What is Ancestral Lineage Healing?
An introduction to the work |
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Our lives are reverberations of family inheritances, of patterns of being passed on to us through spirit, blood, and bone. In many cultures there are active practices for tending to those who have passed on with the recognition that they are an extension of the living. In today’s modern world many people have lost these practices, sometimes for thousands of years, sometimes leaving the ancestral field in disrepair.
I have been learning one approach to connecting with ancestral wisdom and supporting repair work for your lineages. As a certified practitioner of Ancestral Medicine’s lineage repair work, I come to this work from a perspective of the interweaving of human history with earth history and how by reclaiming our roots in our ancestry we are also reclaiming our right relationship to the earth who birthed us and the cosmic forces that shape all life while tending the cultural wounds that affect all humans today.
I have been learning one approach to connecting with ancestral wisdom and supporting repair work for your lineages. As a certified practitioner of Ancestral Medicine’s lineage repair work, I come to this work from a perspective of the interweaving of human history with earth history and how by reclaiming our roots in our ancestry we are also reclaiming our right relationship to the earth who birthed us and the cosmic forces that shape all life while tending the cultural wounds that affect all humans today.
What is unique about this method? |
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Ancestral lineage healing is a resourced-based approach. We understand that for most of us there have been some very real troubles passed down in our lineages, but we believe these are best addressed from a resourced place. We work on setting boundaries with unhealthy energies and reinforcing our connection to the wisdom of our lineages while standing in our sovereignty.
Some other methods of ancestral work will ask you to embody the troubles or to dive right into the middle of them for the healing process to take place. In this method, we instead orient to the strength and wisdom of the lineage and allow this health to expand to the areas of trouble and assist in healing them.
We also recognize the cultural context of this work. We are going beyond addressing known family of origin issues and are touching upon the larger historical context that our families existed within. In this way, by tending to our unique family histories, we are also tending to our piece of the larger collective trauma field.
Some other methods of ancestral work will ask you to embody the troubles or to dive right into the middle of them for the healing process to take place. In this method, we instead orient to the strength and wisdom of the lineage and allow this health to expand to the areas of trouble and assist in healing them.
We also recognize the cultural context of this work. We are going beyond addressing known family of origin issues and are touching upon the larger historical context that our families existed within. In this way, by tending to our unique family histories, we are also tending to our piece of the larger collective trauma field.
What does a session look like? |
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I act as a facilitator for the work, helping to guide you into connection with your ancestors and offering suggestions for where the session might go, but allowing space for your ancestors to really guide the session in connection with you. For some people it feels very similar to some forms of guided meditation or somatic experiencing work. Each session will look a bit different for each person engaging in the work, but the overall framework for the method follows these basic steps:
In some cases, where there is more trouble with the lineage, I offer compassionate depossession and curse unraveling work. These are separate modalities from the Ancestral Lineage Healing and while I work in partnership with your ancestral guides and you, I take a more active role as a medicine practitioner. In the curse unraveling work I journey on behalf of your people and work with psychopomps and other spirit guides to address the situation. In the depossession work, through mediumship, I work more directly with the entity causing the issue to help it transition to a better place and find the healing support it needs with the underlying principle of supporting the sovereignty of yourself and your lineage.
- An assessment of the 4 primary lineages and selecting a lineage to start the work with
- Connecting with an ancestral guide on the lineage
- Working with the guide to contain the lineage in prayer for healing and reinforcing that work with offerings or actions in everyday life
- Working with the guide to come to know the blessings and the burdens of the lineage more intimately
- Working with the guide to ancestralize the dead who have not yet crossed into the ancestral realm
- Working with the guide to bring the blessings down the lineage to the remains and lands they lived on as well as the living and allow yourself to become the living face of the lineage
- Once a lineage has a certain level of health, you can dive a bit deeper into thematic work with the line, getting to deeper and more nuanced patterns.
- Once multiple lines are at a good state of health, you can harmonize between the lines often addressing deeper between-lineage issues like historical trauma occurring between cultures, gender relations and more.
In some cases, where there is more trouble with the lineage, I offer compassionate depossession and curse unraveling work. These are separate modalities from the Ancestral Lineage Healing and while I work in partnership with your ancestral guides and you, I take a more active role as a medicine practitioner. In the curse unraveling work I journey on behalf of your people and work with psychopomps and other spirit guides to address the situation. In the depossession work, through mediumship, I work more directly with the entity causing the issue to help it transition to a better place and find the healing support it needs with the underlying principle of supporting the sovereignty of yourself and your lineage.
How do I work with you? |
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You can set up an individual session or you can book multiple sessions. See below for options including a free exploratory session.
Initial consultation (30 min) - free - book here
Individual session (up to 90 min) - $80 - book here
2 session package (up to 90 min each) - $150 - book here
4 session package (up to 90 min each) - $240 - book here
* Note: if financial resources are a barrier for you, please reach out to me to discuss alternative payment amounts and options. My goal is to make my work as accessible to people as possible, especially those who come from backgrounds and lived experience where the amount of financial security and support available to them creates an ongoing barrier to accessing services like these.
Initial consultation (30 min) - free - book here
Individual session (up to 90 min) - $80 - book here
2 session package (up to 90 min each) - $150 - book here
4 session package (up to 90 min each) - $240 - book here
* Note: if financial resources are a barrier for you, please reach out to me to discuss alternative payment amounts and options. My goal is to make my work as accessible to people as possible, especially those who come from backgrounds and lived experience where the amount of financial security and support available to them creates an ongoing barrier to accessing services like these.
