Ancestral Healing

  • The ancestors in the generations preceding us have much to heal from
  • Their trauma and loss has been passed on to us and to our children
  • For these reasons, protection is critical (from helping spirits or trusted others such as angelic beings, elemental spirits or personal guides/teachers)
  • The riches are many in this sacred process; you will learn more about who YOU are
  • Gifts and blessings from our ancestral lineages can finally be received by you and your descendants

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Ancestor work is some of the most impactful shamanic work I have done. I follow the guidance of Daniel Foor in his book Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. Although his approach is not strictly shamanic, he is knowledgeable about shamanism and his pathways lend themselves to a shamanic approach, which I use in my ancestral healing work. 

Much of this work can be done independently once you develop a relationship with helping spirits and learn the process, either from Foor’s book, or from me. Protection is critical, regardless of your approach. Hence my recommendation to establish relationships with helping spirits and to proceed with their help and protection, and with awareness.

The work begins by connecting with one’s four main lineages of ancestry in a protected way. There is unresolved trauma in the ancestral lives closest to us – from slavery to war to genocide to starvation to change/displacement brought about by our forebears finding their way in new lands and/or from the loss of the old and sacred ways. Industrialization and loss of the father’s presence in the home, followed by loss of the mother’s presence in the home, and other dramatic recent changes have brought most of us to a place of spiritual poverty. And so there is always healing needed on behalf of the ancesters. As we undertake this sacred task, we must protect ourselves with the help of trusted loving spirits.

After an initial assessment of the lineages that brought you forth, you would ask for guidance on which lineage to begin with and then journey back in time to an ancestor who is loving and wise, has a positive relationship with the ancestors before him/her, and is willing to assist us in the healing process between them and yourself. This is where the delight begins; you now have a connection with a beloved supportive ancestor and you get to know them better, asking for guidance and information that roots you in this lineage. The riches are many, and you will discover more about who YOU are and about your gifts and special connections that were passed down to you.

After this period of discovery, the healing process begins and it is extensive, depending on the level of trauma you discover and depending on how far back along the lineage you have had to go …to find an ancestor who is loving and well …and is willing and able to assist you. There are gifts and blessings, as well as and new information and new alliances to make along the way. 

The healing process is done by the ancestral helping spirits you have aligned with. You are the catalyst, and you bring the intention from the present and from the physical world.

It would be my delight to guide and assist you on this path.