What if the dream you've been living was never entirely yours?
The dreams we pursue are shaped by more than our own desires. They carry the stories of our families, the sacrifices of those who came before us, and the expectations we've inherited about success, responsibility, and belonging. But there comes a moment when we begin to question what we've been carrying and what we genuinely want to create.
As we enter a new year, this is an invitation to explore the dreams that belong to your lineage, reconnect with your own desires, and consider the life, leadership, and acts of service that are calling you forward.
What is this Family & Systems Constellations workshop about?
The Dream You Inherited vs. The Dream That’s Yours is a two-session online Family & Systems Constellations workshop led by Ana Polanco, afro-indigenous coach, constellations facilitator, and founder of Ana Polanco Coaching and The Lineage Lab. It meets live on zoom on Wednesday, December 16 (6:00–8:00 PM ET) and Friday, December 18, 2026 (1:00–3:00 PM ET). Registration is $175 and includes both sessions and a take-home reflection guide.
Family & Systems Constellations is a group process for seeing the hidden dynamics in the systems we belong to: our families, our lineages, our workplaces, and our communities. One participant brings a question, others stand in as representatives for the people or parts of that question, and the facilitator guides what unfolds. What emerges is often a new picture of the loyalties, patterns, and possibilities that were hard to see from the inside.
Online, we hold space on zoom, and many people find the format surprisingly intimate. You don’t need to bring a constellation of your own to benefit: representing, witnessing, and reflecting are all part of the work.
Discover what you're ready to carry forward.
Join Ana Polanco for a two-part Family & Systems Constellations Workshop exploring the relationship between your ancestral inheritance, your personal dreams, and the future you're ready to help create.
Through constellation work, guided visualization, coaching, and reflection, you'll explore the patterns influencing your choices and reconnect with the gifts, desires, and soul-level acts of service seeking expression in your life.
Together, we'll explore:
What you've inherited: Recognize the family expectations, patterns, and unfinished dreams that may be shaping your decisions.
What belongs to you: Give language to your own innate desires, gifts, and possibilities, even if they've been difficult to name.
What's standing in the way: Explore the fears, loyalties, or unresolved experiences that may be influencing your next steps.
What wants to emerge: Reconnect with your soul’s original blueprint as a way to approach your next chapter with greater clarity, confidence, and a deeper sense of belonging.
You'll experience this work in community with others who are also questioning inherited definitions of success, navigating change, and discovering new ways of living and leading.
You'll also receive instructions between days and a take-home reflection guide to continue your exploration beyond our time together.
This workshop is for you if…
You’ve done what you were supposed to do, and there’s still a quiet “is this it?”
You’re the first, the eldest, or the one your family counts on, and you’re carrying dreams that were handed to you.
You’re in a transition (a new role, a leaving, a new year) and you want to choose your next chapter on purpose.
You’re welcome whether this is your first constellation or your fiftieth.
Meet Your Guide
Ana M. Polanco
Ancestral Coach and Family & Systems Constellations Facilitator
Ana is an afro-indigenous coach and facilitator whose work brings together ancestral wisdom, systemic awareness, and liberatory leadership. With two decades of experience in human rights, economic justice, and community organizing, she brings a deep understanding of how the systems we inherit shape our choices, identities, and possibilities.
As the founder of Ana Polanco Coaching and The Lineage Lab, she guides people of the global majority (people of color) in exploring inherited patterns, reconnecting with their desires and personal power, and creating new possibilities for how they live and lead. She has facilitated monthly online constellation circles and in-person constellation retreats in Brooklyn, Nyack, Oakland and Chiapas, Mexico.
She is the creator of Wild Dreams, a group coaching experience rooted in ancestral intelligence, collective wisdom, and the belief that our dreams can help shape the futures we want to create.
Make space for the dream that's yours.
The Dream You Inherited vs. The Dream That's Yours
A two-part online Family & Systems Constellations Workshop with Ana Polanco
Wednesday, December 16, 2026
6:00–8:00 PM ET (3:00–5:00 PM PT)
Friday, December 18, 2026
1:00–3:00 PM ET (10:00 AM–12:00 PM PT)
Live online | Four hours total | One complete workshop experience across 2 days
Investment: $175, both sessions included.
Come as you are. All bodies are welcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any experience with constellations?
No. Many participants are coming for the first time. Ana explains how the process works at the start of Session 1, and you can take part at whatever level feels right for you.
Do I have to share my personal story?
No. You choose how much to share. You can bring a question of your own, stand in as a representative in someone else’s constellation, or simply witness. All three are real participation, and insight tends to arrive in every role.
Ready to go deeper in your personal transformation?
Wild Dreams, a 10-week group coaching experience, opens for Winter 2027. [Join the interest list →]