Atonement, Guilt, and Letting Go
Saturday August 3, 2024- 12-2pm
A central theme of Family Constellations Philosophy is making peace with the past, gathering resources from it, and moving forward into the future with greater ease. We may carry guilt over a our ancestor’s transgressions, terminating a pregnancy, losing a loved one by suicide, or an inability to save a family member from a difficult fate.
When we carry the great burden of guilt it may keep us married to the past. Sometimes this is an unconscious way that we punish ourselves and refuse to move on. Guilt is circular, and thwarts forward movement. At first, atonement seems like a way to right past wrongs, but it often keeps us stuck in repeating cycles.
In this workshop, we’ll explore how guilt prevents us from moving forward, the relationship between guilt and atonement, and the movements that support us in letting go.
