Family Constellations and Yoga: two paths, one root

In a world where the body, mind, and soul are often seen as separate entities, certain practices help us reconnect with our original inner unity.

Yoga and Family Constellations come from different traditions, and yet, they share a deep truth: healing is not only a mental act, but also energetic, physical, and spiritual.

The body is our home, and also our archive. It stores lived experiences, repressed emotions, and — surprisingly — those passed down from previous generations. Yoga teaches us to inhabit this home and to respect it with awareness.

Family Constellations are based on the same intuition: we carry within us unresolved experiences from our family system, often without being aware of them. Guilt, fears, self-sabotage... they are not always “ours” in the strict sense, but may belong to systemic root.

Yoga and Constellations: two paths that meet

That is why Yoga and Family Constellations can be powerfully integrated:

• Yoga prepares the body, the mind, the breath; it teaches self-awareness and awareness of others. It helps us recognize and manage our own energy. It teaches us to live in the present moment and to recognize the cyclic nature of events.
• Family Constellations are a practical demonstration of our belonging to a whole — to a space-time where past and future meet in the present moment. They show that emotions are simply energy in motion, and that we have the power to bring them back into balance.

Together, these two practices help us step out of the mind and return to felt experience, in order to release blockages and tensions that may not have a current cause, but sometimes a systemic root.

The body doesn’t lie

In my work, I integrate Therapeutic Yoga, Family Constellations, and body release techniques (such as TRE®) precisely for this reason: because every knot needs several keys. Sometimes, understanding the origin of pain is not enough: the body needs space to let it go.
And conversely, sometimes, body movement opens invisible doors that lead us to family stories waiting to be heard.

In conclusion

Both Yoga and Family Constellations teach us something simple yet deeply revolutionary: we are not alone, we are not broken, we are not “at fault.”

We are part of a system, a story, a living network that we can honor and transform.
Healing is not about erasing the past. It’s about integrating what was, acknowledging what is, and opening with trust to what will be.