Real Life Magic...
By Emily Blefeld, LICSW & Dan Cohen, PhD
Incredible, inspiring stories below
What happens in our (ACT) Alchemical Constellations Training and Facilitator Certification is like real-life magic, Emily. To put it simply, the molecular biological field merges with our multidimensional kaleidoscopic reality somehow resulting in very normal-looking humans connecting with moments of awe, wonder and big Ah-Ha’s in the middle of a Tuesday.
Ok… maybe it’s not that simple at all, but it is that profound.
What We’re Actually Doing
What we’re actually doing is working with your very human emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, the energetic field of consciousness, and inherited relational dynamics of your family systems all at once. We teach you how to unpack their meaning, make sense of their context in your life, and be a source of insight and wisdom for others.
So yes, we could call it “real-life magic.” But even that feels like an oversimplification of something that is both deeply grounded and yet, quite extraordinary.
What We Can Say for Sure
What we can say, without stretching the language too far, is this:
We’ve seen moment after moment where something truly shifts. We have story after story of life changing healing moments that have completely shifted the way people think, feel, act and live.
A Story of Healing and New Life
Here’s one of those “you can’t really make this up” moments:
A participant came with a history of repeated miscarriages. She carried a deep desire to bring a child into the world and felt blocked without clear reason. In our first session, Emily tuned into her field and spoke to a grief that did not belong to her. She described a young husband’s anguish over the loss of his wife and children during the Holocaust. The participant confirmed her grandfather was a survivor who lost many family members, but she only knew him as happily married to her grandmother. She knew nothing about him having a previous wife or children.
Trusting the field and respecting known facts, we followed the Constellation, giving a place for his grief. We honored the love and the lives that came before as we transmuted her unconscious bond with the repeated pattern of loss.
Days later, she reached out. She had asked her grandfather directly and he confirmed what was intuited in the session. He lost his first wife and three children in the war. The pain was so great that he had never spoken of it. Three months after the session, she shared another update. She was pregnant. She later gave birth to a healthy baby.
A Story of Reclaiming Safety in Success
Another touching example…
A woman came to see us who had built a powerful body of work. She earned keynote stage positions and large organizational contracts. Yet, each time success rose, terror followed. It hit right before she stepped in front of people. Her body froze. Her mind raced. It made no sense to her as she knew she had the skillset and delivered results time.
In her constellation, a hidden pattern came into view. Her father’s sister had died in a car accident at the height of her success. In her system, visibility and achievement had linked with danger and loss. Success did not feel safe.
She had been carrying that imprint without knowing it. In the session, she faced this truth. She honored her aunt’s fate. She gave it back with respect. She stepped into her own place, separate from that past.
Afterward, the movement was clear. She continued to take stages and sign contracts. This time, her body stayed with her. She spoke with steadiness. She felt grounded. The terror was gone.
Transformations from the Community
These miraculous moments happen over and over…
Sheila Chacko, Holistic Counselor, Systemic Family Constellations Facilitator, Yoga & Embodiment Teacher, came to ACT wanting more financial abundance and relief from a chronic health condition that had been with her since early childhood. Taking advantage of all the program offers, she graduated having alchemized the traumas of her family lineage, brought health and vitality to her body, and freed her soul’s true voice. She is now selling-out her retreats and leading life-changing work for her clients and community. Her newest offering is a 12 week journey to support women to become more fully embodied humans in a time when resilience, discernment, courage, lucidity, and heart based wisdom are needed more than ever.Check by clicking here.
Sucheta Misra (the same person in the video at the top of this newsletter) dreamed of what her heart wanted to bring to the world, but struggled to carve out time to bring her ideas into reality. She described being pulled in so many different directions by competing responsibilities, she never had the space for herself. Through her experience in the Alchemical Constellations Training, she alchemized the feelings of being overburdened and under-resourced and found how to merge her intuition, heart, and voice into committed action. She now supports soulful seekers in releasing ancestral entanglements and claiming ancestral gifts. As a Constellations facilitator, Social Impact Expert and Artist, she weaves ritual, cultural arts and nature into her work to heal and awaken the soul. Just what she did for herself! Check out her new website.
What You’ll Experience Inside ACT
Inside ACT, you will arrive with your strongest intentions and deepest desires for the life you are here to live. When you graduate, not only will you be certified as an Alchemical Constellations facilitator, you will know how to quickly access the rhythm of life, the support of your ancestors, and the music of your intelligence..
Here are the 3 overarching areas we dive into:
See With Your Heart
Developing Your Psychic Skills as a Modern Oracle, Trust your Inner Knowing, and Express it Without Fear
- Learn to access the unseen field through your body as a receptor for where ancestral memory, soul-level knowing, and systemic intelligence converge.
- Nurture and expand communication and connection with elemental, ancestral, spiritual, earth, cosmic and mythic consciousness.
- Find and release unconscious entanglements and undigested wounds from your body to free your truest desires, and bring your intentions forward.
- Drop loyalties to fear, shame, judgement and rigid boundaries so you can step forward with passion, pleasure, and purpose.
- Channel spirit guided quests into inherited, historic and cultural imprinting to foster peace, equilibrium, reconciliation, and love.
- Maintain healthy connection with the dead to support your own life’s flourishing.
- Practice psychic hygiene tools to safely call-in and discharge consciousness while staying grounded and embodied in the process.
Live From Your Heart
Be the Alchemist for Your Ancestors and the Generations that Follow
Root into the The Art, Mystery & Mechanics of Family Constellation Work, Natural Law, and Sound Healing
- Learn the foundations of facilitating altar constellations to bring healing and insight to your life stories, generational patterns, and inner callings.
- Expand your comprehension of the scientific research that provides evidence and support of human consciousness surviving bodily death.
- Dive deep into the art of intention setting, exploring the pattern of resistance that arrives, and the way through so you can stand in the power of your heart.
- Explore the balance between giving & taking in love relationships.
- Explore compassionate insights and pathways for navigating the painful, and often hidden, legacy of incest and childhood sexual abuse within family systems.
- Learn the layers of lineage: there is both a body and a biological lineage as well as a soul and a soul lineage.
- Core practices including energetic and intuitive approaches to 1:1 Constellations.
- How the confusion and “I don’t know’s” that arise when facilitating are one of your most powerful tools and how to work with them.
- Delve into the dynamics of the victim–perpetrator bond and the internalized role of the wounded warrior within personal and ancestral stories to free yourself of patterns that no longer serve you.
- Take a deep look at success and what you need to clear to bring ideas, and abundance into our world.
LEAD WITH YOUR HEART:
Advanced Facilitation, Leadership & Healing Techniques with the Heart at the Helm and Pulsing Purpose
Learn to work deep, navigate complexity, and build a thriving practice that matches the depth of who you are and what your soul is here to offer.
- Embody leadership with a voice, presence and ethics to lovingly guide others on a transformative journey
- Explore the energetics of building a heart-led business and why honoring your inspiration isn’t optional, it’s essential.
- Learn the foundations of trauma-informed facilitation to hold safer, more attuned spaces.
- Examine how you hold boundaries, navigate being seen, and stay rooted in your truth.
- Immerse yourself in Alchemy Team workshops led by expert facilitators with a unique lens and style.
- Explore what resonates, refine your approach, and deepen clarity around how you want to show up.
- Develop confidence in leading invocations and revocations to create sacred and safe space while upholding healthy energetics
- Reckon with your Muse to launch yourself and your movement
- Learn practical tools to discover, embrace and live your life’s purpose
- Transmute inherited imprints and conditioning around money
- Innovate, adapt, and invigorate your business
Who This Is For
Whether you’re new to Systemic Constellations, or already found this path, the ACT Training is here to expand your life, increase your professional satisfaction, and give you a greater sense of wholeness.
Program Components and Structure
This training is structured to honor both depth and real-life logistics. You may attend either in person or virtually. While live attendance is recommended, virtual participation is intentionally supported through professional, multi-camera filming and high-quality audio.
If you attend virtually, we ask that you participate in one in-person retreat with us between 2026–2027. Please book a FREE discovery call for a list of retreat locations and dates, or to ask any questions about these attendance options.
Check out all that makes up this amazing year long training below, including themed workshops by incredible facilitators…
- Two 5 Day Live Training Retreats at Menla Resort & Spa in the Catskill Mountains of New York (Streamed Virtually for Those Attending via the Hybrid Choice)
- April 15-19, 2026
- October 15-19, 2026
- One Optional 5 Day Live Training Retreat at Alton L. Collins Retreat Center in Portland, Oregon
- April 6-11, 2027
- Weekly Virtual Circles for Teaching, Experiential Exercises, and Systemic Constellations on Tuesdays from 12-2:30 PM Eastern or 7:00 – 9:30 PM Eastern
- 3 Private Systemic Constellation Sessions with Dan Cohen, PhD and Emily Blefeld, LICSW (2 with Dan, 1 with Emily)
- Desire Catalyst Session and Training on Facilitating Systemic Erotic Liberation with Elise Bish (Elise’s teaching will take place during our regular Tuesday virtual gathering and at the live retreats)
- Vision, Craft, and Enliven Your Online Presence (a training in a training) with Kit Mejia
- Private Online Forum for Group Connection, Ongoing Discussion, and Community Support Throughout the Program and Beyond Facilitator Certification
- Free access throughout the training to use of the Ceci Tool, Founded by Cecilio Fernandez Regojo, an online environment to facilitate virtual constellations and get surprising insights. Click here to learn more about the Ceci Tool
- Graduates receive a Certification as a Seeing with Your Heart Alchemical Constellations Facilitator. We are approved for certification under the auspices of Constellators International.
- Upon Completion of the ACT Certification, you will gain access to the alumni private online forum for all generations of graduates to connect, collaborate, share insights, and receive ongoing community support
- Autographed Copy of Dan Cohen’s Book, I Carry Your Heart in My Heart: Family Constellations in Prison
Let’s tune in to see if this Program is right for you. Book your free discovery call and explore what’s possible when you’re truly supported!
Warmly,
Emily & Dan



