About Us
Who We Are
Our work together is greater than the sum of our parts and our complementary skills enable us to reach what has been previously unreachable.
Menia Boustantzi Pagona and Abi Allanson met in 2008 through a mutual friend in London. We revived our friendship in 2020 through our love for this work. Menia lives in Milan, northern Italy and Abi in Frome, south-west England.
Menia
Originally from Greece, Menia moved to England to study for her Masters degree at the age of 21. She stayed for 23 years, working as a professional translator.
Always unusually sensitive and able to perceive energies that most people cannot, Menia has been challenged with much emotional turbulence and depression during her life.
She and her Italian husband experienced severe fertility difficulties and endured 9 years of efforts to conceive, at last joyfully resulting in the birth of her beloved daughter.
In 2019, she and her family moved to Milan and it was not long after this that she knew she needed fundamental, permanent change, from the inside, towards psychological peace and well being.
This is when she began working with Family Constellations and what led her to being able to transform everything she has learned into serving others today.
Abi
Abi grew up in a small town in East Sussex, in the UK. Her family were of mixed English and Caribbean heritage and her boomer parents were non-religious, rebellious and politicised.
After university, she pursued an academic research career, followed by over 20 years as a Steiner Waldorf teacher, specialising in literacy.
Several severe life events occurred in rapid succession during her early 40s, including her husband’s abrupt death in 2014, leaving her to raise their three young boys as a sole parent.
In the ensuing years, Abi trained in ceremonial and ritual practice with Celtic, Christian and West African spiritual influences. She also found Family Constellations an essential cornerstone of her efforts to come back to life.
Pivoting career post pandemic, she is now living at a gentler and healthier pace than ever before as an adult and is honoured to be called to this work.
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What Clients Say
First Timer
“My experience with Menia and Abi was unique. Before we had our first constellation, I was sceptical about the result and wondered if it was worth it! Four months after, I’m grateful I actually allowed Menia and Abi do the constellation for me! My whole life has changed in ways I could never have imagined before! I’m true to myself and I do things I always wanted to do with no effort. It’s like I have always lived somebody else’s life. I will trust these two women again for other aspects in my life I wanna change. I can finally breathe and deal with my past daemons! Thank you both for the amazing experience and the chance to find my true self!!!”
Becoming Aligned
“The constellation I did with Abi and Menia has been the most powerful and transformative healing I have done in my whole life. I’ve been working on my healing and personal development for quite a long time, and this work has been so transformative in how I feel about myself, the world, life, my family and the land I come from.
After six months, many things have shifted externally, and my whole system seems attuned to a more authentic cord of my essence. I feel lighter, freer and generally more open to life, flow, and others like never before.
I’m so grateful my path crossed with them, and I cannot recommend working with them enough. They are the most genuine and sensitive beings and will make you feel heard, seen and supported from start to finish.”
Everybody should have this
“I’ve only just realised that [my daughter] has not acted out for over 2 months! … Everybody should have this but must approach it with an open mind – it’s not a bandaid. I look forward to more being revealed and cleared”
How it has affected family life
“Results of sessions have been slow but noticeable – the boys seem calmer and better able to articulate their needs calmly without anywhere near the amount of ‘acting out’ that was happening before. We have had some really beautiful conversations all of us about their difficulties and strengths and needs in a healthy, more neutral way. All three seem better able to be kind to themselves and it seems they are better able to access their love for one another, even after a fight. They seem more present and in the moment.”
Benefits Everyone
“I wanted to write a review of your work for so long but the words seemed so little to express your sacred work. I have had the privilege of working with you both on many occasions and to say that it has transformed my life is a big understatement. But I will let anyone that has found you on their path experience it. What I can say, without being a spoiler, is that it is the only modality that I have experienced that has an impact not only on me but on all the people that are close to me. It amazingly allows us to move together on this path of self discovery and connection. I thank you and love you dearly.”
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