BERT HELLINGER

"A person's greatness is that which makes him/her equal to others"                                                         --Bert Hellinger

Widely regarded as one of the most influential and effective family therapists in the world today, Hellinger acknowledges several important influences on his life and work: his parents, whose faith immunized him against accepting Hitler's National Socialism; his 20 years spent as a priest and missionary with the South African Zulus; and his participation in interracial, ecumenical training in group dynamics led by Anglican clergy. After leaving the priesthood, he immersed himself in the study of the major forms of psychotherapy, including Psychoanalysis, Gestalt Therapy, Primal Therapy, Transactional Analysis and Family Systems Therapy, out of which, Family Constellation Work evolved. To learn more about Bert Hellinger, please visit his Web site.

PERFECTION INCLUDES ITS OPPOSITE:

Moving with the Spirit-Mind into
Further Dimensions of Love
A 7-day intensive with Bert Hellinger

Given the widespread interest in his latest insights and experiences in Family Constellations, Bert Hellinger has agreed to teach this course so that a broad swath of people may participate and learn from him directly.

This international gathering will bring together people from both inside and outside the work to delve deeper into Hellinger's Spirit-Mind approach. This paradigm-shifting work encompasses the vastness of the mind, body, and soul to wake up the individual to what it means to be at one with the self, at one with others, at one with life, and at one with fate. It recognizes both the humility and the power of love, and can illuminate ways to find alignment -- and thus well-being -- within that beautiful paradox.

DATES:
November 16- November 23, 2008 (Sunday through Sunday)

TIMES:
9:00-12:00; 3:00-6:00 (3-hour lunch break each day). In addition, there will be a one-hour question and answer session each weekday evening (Monday-Friday) from 8:00 to 9:00. And keep Saturday evening open for a special get-together (to be announced).

LOCATION:
Louisville, KY, The Brown Hotel

COST OF COURSE:
Before September 1, 2008: $1400 After September 1, 2008: $1800
(participation in all 7 days is required)

ACCOMMODATIONS:
We have reserved a block of rooms at the special rate of $129 (single); $139.00 (double)

The Brown Hotel has been named for the second year in a row by Conde’ Nast Magazine readers as one of the top 25 hotels in North America. The hotel features large guest rooms, complimentary wireless internet access throughout the entire hotel, complimentary airport shuttle, 24-hour room service, three excellent restaurants, a complimentary fitness center, and a gracious lobby bar.

REGISTRATION:
Contact the Center for Visionary Studies at www.centerforvisionarystudies.com
You will receive a packet with information regarding transportation, the Louisville area, and other important items upon registration.


FORMAT:
The goal: Intimacy in a large group. We will be seated in several large concentric circles, according to the color coding on the badges issued. Everyone will have the opportunity to sit in the inner and the outer circles.

VIDEOTAPING:
This workshop will be videotaped. A permission letter will be included with your registration.

A few words about Moving with the Spirit-Mind in Family Constellations from Bert Hellinger

"In moving with the Spirit-Mind, I begin a constellation with 1 or 2 persons, often including the client. These persons may stand alone or opposite one another. They center themselves. After a while, they are moved by an inner force that they cannot resist. In this way, a movement begins with very little external intervention and without anything being said, either by them or by the helper.

The movements that occur are very slow. As they come to a close, they bring together what had been separated or excluded before. If they are permitted their full time, the movements are in the service of healing.

During this workshop, I will introduce the participants to this advanced way of doing family constellations. I will demonstrate the process by working with concrete issues. Afterwards, I will explain the procedure in detail. During he sessions, the participants are helped by exercises and meditations to experience and recognize the movements of the Spirit-Mind in themselves and in reference to their clients.

Allowing ourselves to be moved by the Spirit-Mind is a deeply transforming experience, personally and professionally. We will have the chance to look at many areas: Physical illnesses, mental illnesses, personal growth, couples, parents and children, questions regarding the professional sphere, religious beliefs and assumptions."

"ORDER AND LOVE WORK TOGETHER"

Identifying what he terms, "the Orders of Love," Hellinger observed that certain governing principles must be respected for the love in the family to flow in a healthy way. And that when these orders are disturbed, for example, when a child tries to take on the fate of a parent, suffering and unhappiness ensue.

Hellinger found that each member in our family holds a special place and has an equal right to belong to the family system. This applies equally to stillborn and aborted babies, as well as to the failures and perpetrators in our family who may have been rejected for reasons of immorality, criminal misconduct or abuse. If any member of the family is disrespected, forgotten, excluded, or disregarded in some way, someone in a later generation may repeat his or her fate by sharing a similar misfortune. Only when we acknowledge and honor the difficult fates of those who've preceded us, can the "Orders of Love" be reestablished and the chain of tragic destinies be broken.