of our early bird price of £495, please book your place by 28th February 2027.
Please note: CSC is a Not for Profit organisation and therefore does not charge VAT.
How to apply/book your place
To book a place please follow the booking process by clicking the ‘Click here to Book’ button at the bottom of this page.
You will receive an email confirming your place. If you encounter any problems, please contact the office at [email protected]
Course leaders
Body as Home will be led by Gaye Donaldson and Sheila McCarthy-Dodd. Having worked together on their own body issues, they designed the course in 2020 realising that this way of using the systemic constellation approach was both innovative and exciting, but also life changing. This will be the sixth time they have held the Body as Home process together. Each time they run it they are reminded of the power and potential of the process. Meeting the body in this way is a journey that is important to them both, and the program is very close to their hearts.
Gaye and Sheila are Directors and Senior Faculty members of CSC. They have both been involved with Constellation work since the 1990s, meeting at one of Bert Hellinger’s London workshops in 1996.
Venue
The course will be held at:
Venue: St Andrew’s Church
Short Street,
London,
SE1 8LJ
Directions & Travel
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Public Transport
Waterloo station – this is the nearest train/bus station (a few minutes walk from the venue)
To plan your journey on public transport – Journey Planner
