Welcome to The Clearing

In systemic constellations, the field refers to a subtle relational space in which the hidden dynamics of a system become perceptible. When we set up a constellation, representatives tap into this field and begin to sense emotions, movements, and impulses that do not come from their own personal experience.

Practitioners call this the knowing field: a shared informational space that holds the history, loyalties, and unresolved patterns of the system, allowing what is usually unconscious to be revealed.

In this work, the field becomes an ally. It helps us sense what wants attention, what needs repair, and where there is potential for movement or ease. It is not something we control, but something we enter into relationship with.

Constellations are a relational, embodied way of seeing a system as a whole. By building dynamic maps of a system (whether ecological, organizational, or personal), dynamics become visible. What is hidden or tangled can be revealed, giving us a fuller picture of what is asking to be understood or restored.

Nature constellations widen this process to include the more-than-human world — landforms, waters, ancestors, and the beings we share place with. They help us remember that our decisions and well-being are intertwined with the health of the places that hold us.

Developed by Daan Van Kampenhout, systemic ritual weaves together systemic constellations and shamanic rituals.

It has elements of constellations (such as representatives and healing sentences) and incorporates ritualistic elements (such as drumming, the Four Directions).

Systemic ritual can be done 1-1 or in groups, large or small, and is a beautiful practice to connect with resourcing aspects of the archetypal field, ancestors, and land.

• Global and ecological questions: This work can illuminate large-scale environmental questions by revealing dynamics we can’t see from the surface. People explore how to respond to the climate crisis, how movements can be more effective, or why certain sustainable practices aren’t being adopted. Constellations make visible the relationships between humans, policies, land, and the more-than-human world — and show where change wants to emerge.

• Organizations, projects, & collective work: Constellations offer clarity for organizations, teams, charities, and projects where there may be an environmental impact. We can look at organizational structure, blocks to collaboration, or the wider impact of a project on the land and its beings. This helps groups understand what supports their work, what hinders it, and how to move forward in right relationship.

• Governance, estates, & land-based decision making: Constellations offer a way for organizations, family estates, and land stewards to include the perspectives of place, lineage, and the more-than-human world in governance. By representing the land, its elements, and the wider field, groups can sense how different decisions affect the whole system — not just the human layer. This supports ethical planning, long-term stewardship, and policies that honour both the people involved and the living world they are accountable to.

• Land & place: Work with place can reveal how land feels about proposed uses, transitions, or guardianship. Individuals and groups explore decisions about buying or selling land, creating eco-projects, or deepening relationship with the place they come from. This helps people listen to the voice of land itself — its boundaries, invitations, and needs.

• Personal guidance & support from nature/ancestors: People often come with big decisions or life transitions. Through systemic ritual and constellations, they can find which aspect of nature or the ancestral field are available to support them and what guidance they offers. This work strengthens connection, trust, and the capacity to relate with the more-than-human world as a source of clarity, steadiness, and companionship.

A session begins by listening: to you, to the question you’re holding, and to what the field wants to show.

Working 1-1, we will we map the elements of your system — people, places, elements of nature, or unseen influences — and allow the constellation to unfold at its own pace.

Group sessions take the same form, where we begin in dialogue to develop the question, and then can include land-based ritual (if in-person), and creating a constellation with representatives for various elements.

It is also possible to do this work over a series of days, in a retreat setting.

Each process is unique and we will develop it collaboratively.