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Releasing Personal and Ancestral Burdens
“An old Chinese proverb tells us, to forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.”
Janet Easter, Jung and the Ancestors, 2016
“For no one can see very far ahead who is not anchored in the deep past.”
Michael Meade, Fate and Destiny, 2010
We live in a web of interrelated forces, many of which influence us on an unconscious level. When there is an interruption or break in a strand in that web, we will feel a disharmony without knowing the source of that interruption to our well-being. Two sources of unconscious interruptions in our lives are unresolved issues, or entanglements, in our family systems and personal unresolved traumas, including inhibited grief and toxic shame, which may also be transmitted intergenerationally.
Interruptions to life energy and love can be the unresolved issues of our ancestors, our parents, and unresolved personal traumas, including medical procedures, violence, neglect, that range from experiences in the womb, birth, early childhood and throughout life. Interruptions can manifest as relationship difficulties, addictions, depression, anxiety, illness, repeating patterns and financial concerns.
The Family Constellations process can be very helpful in revealing underlying and unconscious dynamics that are not accessible by other methods. It is a way of looking “outside the box.” The insights that often arise in this process can help resolve relationship issues, lead to new understandings, help unlock repetitive patterns, release a feeling of being stuck in life, empower participants to face the challenges that inevitably come in life, and assist in healing processes and personal growth. Another benefit is to lift the burden on our children who are the first to carry the pain of unresolved family issues. Taking part in the process can also bring compassion for, and understanding of, the situations of other people – an opportunity to “walk a mile in another person’s shoes.”
RELATIONAL BOUNDARIES WORKSHOP I
with Jonathan Hooton
in EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2026
All major issues or problems stem from a position where you go beyond your own boundary. You take over something for somebody else who is beyond your own boundary. So, you step into the boundary of somebody else. And the solution always is that you say, “This is my place. I stay in my place. I respect your place over there and I don’t interfere, and I don’t allow you to interfere here.
Bert Hellinger, 2007, International Summer Camp, Pichl, Austria
We learn about our boundaries or lack of them in our family of origin, predominately from our parents. While much of current culture refers to boundaries as protective ones where we are able to say no and not allow others to invade our space, boundaries are essential to a sense of self and to having connections with others. Healthy boundaries are necessary to know who we are, support joining rather than merging with another person, prevent being traumatized by traumatic accounts, respect others, and know our limits, both physical and psychological.
Some people have walls as boundaries that solely serve a protective function while others are unaware of boundaries, invade other people’s space, constantly seeking connection, and allow others to invade theirs. Healthy boundaries are flexible, being both protective and/or connecting depending on the situation.
Because relational boundaries are energetic and not visible, it can be hard to realize how profoundly they impact us. Relational boundaries are not an idea, they are an embodied experience that can be difficult to explain. They need to be experienced. Learning about our boundaries from an embodied perspective can help with relationships and with having a deeper sense of who we are.
This workshop can be helpful for anyone struggling with relationships and wanting to learn more. Parents, couples, siblings, in-laws, and anyone interacting with others (and who isn’t?) can benefit from this process.
The workshop will include participatory exercises, examine the foundational formation, and lack of formation, of boundaries in the family of origin, and use the constellations process of having family members and other relationships represented by participants.
Where:
#2 10865 96 Street NW,
Edmonton
When:
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
How Much:
Fee: $300 including GST
No refunds after Monday 11th May
To register,:
Contact: Jonathan Hooton
email: jonathan@soul-guide.com
phone: 780 426 1508
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FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS WORKSHOP
with Jonathan Hooton
in VEGREVILLE, ALBERTA
Saturday 23rd May 2026
Where:
Tapping Health
5146 51 Ave, Vegreville, Alberta
How much:
Fee: $175 including GST
No refunds after Monday 18th May
When:
Saturday 23rd May 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
To register,:
Contact: Kim Katerenchuk
email: tappinghealthinc@gmail.com
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FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS WORKSHOP
with Jonathan Hooton
in EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Saturday 30th May 2026
Where:
#2 10865 96 Street NW,
Edmonton
How much:
Fee: $175 including GST
No refunds after Monday 25th May
When:
Saturday 30th May 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
To register,:
Contact: Jonathan Hooton
email: jonathan@soul-guide.com
phone: 780 426 1508
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RELATIONAL BOUNDARIES WORKSHOP II
with Jonathan Hooton
in EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June 2026
Where:
#2 10865 96 Street NW,
Edmonton
When:
Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th June 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
How much:
Fee: $300 including GST
No refunds after Monday 1st June
To register,:
Contact: Jonathan Hooton
email: jonathan@soul-guide.com
phone: 780 426 1508
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We learn about our boundaries, or lack of them, in our family of origin, predominately from our parents or first caretakers. In Relational Boundaries Part I we looked at the foundational relational boundaries and the boundary enmeshments that we learned in our childhoods.
In Part II we will explore how our foundational relational dynamics continue to affect us in our adult lives, in intimate relationships, work relationships, friendships and group interactions.
We will look at how our early childhood enmeshments, or entanglements, affect many aspects of our lives. We also look at ways to pay attention to those enmeshments and to heal them.
Relational boundaries are not an idea, they are a felt, embodied experience that can be difficult to explain. They need to be experienced. Learning about our boundaries from an embodied perspective can help with relationships and with having a deeper sense of who we are. You must have attended Part I to participate in this workshop.
Where:
#2 10865 96 Street NW,
Edmonton
How much:
Fee: $175 including GST
When:
Saturday 25th April 2026
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
To register,:
Contact: Jonathan Hooton
email: jonathan@soul-guide.com
phone: 780 426 1508