Transgenerational Trauma, Legacies & Heirlooms

For protocols, please see below the ancestral healing diagram

May all my ancestors be happy and at peace.
May my living family be happy and at peace.
May I be happy and at peace.
May all future generations of my family receive only blessings and love from our ancestors.
May my ancestors guide me on my path of destiny and purpose, and may I embody their
love and wisdom for the benefit of all my relations.
May all my ancestors and all my family be happy and at peace.

Thomas Hubl on collective trauma

“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light”. Genesis 1:3 

“The medicine is already within the pain and suffering. You just have to look deeply and quietly. Then you realize it has been there the whole time.” Saying from the Native American oral tradition.

“THE FUTURE CAN REWRITE THE PAST:  In both philosophy and quantum physics there is a theory referred to as retrocausality, which posits that certain, perhaps very special, effects may in fact precede their causes. While retrocausality remains hotly debated in both fields, new support continues to emerge. In 2017, the esteemed Royal Society published a paper by physicists Matthew S. Leifer and Matthew F. Pusey titled “Is a Time Symmetric Interpretation of Quantum Theory Possible without Retrocausality?” which presents theoretical support for retrocausality. If proven, the theory of retrocausality could mean that influences from the present or future are able to act on, and thereby change, the past. From the mystical perspective, this is an essential principle of grace and is always true. The future indeed has the power to rewrite the past. In fact, when we integrate shadow or trauma, we’re utilizing this principle because healing past energy creates a forward ripple effect. This releases light and energy that was previously held in shadow, offering greater movement and freedom of will in the present”. By Thomas Hübl in Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds  2020. https://www.collectivetraumabook.com/preorder-gifts/

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315751061/wounds-history-jill-salberg-sue-grand

https://www.waterstones.com/book/invisible-loyalties/ivan-boszormenyi-nagy/9780876303597

Anne Sinko on Legacy Burdens IFS

Ancestral healing

Why is ancestral healing important?

Ancestral lineage healing connects us to a place of intimate belonging and resources us to put our own pieces back together again.  It facilitates personal healing by repairing connection to the land and our own bodies . It goes to the root of cultural and transgenerational healing. 

One does not need to know anything about their ancestors to do this work- sometimes it can even work better if one does not know anything about them.  The Ancestral Guides do all the work in the harmony and union with the Collective Self.  Efforting is not required- or even desired. We simply engage and make the request, holding space to do the work of healing wounds on the line. 

Benefits of ancestral healing

  1. Deep healing of all the systems “there is a legacy burden behind every exile”
  2. Refining IFS coaching or therapy skills and ability to help others
  3. Expanding spiritual and emotional resources to help better regulate nervous system and reduce effects of stress
  4. Receiving familial gifts and blessings; shifting familial patterns; helping future generations and the world, accomplishing one’s life purpose

How does the ancestral healing process work? 

By connecting you to a vibrant, healthy, wise, and loving guide on each of your respective lines, the ancestral guide does the work to heal problems on the family line and bring that healing into your body and life. The Ancestral Medicine process, as developed by Dr. Daniel Foor, emphasizes ritual and psychological safety at every step of the process.

Listen to the IFS Talks Podcast on Healing Ancestral Lineages with Daniel Foor – Explorations in Psychotherapy. Hosted by Aníbal Henriques & Alexia Rothman, PhD. (Episode 3)

Listen here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts

Other podcast with Dan: https://www.listennotes.com/nl/podcasts/alchemy-action/connecting-with-your–gFaixY5CDQ/ etc

 Watch an introductory talk by Daniel about Ancestral Medicine here.

 Foundations of Ancestral Healing

Credited to Daphne Fatter, IFS conference 2021

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Ancestral Healing Exercises and protocols

Ritual Safety

Importance of ritual safety: please find a practitioner if you get low or confused at https://ancestralmedicine.org/practitioner-directory/. In the meantime, use whatever resources for ritual cleansing, incl. music, such as the Gregorian Chants.

Ignatian spirituality and exercises

Invocation example

IFS Protocols incl Unattached burdens

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Other resources:

https://ancestralmedicine.org/podcasts/

Collective and cultural burdens (eg white supremacy, materialism, individuAlism, paternalism)

A good enough description of the collective burden and trauma of capitalism and some of its impact:

Am I imagining it or is this real? Intuitive perception:

Am I Doing This Right? Unpacking Intuitive Perception

Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, PhD https://www.tirzahfirestone.com/ancestral-healing

https://rootwisdom.com/ancestral-healing

IFS Conference 2021 presentations on legacies

explaining my therapist parts to Dick at a consultation session September 2021
Legacy unburdening training Boston 19 March 2022

https://ritesopassage.podia.com/view/courses/reparenting-with-the-ancestors

https://ritesopassage.thinkific.com/courses/reparenting

Shadow Constellations:

https://www.niresterman.com/video-and-audio-resources/

Helping Hungry Ghosts | Thich Nhat Hanh (short teaching video)

https://www.coachingandconstellations.com/videos.html

Relaxing and PAT music list are available here

  • also accessible form the Art gallery page

https://www.phylliscurott.com/

https://www.sandraingerman.com/shaman-resources/medicine-for-the-earth/creating-a-human-web-of-light-medicine-for-the-earth/

Trainings on legacies at Life Architect 2021

Jewish Ancestral Healing https://kohenet.org/virtual-temple

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”I will not rescue you. For you are not powerless. 

I will not fix you. For you are not broken.

I will not heal you. For I see you, in your wholeness. 

I will walk with you through the darkness as you remember your light.”  

by Sheree Bliss Tilsley