What is ancestral healing?
Ancestral lineage healing is a practical, structured, ritual framework developed by Dr. Daniel Foor of Ancestral Medicine, in which you are guided to connect with your wise and loving ancestors for the purpose of personal, family, and cultural healing.
Learn more about the foundations of ancestral healing and how it works in this video.
Belonging ꩜ Healing ꩜ Connection
Who are ancestors of lineage?
In ancestral lineage healing we're talking about those whose DNA we share - there are many other types of ancestors. We all come from people who were wise and well-connected to the living world around them - the plants, trees, animals, waters, and seasonal cycles.
At one time, all of our ancestors lived in close connection to the earth and practiced healthy cultural ways of relating to each other and all of life.
In ancestral lineage healing, we seek to repair connections that have been lost so that our ancestors can receive the healing they need, and we, the living, our families, and our descendants can live in right relationship with ourselves, each other, the earth, and the ancestors.
Heal Ancestral Burdens
Many of us engage in years of psychotherapy and/or spiritual practice and are still left with a sense that we are carrying burdens that may not even belong to us as individuals.
Millenia of systemic harm from racism, patriarchy, colonialism, misogyny, homophobia, religious persecution, destruction of nature, and all the ways humans "other" each other and the living world has created unresolved intergenerational trauma.
Ancestral healing can provide support with healing these burdens by:
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identifying challenging dynamics
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revealing lineage(s) those are arising from
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providing deeper understanding of the larger cultural picture that may have instigated harmful patterns
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connecting with wise and well ancestral guides to begin to bring healing to the lineage
Embody Ancestral Gifts
As you begin to witness the healing of your lineages, you can also get a clearer sense of the deep goodness of your people, and how that lives within you.
Even though most of us have lineages that have become clouded by trauma, we all also have wise and loving ancestors who once lived in deep connection with the earth and all of life. Getting to know the wellness of our people can be incredibly healing in itself.
Some of the questions we'll explore with your ancestral guides:
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What magic have they brought into the world, and how did they care for each other and the earth?
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What was sacred to them?
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How are you already embodying the beauty and blessings of your lineages?
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Are there cultural traditions and intergenerational gifts that you're being asked to cultivate?
As their living embodiment on earth, you have special access to the talents, traditions, and affinities of your ancestors.
Deepen Soul Purpose
As you get to know the potent power and strengths of your beloved ancestors, you can also more easily access your own gifts. With the support and guidance of your lineages you may discover or deepen into your soul's path and calling.
As you become more rooted in relationship with your people you may feel more empowered to become who you were meant to be, as they help you to understand all of the magic that is within you.
And perhaps most wonderfully of all, you may experience the deep sense of belonging that we all need, and that is so hard to come by in our fragmented world.
Kathryn Blau
Ancestral Healing Practitioner
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