Cokianiconstellations
Reconnecting with La Familia...
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The world places a lot of demands on us! What parts of your life want to Blossom? Work, Relationships, Health? We have a natural destiny to be in full bloom. We belong to a broad network of natural and human relationships that influence our ability to blossom. So, we need to connect with the unseen natural world & with our ancestors in order to reconnect with la familia...
Allow Yourself to Blossom
Natural & Systemic Constellations
Meet Joannie
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I was raised in a multicultural family, my father from the mountains of Colombia and my mama from the island of Boriké (called by many Puerto Rico). I took my first breath in New Jersey, a bit far from their home. Fortunately, both engrained each of their traditions in me: Curanderas, Plant healers, farmers, hard working people.
I always felt a strong and special connection to the land where both my parents came from. My family understandably wanted me to reach for conventional success, but life had other plans for me. At age 23 I went through a big awakening in life, my body revealed years of untreated trauma. In this brutal awakening I had the opportunity to find self-love & acceptance, which took me deeper into my people's tradition. Understanding those traditions has been a big practice in my life.
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The true calling in my heart it is to serve all hearts. Praying has been an important element in my life, and it has morphed into different shapes and songs over the years. I've learned that many of us don't have a good connection with our ancestors' lineages, or have lost connection entirely. By reconnecting with a larger sense of family, I learned we can re-discover a sense of rootedness that lets us move forward in our lives.
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I am inspired by nature & traditional practices, so COKIANI is the name I have chosen for my practice. Coquies are the little frogs I knew in childhood; I always had a very special relationship with them. The male would sing beautifully every night, with the intent of attracting the females, and I loved them. Ani means flower in Taino, my ancestral indigenous heritage.
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I honor those who came before us, and I honor the land that gives us the blessings to walk in beauty. I invite you to join me in that walk.
Our emotions... Like the waves,
they'll be in constant change
but they will always belong
My Training
My services are based in a modality called Family & Systemic Constellations. The founder of this work is the German practitioner Bert Hellinger, who was in many ways initially inspired by the spiritual practices of the Zulu people in South Africa.
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This work is based on three fundamental principles Belonging, Order and Balance. I've been fortunate to be around healers and beautiful elders from different parts of the world that have shared their passions, knowledge, wisdom and medicine.
I want to honor a few specific teachers, whom I carry with me always. Francesca Mason Boring brought a new vision of how to listen and learn from nature, using it as the perfect space holder. Constellation practitioner Brigitte Sztab has been central to unfolding many of my own life layers. The social traumatologist Anngwyn St. Just, and a number of different professors from Cudec University in Mexico City, also contributed to my learning the deeper levels and complexities of constellation work.
Crucial in my inner work has been Moondance, a Mexhica tradition that not only has given me a deeper connection to the elements and nature, but it taught me the value of sisterhood, something that I knew little about. It allowed me to feel loving and comfortable in my self, and to know that from every darkness the light shines brighter.
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The biggest teachers of all have been my family. I bow to them, and thank them for the great privilege of doing this work.
Services
30 Minute Free Consultation
I offer a 30 minute
consultation to answer your
questions, and find out if this
deep ancestral work can
help you.
1 ½ Hour Healing Session
We meet to explore any
problem or issue that is
important for you. We look
at what's really true about
you and your family so that
we can honor it, and you can
belong in life the way you
would like. This could be a
one-time experience, or you
might decide that a series of
sessions might be a good fit
for you.
3 Healing Sessions Series
This is for people who know
that they'll want to do more
than one session over a
period of some months. In
this Healing Session Series
we will go deeper into family
dynamics, aiming towards
reconciliation and
reconnection with your
family system.