Virtual Family & Systemic Constellations Workshop with Luisa Muhr (FCNYC)

Please find more information on Family & Systemic Constellations with Luisa Muhr here: www.familyconstellationsnyc.com

"Family and Systemic Constellation work is initiating movement deep within the soul. This movement then translates to the practical plane."

"I empower people feeling stuck, lost, seeking change, disconnected from their origins and family, and those having explored various other healing methods without success, by guiding them through healing movements, deeply rooted in their family system."

-- Luisa Muhr

What is Family & Systemic Constellation work?

Developed by Bert Hellinger, a German psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, in the 1990s, Family Constellation work has its very origins in the practices of the Zulu people and Western therapeutic approaches. As we know and practice Constellations today, it is an alternative form of therapy and a life practice.

The conventional setting involves a seated circle of individuals who gather, offering their awareness and presence and thus creating, what practitioners refer to as, "the (Knowing) Field". This energy field is where the work takes place, whether conducted in a group or private setting. In the virtual format, the exploration of this field expands into new dimensions, maintaining the same core principles.

At its core, Family Constellations rests on the notion that the issues and patterns we encounter in our daily lives (either on the surface or in the subconscious) are intricately connected to and deeply rooted in our family system. The work involves building awareness of these connections, a process continually facilitated through this therapeutic approach.

The work was initially developed in a group setting (as it is still mostly practiced today), placing significant emphasis on the concept that when one individual shares and works on their issues and narratives, it is intended to benefit all participants in their own healing journey.

What to expect?

We will break some patterns that have made us feel stuck and focus on some in-depth healing through Family and Systemic Constellations.

The work primarily revolves around listening to movements. The process begins with a "seeker," an individual with a specific issue, posing a question to the facilitator. The facilitator guides a process of "setting up" other participants from the group (termed "representatives") in the center of the circle, known as "the Field" (this also directly translates into the virtual setting).

These representatives then follow their impulses, offering insight into hidden dynamics and ultimately leading to profound healing movements—referred to by Bert Hellinger as "movements of the soul." The process is intuitive, non-biased, and fosters a connection with one's authenticity, inner wisdom, and soul force as the catalyst for change.

Participants may either have their own constellation set up or serve as representatives in others' constellations. It is crucial to note that this work is not only energy work but soul work, residing not in the intellect but within the depths of the soul. In German, Constellation work is also known as "Seelenarbeit" ("soul work").

If you intend to have your own Constellation set up, please bring any major personal issue that you are currently dealing with (doesn't have to be connected to a family issue).

There is no guarantee that you will get to have your issue be worked on. One spot will be reserved for one of Muhr's current Constellations trainees , the other will be decided via a drawing system, which leaves the decision of who gets to work up to the energy work field.

Please note that no matter if you get to work on your own issue or are participating in the Constellation of someone else, the healing is usually profound for ALL participants in the room. Someone else's issue could speak directly to an issue in your own system, and – if you are conscious of it or not – usually does.

About the Facilitator

Luisa Muhr is a bilingual, New-York-based interdisciplinary artist and healing arts practitioner, specializing in Family & Systemic Constellations. She is originally from Vienna (Austria), with Hungarian and Anatolian-Greek roots. As the descendant of her great-grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, Constellation work has always played an integral part in Muhr’s life.

With now more than 20 years of experience in Family and Systemic Constellations, she was first introduced to Family Constellations, Guided Imagery work (Katathym-imaginative Psychotherapy), and Astrology as a young child through her mother and has been shaped by all these modalities since.

Constellation work was a part of Muhr's life on a monthly to bi-monthly basis, starting when she was 9 years old in her childhood home in Austria, where her mother regularly organized Constellations workshops. By the time Muhr turned 14, she actively started to participate in Constellations workshops, which were facilitated by her later mentor, Dr. Peter Orban, a prominent German Family Constellations facilitator and astrologer, who was also around Bert Hellinger in the early days of Constellation work. This eventually lead to Muhr completing her Family & Systemic Constellations certification training program with Dr. Orban. Influenced by her mentor, Muhr’s facilitation can also include a large variety of archetypes (rooted in Carl Jung's teachings).

As a Family and Systemic Constellations practitioner she has facilitated across NYC and beyond, at OHM Center, MINKA Brooklyn, Balance Arts Center, Maha Rose, Kripalu Center (Massachusetts), and virtually at The Rowe Center (Massachusetts). Muhr has also been featured on Kimberly Ann Johnson’s renowned "Sex, Birth, Trauma" podcast, amongst others.

Additionally, Muhr is a certified Deep Listening® practitioner (after experimental composer and pioneer Pauline Oliveros, by the Center For Deep Listening), combining art and healing work in a profound and fully embodied way.

During the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic Muhr started to develop and shape a virtual Constellations platform to continuously provide healing for people around the world, as well as offer her yearly Family & Systemic Constellations Training Program. Muhr is holding regular workshops on a large variety of platforms and feels strongly about the importance of offering healing space to diverse, marginalized groups of people.

Apart from her work as a healing arts practitioner Muhr is a multi- and interdisciplinary arts creator and performer, specializing in vocal, movement, performance, installation, and sound art, as well as experimental theater. She also created New York's leading interdisciplinary womxn and non-binary artists series Between the Arts (formerly known as Women Between Arts) at The New School, which was active from 2017-2020. Muhr has been featured on some of New York's most highly acclaimed stages and venues, as well as tirelessly keeps creating new performance work locally and internationally.

She deeply believes in the power of different types of energy Field Work and that healing happens through multiple shapes, forms, and lenses, the arts being one of them, Constellation work another.

Other Offerings

Luisa offers one-on-one and couple Constellations sessions.

She also teaches year-long Family & Systemic Constellations Training Programs. If you are interested in joining the next cohort, please contact: fcnycinfo@gmail.com.

For all inquiries and questions, please contact: fcnycinfo@gmail.com