6 days of family constellations
Welcome
We are excited to invite you to our third Family Constellations Immersion gathering here in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We would love for you to join us in creating community and connection through this powerful systemic, somatic, and energetic ancestral work.
Together, we will explore the entanglements, blocks, and patterns that continue to repeatedly show up in your everyday life, whether in relationships, health, finances, addiction, or beyond.
Through this work, you may gain clarity, receive deep insights, and uncover potential resolutions.
Come and be a part of this transformative experience. We look forward to welcoming you.
Who is this for?
This gathering is open to anyone who seeks deeper understanding, healing, or personal growth through Family Constellations. Whether you are new to this work or an experienced facilitator, you are warmly welcome.
Our faculty will offer different levels of guidance, meeting the group where they are in their journey.
No matter your experience, we all learn from the field, the faculty, and the community. Come and be part of this shared exploration.
MEET OUR ESTEEMED LEADING FACILITATORS
Bubbles Levinson
South Africa, New Zealand
Bubbles Levinson is a renowned psychotherapist.
Her career has spanned over 5 decades and includes work with Kleinian psychoanalysis, Gestalt therapy, Family Constellation therapy, and the Tomatis Method in Audio Psycho-Phonology.
Her fifty-eight years of practice have included work with individuals, couples, families and groups, workshops and lectures.
Having completed her Gestalt training with Erv and Miriam Polster in America, she introduced Gestalt workshops to the South African continent.
Bubbles trained with Bert Hellinger in Germany in 2001, the founder of Constellation Family Therapy and founded The Constellation Family Therapy model in South Africa as it stands today. Bubbles has been working with systemic understanding all of her career.
Bubbles is looking forward to sharing her deep wisdom.
http://www.beulahlevinson.weebly.com/
Maria Dolenc
Slovenia, Australia
Life for Maria started near Ljubljana, Slovenia. As the seventh of eight children, born into a 3rd generation farming family she developed a preference for nature rather than school. In her early twenties Maria and her husband and son arrived in Australia.
Maria is a qualified Gestalt Therapist, Family Constellation Facilitator and Addictions Counsellor working with individuals, couples, families and groups.
For twenty years, she applied her direct experience and training, working initially with youth in refuges and supporting families in crisis as a family support counsellor. Since 1995 her focus has been on workshop facilitation, teaching and training along with providing supervision for other therapists and students. Maria now devotes her time mainly to what she loves doing, which is Constellations' work.
"We are all in training to be the best ancestors we can be."
Website: www.mariadolenc.com.au
Bill Mannle, LMFT
Connecticut, USA
Bill Mannle is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, international Family Constellations facilitator, and respected clinical supervisor. Based in the United States, Bill has spent over 25 years working with individuals, couples, families, and groups, exploring the unseen patterns and loyalties that shape our lives and relationships.
Known for his warm, intuitive presence and relational depth, Bill weaves together systemic, somatic, and therapeutic approaches to support insight, clarity, and healing. His work is rooted in mindfulness, gestalt, and attachment theory, holding space for what emerges in the moment while honouring the ancestral stories that continue to live within us.
Bill facilitates workshops and trainings around the world and is passionate about creating spaces where individuals can safely explore the entanglements of the past and open to new possibilities for belonging, love, and freedom.
Website: www.billmannle.com
Instagram: @bmannle
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OUR GUEST FACILITATORS
I Agree to What Life is Asking of Me - Yes to My Evolution
Susan Altschwager
All that is not serving me in my life is asked to leave me. New Story Constellations and Beyond. Activation, Alignment, Acceleration. Stepping into the field in acknowledgement of what is an evolutionary leap for humanity.
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Pure potential and possibilities are available to us in healing, realigning and becoming.
Family Constellations is responding to the call of evolution through Susan, a renowned trainer and facilitator of Family Constellations for 20 years.
Susan is an evolutionary speaker, author, trainer, and rebirther (breathworker). 36 years ago, Susan aligned with an ancient civilisation, and sacred knowing became her daily reality.
Her insights into the evolutionary leap we are experiencing support the returning, remembering and reclaiming.
Acceptance of what is, surrender and allowing as we step into the unknown.
Susan fully stands in her authentic self now, as this has been a personal journey of her own evolution. She is a conduit for higher vibrational ALIGMENT, a voice for Mother Earth.
When Susan speaks, her words are felt in your heart, and an activation takes place.
You can find more about Susan here: https://www.susanaltschwager.com.au/
Family of Origin
Robin Woodsford
All families are at lease level a sacred soul contract to be together bound by love in this realm. All families fracture at some level and the flow and balance is lost. The flow, the order and the balance gets thrown off.
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Survival behaviors get us through, many of these are unhealthy and dysfunctional but they are the best we can do as we are very good survivors.
Unraveling the tangle and working our way back to the order and balance allows the flow to be remembered and balance set again.
I have been doing Constellation facilitation since 2000. I trained in Psychodrama in the 1980's. When I first meet Constellation energy in 1998 it was a beautiful and moving natural expansion into working at the soul level with the field that I had been exploring through Breathwork. I jumped in doing any training experience I could find at that time. Gradually building up experience and expertise as I went.
Originally training as a Youth Counselor at 22 I progressed over the years into running a general Practice as a Psychotherapist with a focus on Breathwork. This has been my life work.
I have 5 adult children and live with my partner Julie Richards on a block of land in the beautiful 'top of the south' Tasman area. I still see a few private clients and facilitate both Constellation and Breathwork workshops.
Healing from birth: Supporting the family system.
Trin Tambo
This Family Constellation workshop is designed especially for families who have experienced birth trauma or are raising children with special needs.
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Facilitated by Trin Tambo, a compassionate, gentle and experienced guide in Systemic Family Constellation the intention for this workshop is to creates a safe and supportive space to explore the unseen dynamics within the family system and the impact that a difficult birth can have on the everyone.
Trin brings deep presence and insight to help families find strength, clarity, and healing—supporting both parents and children in reclaiming balance and belonging.
You'll find more info about Trin on her website:
https://trintambo.com/
Empowerment through Embodiment
Fiona Kerr
My dear head is not always to be trusted. In its vigilant, well-meaning desire to keep me safe in the familiar, though not necessarily wanted, it can tell me any number of untruths. To have my head running the show was exhausting.
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So, slowly, I've taught my autonomic nervous system that I am safe in my body. Lovingly, I've moved to being led by my heart. For it's in my heart and my body that I feel my intuition and receive inspiration. Unwanted things are falling away.
I'm more open to the joy in my life—it feels so good!
I'd love for you to join me as we explore the connection between Embodiment and Empowerment.
Fiona has been involved in Constellating for more than 15 years and her belief in its therapeutic benefits make her passionate about sharing this profound mahi. Fiona is committed to gaining practical knowledge in this work, attending many Intensives in Australia, here in Aotearoa and recently in Lisbon, Portugal. She continually uses this practice to work through her own layers as they arise, helping to live a more joyous and fulfilling life. Fiona is also an internationally recognised artist.
"I see a strong correlation between creating my artwork and facilitating. In both art and facilitation, there’s a sense of becoming a conduit for Creative Energy or the Knowing Field to work through, and the process unfolds organically. It strikes me that the clearer I am within myself, the more freely the energy flows in both disciplines."
Selah - A Peaceful Pause
Karena J Coller
A 'selah' moment may allow us to calm, to deescalate heightened emotions or conflict within or without, or to experience joy and wonder. For Facilitators it may allow us to listen for a true word, phrase or movement in a constellation.
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In her workshop, " Selah - A Peaceful Pause " Karena would like to give participants an opportunity to invite a ‘peaceful pause’ into the moment during exercises or individual constellations.
Karena completed a Master of Occupational Therapy (OT) Practice in 2020 and works in private practice. Her prior learning and experience include an Arts Degree, General Nursing, Learning Support and Community OT.
Since 2003, Family Systemic Constellations have been transformative for her, participating in many day workshops with several Facilitators in Melbourne, Master Facilitator training at Sydney Intensives and extensive in-person training with Maria Dolenc, Karen Tweedie, Francine Jorda and online training and learning circles with Mark Wolynn and Stephan Hausner.
Karena values her faith and contemplative practices and expresses herself through haiku poetry and collage. Her faith and family are her greatest treasures.
Karena facilitates Family Systemic Constellations individually and in groups and she integrates the principles and knowledge into her every day and working life.
Our father who art on earth
Michael Quinn
Enough (excluded father) Enough for us is the moment, as long as it lasts. We let go of the moment, ready for the next to arrive. This one too is enough.
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And then, which way do we look? Backwards? Forward? Or do we remain fully in the here and the now? Only this moment now is enough because all is enough, but only in the moment.
How do we experience ourselves in this moment? Regardless of how long the moment lasts, is more possible than there is right now? When fully aligned with the here .. now .., we perceive this moment deeply inside of us, as if there is no beginning and no end, as more than full and enough. Our body knows in every moment whether we have enough, enough nourishment, enough warmth and water; from that we take, enough is when we know it. In our relationships we also know, is there enough closeness and enough distance. Most of all we know how much rest we need and how much sleep. All what's more than enough turns into a burden.
We find ourselves most comprehensively in harmony with our life and with our love when adhering to the limits we were set, neither too much nor too little. So, what is driving us when we want more than what is good for us and our health? For what is our wanting-to-have-more, like in addiction, a replacement? Foremost a replacement for the Father we are missing because him we never have enough of.
Has someone taken him away from us, so we are missing him? Frequently the mother obstructs the path to our Father by the way she draws us to herself. Often he is the one we are missing the most of our parents. Then we ask, how do we find our way back to him, back until we feel saturated in a way which makes us know ourselves as rich and as resting in him. Do we have to wait for our mother to open for us the way to him? We search for him and find him in our body, where we are experiencing ourselves in double fashion in manifold ways, like with a right side and a left. Is one side in us more dominating than the other? Like the left over the right? Same applies to above and below, does one of them dominate the other, or do we have enough of both of them? We ask, because one side in us is taken up by our mother and the other by our father.
Thus we bring both sides together within ourselves in a way so we are saturated, that we have enough of both our mother and our father. With love we unite them in our body.
This is the inner side. Followed by the outer. How can we succeed with this step?
Encouraged, we let our mother know that our father is as dear to us and as important for our life as she is, exactly how he is, exactly how we are, as are his parents, his mother and his father.
All of a sudden we feel whole, whole with Love, overflowingly, modestly, essentially, completely and enduringly whole. Together with them we have of everything - enough.
- Bert Hellinger
You'll find more info about Michale here: https://www.facebook.com/ancestralconstellations
A holistic approach to healing
Tessa Hayson
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"I am committed to empowering others to find balance, peace, and transformation in their lives."
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With over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including a background in pharmacy and natural health, Tessa has developed a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of physical, emotional and mental well-being. Her passion for mental health has led her to become a trained Family Constellation facilitator, specialising in trauma-sensitive practices.
Tessa also incorporates prescriptive yin yoga and Vedic Breath work into her guidance, creating a holistic approach to healing.
As a dedicated practitioner, she has guided numerous individuals as they navigate their healing journeys.
Outside of her work, Tessa is blessed with a loving family, including two children, two stepchildren, and one precious grandchild.
Connect with Tessa here: https://www.instagram.com/little_yin_papamoa/
The (Re)Connection
Neil Meekin
The (Re)Connection - The world and the people in it are changing and evolving, with social and environmental systems breaking down. As human beings, collectively there is massive disconnection as a consequence of the systems we live in.
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These are turbulent times, and from an evolutionary perspective, there is an urgent need to reconnect to self, others, and nature to step up/wake to what is unfolding.
Join Neil for an experiential constellations workshop on (re)connection and how can tap back in to your own power and agency to bring about evolutionary change in your life and wider society.
Neil is a Constellations and Innovation Consultant from Liverpool in the UK. As well as being based in the Northern Hemisphere he has deep connection to Aotearora living on this land from 2014 - 2021. Neil facilitates Constellations and change both in person and online across the UK & Ireland
https://www.neilmeekin.com/
Navigating Relationships Together
Jo Amrein-Palairet & John Palairet
This workshop will be focused on exploring a timeline of your relationships. Together, we’ll gently walk back through the key connections in your life, noticing where certain patterns began, what events or relationships have shaped how you show up today, and what might still be sitting unspoken in your system.
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Through this process, you’ll begin to see your relationships with fresh eyes not as problems to be fixed, but as invitations to heal, reconnect, and move forward with more clarity, compassion, and choice.
About Jo & John
Jo brings a warm, intuitive presence and over a decade of experience in counselling, teaching and Family Constellation Therapy. Her facilitation is grounded in deep care, lived experience and a passion for helping others break generational patterns so they can live with more freedom and connection.
John offers a steady, grounded energy and a practical, heart-led approach. With a background in carpentry and high-level sport, he brings a unique perspective to constellation work, combining physical awareness, movement and systemic insight to support others to find their own clarity.
Together, they walk this path in their own relationship and bring both professional knowledge and lived insight into the space. They believe relationships can be one of our greatest teachers.
More information here: https://www.familybalancenz.com/
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ENRICHING ACTIVITIES
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* Program may be subject to change
JOIN US IN ROTORUA
THE 24TH - 29TH APRIL 2026
“Any attendance at an ANZCI event would make an impact upon an individual, from the welcoming embrace from familiar faces, to representing and supporting the kaupapa and being receptive to what arises.
It's an experiential moment in time that can leave long lasting imprints of directional change in one's thinking and actions thereafter.
Sometimes there are no words to articulate the energy of wairua, and how that is invisibly and intricately woven it is experiential, with such divine intelligence that we recognize the
I AM, in ourselves that brings all the rauemi that we have been seeking. Thank you for reaching out into the four cornerstones and more."
Ngà mihi, Marri
“One of the most profound changes I noticed was in my relationships. I was able to heal old wounds and build stronger, healthier connections. The clarity and emotional release I experienced have brought a sense of peace and empowerment that I hadn't felt before.
Family Constellation has not only impacted me personally, but it has also positively influenced my wider family. By addressing generational trauma and understanding our shared history, we are now able to move forward with a renewed sense of unity and healing.
I highly recommend Family Constellation therapy to anyone looking to understand and resolve deep-rooted family issues. It has been life-changing, and I am grateful for the healing and growth it has brought into my life."
Jo
"I didn't quite know what to expect, but I was open. The fundamental attunement with Māori land and culture put all action and processes in the most favourable relationship with the knowing field and people.
All of the sessions were led by experienced, grounded, confident, authentic people who embodied being while guiding processes and holding all present.
The practical organisation was superb. The organising group was amazing, approachable, effective, and lovely.
The venue was perfect. Food was nutritious and plentiful and generous."
JOIN US IN ROTOURA
Rotorua is renowned for its rich Māori culture, world-class spa and wellness experiences, otherworldly geothermal landscapes, and incredible backyard of lush forests and sparkling lakes.
The immersion will take place at Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua. It boasts panoramic views over Arawa Racecourse and the city. The Hotel is located close to Rotorua’s famous attractions & activities and within an easy walk of the CBD.
When you book one of the Hotel's spacious rooms mention ANZCI for a special rate. The Hotel comes with free Wi-Fi, a well-equipped gym and many more amenities and facilities to make your stay more convenient and comfortable.
Included in the price:
6 Days of Constellation Immersion
5 Lunches
5 Dinner
Morning and afternoon tea each day
Renowned Leading facilitators
Guest facilitators
Enrichment activities
Goodie bag
Full Price NZ$1755
EARLY BIRD PRICE
Available until the 31 st of October, Payment plan available. The sooner you register the lower the cost.
For members
- Be a member of ANZCI
NZ$1450 in full
*payment plan available in the next step, the sooner you register the lower the monthly payment sum.
Non members
- Non members (become a member for $75 here)
NZ$1525 in full
*payment plan available in the next step, the sooner you register the lower the monthly payment sum.
Observe that NZ$ 250 is non refundable and after the 31 March 2026 there are no refunds. T&C's apply
Questions and Answers:
What is family constellations?
Constellation work is often referred to as 'a movement of the soul'. This is a method of looking at an issue in your life and seeing what sits behind it.
Working in the unseen multi-dimensional field that surrounds us all often referred to as the morphogenic field or field of consciousness containing the organizing principle and collective information of all life including the historical memory of past generations. Read more here
What is ANZCI?
(Aotearoa New Zealand Constellations Incorporated =)ANZCI's Mission is to expand our foundation, increase accessibility, and enhance the impact of family constellation through connection and community. Read more here
What if I have more questions?
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All photos by Marijke de Jong