THE POWER OF PLACES
Why do I feel strange in my apartment? Why is my restaurant not attracting customers? Why are there so many problems with the construction of my house?
Questions like these have made many people wonder whether the places they’re living or working in may have an effect on what is (or is not) happening in their lives. The short answer: they do. Why? Because places, spaces, and buildings hold special energies.
With over 25 years of experience in systemic constellation work, Kristine Alex uses the place constellation method to investigate these questions on the energetic level and uncover insights and answers.
Time and again, her work has brought to light a place’s unconscious field which stores all the past events that have taken place in a house or property. The place constellation method makes this phenomenon visible and very often delivers fairly specific insights and indicators on how to best resolve the underlying issue. By releasing a place from its past disturbances, its energy field becomes once again free and unburdened for people in the present to live and work in it harmoniously. The effect: construction projects run smoothly, inheritance disputes are resolved, and an overall sense of serenity and contentment sets in
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Table of Contents
Introduction .. . .. . 11
The Systemic Constellation Methodology.. . . . . 15
The Constellation Process.. . . . . .. 16
Clarifying the Issue.. . . .. 16
The Constellation Process. . 17
The Role of the Representative.. . . 18
Constellations and Their Effects.. . . .. 19
The Phenomenological Approach.. . .. 20
The Ideal Spatial Setting for a Constellation.. . . . . 21
A Wide Range of Diverse Layers. . . .. 23
Places, Spaces, Buildings.. . . . . . .. 27
Finding the Right Place.. . . . .. 30
Why Don’t I feel at Home Anywhere? .. . 30
I’m Torn Between Two Homes.. . . 31
My Roots.. . .. . . 34
Where Is My Right Place Professionally?… . 38
I Want to Finally Reclaim My Place.. . . .. . 40
Privately and Professionally?.. .. . . 41
How Does My Ancestors’ Wartime Escape Affect
Me and My Profession as a Real Estate Agent?.. . 42
Considerations for Buying, Selling, and Renting
Property and Land.. . .. . . . 45
Buying A Property.. . . .. . 46
Ownership Conditions and Their Influence
on a Property.. . .. . . 46
Why Can’t I Find an Apartment?.. . . . .. . 47
Selling a House.. . . . .. . . 49
My Mother’s Beloved House .. . 49
What’s Next for Me After I Sell the House?.. . . . . . 50
Sell My Property – Yes or No?.. . .. . 50
The Final Step to Selling A Property.. . . 52
What Does My Heart Want? .. .. 53
House Sale Due to a Divorce .. . .. 54
Rental .. .. . . 55
My Inherited Apartment Building Is Difficult
to Rent Out .. . . .. . . 55
I Can’t Find a Tenant for My Apartment.. .. . 56
Why Can’t I Rent Out My Practice Space?.. .. . 57
Construction and Renovation.. . 59
Marital Dispute During the Construction Phase.. . 60
Genius Loci – The Spirit of a Place.. . .. . 61
This »Cursed« Land… . 62
How Do I Build?.. . . . . . . .. . . 63
My Newly Renovated Old House.. .. . . 64
The Construction Plan.. .. . . 66
The Architect’s Design Resembles a Prison.. . . . . . 67
Why Do My Debts Feel Like such a Heavy Load?. 68
Living a Healthy, Happy, and Content Life at
Home and at Work .. . .. . . 69
At Home .. .. . 70
What Does Living in a Semi-Detached House
Remind Me of?.. . .. 70
I Want to Establish Order and Feel at Home.. . . . . 71
Why Do I Feel So Lifeless and Worn Out in
My House?.. . . .
. . 73
I Don’t Feel at Home.. . . .
. . 74
What Does This Painting Mean to Me?.. .
. 75
What Does the Chaos in My Home Office Have
to Do with a Past Love Story?.. .
. 77
The Ongoing Disputes with the Landlords.. . . . . . . 79
Why Is My Neighbor Behaving so Strangely?.. . . . 80
At Work. 82
I Want to Attract More Clients to My Practice.. . . . 82
What’s Wrong with My Restaurant?..
. 84
Why Doesn’t the Restaurant Succeed Despite Its
Good Location?.
. . 85
What Is Getting in the Way of Success?.. . . . . . . . . . 87
What is the Source of all the Agitation in the
Seminar Room?.. .
. 89
What is Disrupting the Clarity in the
Course Room?.. . . .. . 90
Physical Symptoms Associated with Places
and Buildings… 92
All The Staff Is Experiencing The Same
Physical Symptoms.. . . . . .. 92
What Does the Site Have to Do with My Heart?.. 93
An Unusual Rate of Illness At The Kindergarten.. 95
The Inheritance…….. 97
Buying an Apartment with the
Inheritance Money… 98
Is My Inherited Small Property Cursed?… 99
Inheritance – Why Are There So Many Difficulties
Selling This House?… . 102
Special Places.. . . . .. . 103
What Do Power Places Give Us104
The Special Place..
The Power of a Place.. . .
Sacrificial Places – The Call Of Ancient
Knowledge.
The Birthplace.. . .. . . 112
The Past Events of a Place.. .. 116
Nature.. . . . .. . . 117
What Does My Tree Want?.. .. 118
The Walnut Tree. . .. 119
Living Abroad.. . . . .. . 121
How Do I Do Well Abroad. 122
Africa .. . . 123
Mechanisms Of Transformation.. . 125
Epilogue
Acknowledgements..
The Author
Other Publications by the Author..
Sobre o autor
The Author
Kristine Alex (née Erb), Dipl. oec. troph., was born in 1963. She has a son
and lives with her family in the Chiemgau region of Bavaria, Germany,
where she also works in her own practice space. She also has a practice
in Munich.
In 1988, Kristine graduated in Ecotrophology from the
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Bonn with a specialization in
World Food Economics and Consulting and Communication.
Before she discovered constellation work, she worked
professionally on various international projects in Europe, Africa, and the
Caribbean. This included leading international nutrition studies in Haiti,
Mauritania, and Zaire and setting up an international epidemiological
cancer study in Europe. She also held a responsible position at the
International Red Cross for one year in the crisis area of Rwanda (refugee
operation in Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Congo).
She first encountered constellation work in 1993, and since
then she hasn’t looked back. In 1998 she founded »Systeme in Aktion«
(Systems in Action), a systemic constellation and training institute, and
opened her practice in Munich.
At that time, constellation work in a professional context was
still very new and unknown. In 2001, she published her book The Orders
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of Success. An Introduction to Organizational Systemic Constellations
(German Title: Die Ordnungen des Erfolgs. Einführung in die Organisations
Constellation), which was one of the first on the subject and is still being
used today as a foundation textbook.
In addition, she works with a wide variety of areas, including
supporting the clarification process for family issues, and working with
children and adolescents. One area of expertise is working through the
psychological background of bodily symptoms in everyday life and at work.
Through many years of working with energetic fields, she has sharpened
her view for a wide range of perception levels, including those already
known from classical family constellations, and incorporates them into the
solution processes. Her work is mindful and profoundly comprehensive,
characterized by a clear and open-hearted approach. In recent years, she
has been particularly fascinated by the work of accompanying people in
their search for an energetic clarification of their home and a suitable
business location.
Privately and professionally, she has found and established
her home and her workplace.
Systeme in Aktion
Institute & Practice for Systemic Constellations
Kristine Alex
Am Seefeld 5
83257 Gstadt
[email protected]
www.systeme-in-aktion.de
www.Seminarhaus Alex.de