Author · Facilitator · Trainer · Healer
A safe, grounded path to the heart.
Formerly publishing under the name John L. Payne, Shavasti is recognised globally as a leading authority in Systemic Family Constellations.
The work of a lifetime
The rich tapestry of Family Constellation work helps you discover the power of working with your ancestral heritage and family patterns — dissolving restless inner dialogue, releasing long-standing discomfort, and resolving emotional entanglements, hidden loyalties and self-sabotage.
Shavasti has facilitated more than 500 workshops worldwide, including in the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Greece, Bali, Istanbul, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria and Estonia. His work today represents an inclusive synthesis of nearly thirty years of individual and group facilitation, over 8,000 private sessions, hundreds of international workshops and five published books.
His training includes Systemic Family Constellations, the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, Walking the Wheel of Transformation with Patricia White Buffalo (three year graduate), NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner, Voice Dialogue, and extensive practice in Core Energetics and Bio-Energetics. He continues to receive regular professional supervision and personal healing work.
30
Years of practice
8,000+
Private sessions
500+
Workshops worldwide
5
Published books
Healing that holds, years after the work was begun.
Most work of this kind is measured in sessions. This is measured in what your family, your decisions and your inner life look like a decade from now. Shavasti has spent thirty years working with the systemic roots of what people carry — quietly, and with people who cannot afford to be careless about who they trust.
The arc of the work
Nothing here is transactional. Each engagement is designed as a sequence, because systemic change reveals itself slowly and needs somewhere to land.
Enquiry
A confidential conversation to understand the pattern you are living inside — and whether this work is the right instrument for it.
Constellation
The hidden loyalties, inherited burdens and systemic entanglements are made visible, then met directly rather than managed.
Integration
Structured follow-up over the months that follow, so insight settles into the body, the relationships and the decisions you make.
Continuity
Long-term retainer support for those who want a seasoned elder available as life, family and leadership keep moving.
Work with Shavasti
Join a workshop, arrange a private intensive at a location of your choosing, or begin with a single online session.