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Origin and Foundation
In May 2018, after eight years of silence practice facilitation, a profound map emerged in my awareness upon awakening. I named it the “Inner Constellation Mobile” (ICM) as it reveals the dynamic movement between personal and transpersonal dimensions encountered within inner stillness. This methodology emerged from the ancient Merkaba symbol—a six-pointed star configuration that represents the intersection of divine and earthly realms, providing the structural foundation for understanding how internal psychological constellations arrange themselves within therapeutic space.Core Principles
Symbolic Materialization: The ICM gives physical form to internal psychological states through figurines or energetic representation by participants, creating tangible access to intangible experiences. Dynamic Positioning: Like a kinetic sculpture, the inner constellation remains in constant subtle motion. Spatial arrangements reflect internal relational dynamics, with positioning changes indicating shifts in psychological organization and energy flow. Nervous System Intelligence: This work honours the innate wisdom of our protective responses, treating resistance and defence mechanisms as intelligent adaptations rather than obstacles. Interdependent Healing: The methodology reveals the deeper relationship between our Belonging (in culture) and our Becoming (as soul)—the movement of our conditioned aspects as well as our timeless potential.Individual and Group Applications
Individual Work
In individual sessions, clients intuitively select figurines that reflect their current emotional or spiritual states. The methodology integrates:- Multi-Age Integration: Different developmental stages are simultaneously represented, allowing dialogue between various internal parts and ages of the self.
- Trauma Processing: Overwhelming experiences are transformed through manageable symbolic representation.
- Family Systems Healing: Inherited patterns and systemic dynamics are addressed through representative positioning.
- Chakra Integration: Awareness of energetic centers informs positioning and movement.
Group Process
As a spacious group process, participants energetically represent different constellations for one another. This creates:- Collaborative Coherence: A quality of aliveness in the room that invites something new within each participant.
- Transpersonal Relationship: Representatives experience refined connections beyond ordinary social interaction.
- Collective Healing Field: One person’s healing becomes healing for everyone, dissolving habits of “othering” and separation.
The Relational Principles
Presence and Unconditional Belonging: Allowing “what is” to be present often awakens higher coherence, where the beauty of unconditional belonging comes to life. Inter-being Awareness: The work invites both inner and outer attunement, discovering profound relational presence living within our nervous system. Limbic System Integration: Our network of nerves contains deep connection with life and is naturally informed by both timeless and time-bound dimensions. The word “limbic” comes from Latin limbus, meaning “edge”—the evolution of consciousness lives on the edge between emotional wounding and the soul’s embodied potential. Grace and Higher Orchestration: Through attuned nervous systems in the container, a higher orchestration begins moving within the constellation, fostering communal belonging that awakens the timeless movement of the Universal Heart.Therapeutic Applications
Trauma Integration: Processing stuck patterns through compassionate witnessing transforms “trapped energy” rather than viewing it as “wrong.” Resistance Work: Honouring traumatized areas of the nervous system that served as protection in fragmented childhood experiences. Spiritual Development: Bridging the disconnect between our human and Divine natures through embodied integration. Relational Healing: Building trust and deep attunement through collective presence that belongs to no one and everyone.The Mobile Quality
The methodology’s distinctive “mobile” quality reflects the organic, dynamic nature of psychological and spiritual growth. This fluidity allows for:- Real-time adjustment and integration of emerging awareness.
- Constant subtle reconfiguration as healing unfolds.
- Trust in deeply emergent processes that cannot be known ahead of time.
- Movement between doing and being, creating a more wholesome relationship with life.
Learning from the Work
Through years of practice since 2018, profound lessons continue to emerge:- Life itself is a healing movement—when we integrate trauma’s energy disconnection, we begin to trust life because we experience that we are life.
- Judgment and objectification decrease dramatically within fields of presence.
- Our collective wisdom exists within connected webs of attunement, where deep listening allows belonging to emerge.
- Universal Heart intelligence emerges as a stabilizing inner resource, organically serving life’s deeper movements.
- The movement of life is essentially inclusive—everything changes as we trust life enough to include our struggles.
The Therapeutic Container
Whether in individual or group format, the ICM creates sacred space where:- Each constellation becomes a unique inner universe.
- Frozen habits become visible and can be honoured.
- Disconnected nervous systems reconnect with fluid, healing aliveness.
- Collective presence generates profound generosity and transformation.
- The restorative movement fosters communal belonging while awakening timeless wisdom.
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Public ICM Zoom Presentation August 13, 2022 (2 hours): https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/opQ5MCdwrG8Uik9JA8XiRhlyPbBg2HFazWwCS91bhrFrhuewsjPGmF44r_7gP_er.M01qFimgcQ1oRPy3?startTime=1660410681000 Passcode: 74xq7w&R