Listening . Being . Healing
Reconnecting with Nature’s Intelligence
We have forgotten how to listen—deeply—to the innate intelligence that moves through all of life. We have underestimated nature’s wisdom and lost the ability to be in true relationship with it. But nature is always speaking. When we slow down, awaken our senses, and allow ourselves to be in dialogue with the living world, a symbolic language arises—revealing the unseen, making the unknown known.
Too often, we impose our limited understanding onto nature, assuming we have unraveled the mystery of our own bodies. We teach as if knowledge alone holds the key, yet true understanding comes through presence, receptivity, and embodied experience.
There are many ways to explore this work together—through in-person retreats, online courses (both guided and self-paced), private sessions, and family constellation groups. Wherever you are on your journey, you are welcome to step into this space of deep listening and reconnection.
If you feel called to study with me there's a few ways you may start a journey together, either in person meeting with one of the live classes or online with one of the modules available. Once you have joined one of these offerings, you will have the option to join the symbiosis community where we deepen the bond that unites us through monthly support zoom meetings and other offerings available within the platform.
Module 1 - Symbolic Initiations : growth throuh life's transitions
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I hold family constellations on a regular basis in Montreal and around the location of my retreats. To join an existing group or create your own, please reach out to me !
Je facilite des groupes de constellations familiales à Montréal et les environs. Pour vous joindre a un groupe ou pour créer votre propre groupes d'amis, veuillez svp me contacter.
Qu’est-ce qu’une constellation familiale ?
Une constellation est une thérapie ponctuelle visant à la résolution de questions précises par la conscientisation et l'harmonisation de nos dynamiques familiales. Les questions peuvent être d’ordre relationnelles tout comme elles peuvent adresser une situation ou une émotion sur laquelle vous avez besoin de clarté.
La beauté de la constellation familiale, c'est qu'elle se pratique en groupe. Pas besoin d'expérience ou de connaissances préalables, le seul prérequis est de venir le cœur ouvert et prêt.e à s'engager dans l'expérience.
C’est tout simplement votre arbre généalogique représenté dans l’espace, grandeur nature, à l’aide de “figurants”. Nous avons alors la représentation physique et mouvante d’un arbre généalogique, une manière de travailler les liens transgénérationnels.
Si l’on admet que nous sommes “habités” par notre arbre, et que notre inconscient est structuré de manière spatiale, la constellation permet d’extérioriser cette structure.
La constellation est l’apprentissage d’un certain type d'écoute, celle de l’inconscient familial et collectif, un moyen ainsi d’obtenir de cet inconscient les informations qui peuvent manquer dans la compréhension de nos enjeux, traumatismes et symptômes; Par exemple les loyautés inconsciente, les traumatismes intergénérationnels, trouver notre place et les "secrets de familles".
Participer à une constellation familiale
C’est agir dans l’espace psycho-affectif ou espace symbolique, qui s’avère largement aussi réel que l’espace physique classique.
C’est un travail sur les liens spatiaux et temporels. Ce travail est centré sur cette toile mystérieuse tissée par nos relations aux autres et à l’univers plutôt que sur la personne isolée du contexte.
C’est une expérience, non un exercice intellectuel, quelque chose à vivre ensemble.
What is a family constellation?
A constellation is a specific therapy aimed at resolving specific issues by raising awareness and harmonizing our family dynamics. The issues can be related to relationships or they can address a situation or an emotion on which you need clarity.
The beauty of family constellation is that it is practiced in a group setting. No prior experience or knowledge is needed, the only prerequisite is to come with an open heart and ready to engage in the experience.
It is simply your family tree represented in space, life-size, with the help of "representatives". We then have the physical and moving representation of a family tree, a way to work on transgenerational links.
If we admit that we are "inhabited" by our family tree, and that our unconscious is structured spatially, the constellation allows us to externalize this structure.
The constellation is the learning of a certain type of listening, that of the family and collective unconscious, a way to obtain information from this unconscious that may be missing in the understanding of our issues, traumas, and symptoms; For example, unconscious loyalties, intergenerational traumas, finding our place, and "family secrets".
Participating in a family constellation
This is acting in the psycho-affective space or symbolic space, which is as real as the classic physical space.
It is working on spatial and temporal connections. This work is focused on the mysterious web woven by our relationships with others and the universe rather than on the individual isolated from the context.
It is an experience, not an intellectual exercise, something to be lived together.
“It’s been close to 9 years I’ve studied and spent time with Jean-Manuel. I have no idea how many courses I’ve taken now or days we’ve spent together, but it’s been a lot. The truth is I keep coming back because every time I learn something new. Every time I leave feeling as if I know myself better, and love myself more. And every time I leave being grateful to have such an authentic and genuinely loving person as my teacher. Jean is an endless wealth of understanding and knowledge of the human experience and healing. The curriculum of his classes is methodical and encompassing. He teaches intuitively and with structure – no class is ever a repeat. His classes always focus on meeting the needs of the group that is present and his teachings emphasize the empowerment of his students – not playing into any sort of guru/follower dynamic. I don’t know any student of his of whom I’ve met many, who wouldn’t agree with this testimonial. I wouldn’t write any of this if it wasn’t absolutely true for me. I couldn’t recommend Jean-Manuel more for anyone looking for an excellent curriculum and teacher.”
- Philip Kampfer
“When I first encountered Biodynamic Touch, I immediately felt that I would learn much more than just a therapeutic approach.
What we come to discover is our capacity for listening and presence, as well as our relationship with the unknown. To no longer identify with knowledge and instead develop a sixth sense that can read the language of the unseen.
During the trainings with Jean-Manuel, you dive into a field that brings forth processes without orchestration, simply through the presence of each participant. The subjects arise and are illuminated, welcomed through the practice of biodynamic touch.
These classes are like a continuous meditation to open a dialogue with the intelligence of life within and through us. It is also a moment rich in teachings about our relational dynamics. You can come to learn about yourself, your therapist posture, and your relationship with others and with Life.
It is an invaluable gift to live this experience because we heal through the process of others, our own processes, and those of the group by resonating with them. The trainings, Biodynamic Touch classes are a medicine that connects the infinitely small with the greater whole. It is a dive into the joys and sufferings of being alive and understanding what animates the human condition.
It is a journey, like a commitment to oneself and to life, to re-establish oneself as a woman and a man within the ecosystem, to listen to the force within us that “knows,” that heals and transforms. Thank you for creating this space, this matrix that allows us to experience a different order, that of the intuitive and ever-changing feminine that unveils itself through presence and listening.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for these timeless spaces.”
Andrea Flageul / classes in Bali, France and Norway
The body is a mystery, a complex bundle of sensations, expressions, movements, forms and functions. A record of our past, a script of our unfolding future. A temporary prison of our soul, or a temple of greater expression of your light. This unknown can’t be explained - but can be explored.
In 2006 my life was forever changed by a profound experience in a meditation state that led me towards the study of healing arts. I've spent most of my adult life in Bali immersed into meditation, Biodynamic Craniosacral therapy, mystery school, archetypal/symbolic psychology and family constellations among many others.
Today, my greatest teacher is the intelligence of the body and its founder – Nature – and I devote my life to share the wisdom I’ve been a witness of.
Why I named what I do "Biodynamic Touch”. “Biodynamic” stands for listening and allowing the natural intelligence of the body to arise. “Touch” represents a conscious meeting of two awareness. Yours and another. Yours and the intelligence of nature. A meeting in the unknown. Touch starts with awareness of someone, listening to the right boundary, then invites for contact, communication and non-invasive touch.
I facilitate trainings since 2017 and teach online courses & live retreats in Bali, Norway, France and Sweden. Based in Montreal, I offer individual in-person sessions or online and regular Family Constellation group work.