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HOW TO RELEASE ANCESTRAL TRAUMA

8/3/2019

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Lately I've been drawn to shamanism in a very deep way. When I say lately, I mean -- the last two to three years.
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Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash

What is Shamanism?

It's an ancient way of life practiced by many cultures all over the world. It goes back thousands of years.

​To me, shamanism means: connecting and being in communion with our source (which includes nature, animals etc.); basically encompassing the unseen aspect of what drives life.

I remember being about 14 - 16 years of age and being a "New Born-Again Christian" and being somewhat drawn to shamanism, even though I looked down upon it with judgment.

You see, as a Christian - shamanism didn't coincide with biblical teachings. So, I shunned it -- even though it beguiled me.

WHY SHAMANISM?

My journey as a Christian is part of my story. I embrace and I am proud to share it. 

Christianity for me, was my hiding place. It was my place to go for protection and belonging. It brought about healing in different ways ... However, it had many contradictions that came along with its biblical background/teachings. 

From the age of fourteen to 36 (ish), I studied the bible as intricately as possible. As I got older, the paradoxes in the Bible began to make me question it's infallibility.

Some things just didn't match up! I will write another post some day about that.

Once again, shamanism reappeared into my life. I was becoming more and more drawn to it because it didn't have any conditions attached to it.

I started to see the parts of me that I had shunned and put away, or had neglected to care for. I started embracing my shadows.

What I once saw as deep flaws, I started to actually pay attention to and allow that "hurt part" of me to tell its story.

I also started seeing people who really pissed me off in a different light. In the past as a Christian, it would be "Oh, I love that person because they are a creation of God".

​This time, it was more like "that person is just another version of me". There was no separation except two different bodies.

SHAMANIC JOURNEY

If you want to know more, check out my shamanic journey post. I talked about my first journey with my beautiful friend Jaes Seiss. By the way, I am reading her book "Awakening Darkness" and it is just riveting!

Jaes then invited me to join her and a few other women to a Sacred Sisterhood Rites of Passage circle. Here we honored the directions of the medicine wheel:

North - represented by the hummingbird. This was
a time to create healing for ancestors and your connection or lack of connection with them.

West - represented by the jaguar. We went through our own death rites and shed/released what was holding us back; preparing a place for the new.

South - represented by the serpent. Here, we re-kindled our passion, purpose and joy in life.

East - represented by the condor. We renewed our innocence and awakened the creative spark in us by going on a birth star journey, re-visited our visions and activated our prayer arrows (mission/desires for this life journey).

HOW CAN WE HEAL THROUGH OUR ANCESTORS?

WOO! Don't get me started!

I realized that there is a lot of pain passed down from generation to generation. I also have been learning that pain is only a messenger that comes to show us where we are not aligned (in the wise words of my friend Kevin Walton).

There is A LOT of pain in every family. I won't go through the stories of the pain that has been passed down through my own family.

Pain gets trapped in our cells. Seriously. 

Science supports this theory that emotional trauma is passed down our blood lines. You can read this article here.

I will share however, that one of the ways I've been healing is through honoring my ancestors. In our medicine wheel of the north - where we honored our ancestors, I took the time to honor all the women in my ancestral line - even a few generations back). I did also honor my dad. 

I made a decision to bring any pain/trauma that has not been dealt with to the forefront. I became a voice for my ancestors. There was a lot of crying and emotional release.

This is still happening today. I am aware of it when someone or something triggers me. Instead of ignoring it, I will pay attention to it. 

There are different ways of healing emotional trauma passed down through lineage:
  • Myofascial release therapy
  • Hypnosis and past life regression
  • Therapy 
  • etc...

Then there is DANCING! Which is basically "artistic expression". 

Psychology Today has a cool article on healing trauma through dance: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/make-your-life-blessing/201610/the-power-dance-work-trauma -- and I quote: 
"Dance organizes life in societies and cells in the body. It celebrates weddings, harvests, seasons, and can bring strength and comfort in times of grief."
Before I start dancing, I am not always in the mood for dancing. I may be exhausted or just dealing with emotional baggage collected throughout my day.

Something really magical happens though when I put on some music. Especially music that is African influenced. Being from Africa and all...

So today, my friend Jeni-Lee told me that I need to listen to this 
song and dance to it.
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I was already in a dancing mood today, so without hesitation I pumped the volume and started to move.

Friends like Jeni are awesome fire kindlers! Thank you, my dear!

Here I am below releasing trauma in my cells! Oh what a joyous and sweaty time! 

My message to you... dance! Even if you can't move your legs, dance where you are... your body loves movement!

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SHAMANIC HEALING

10/5/2018

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Today I went to visit a Shamanic Practitioner, Jaes Seis. I am so exhausted right now, yet I feel so renewed and strengthened. She did a soul retrieval ceremony with me - which to say the least - was illuminating and freeing! To begin our session, Jaes first went over my Astrological charts and explained various aspects of my personality that were reflected in the different positions of the cosmic bodies. She shed light on times in my life where I had struggled deeply and other times that were not as difficult and then the easier, more enjoyable times. 

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Photo by unsplash-logoLucie Hošová
One of the things we as human beings are constantly curious about is: What is our purpose here? What the Shamanic Practitioner does - at least for me - was:
  1. Remind me of who I am,
  2. Shed light on areas that needed healing,
  3. Retrieve parts of my soul that had been lost during wounding/traumatic events,
  4. Reclaim those parts of me and integrate them back into my wholeness.​ ​
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What I really loved about my interaction with Jaes was that: 
  1. I felt so at home with her from the moment I saw her (in fact, I began weeping as though I hadn't seen my close family in ages)
  2. I felt safe to be completely me - she held a very sacred space for me.
  3. She helped to recall parts of my life that needed attention and healing.
  4. She encouraged and inspired me to live out my life to the fullest and shine my light in this world - she reminded me that I come from light!

Basically what a Shaman does is hold space you and invites you to share your cares, concerns, hurts, joys etc and takes upon themselves all this "baggage" and accesses your energy field to gather information regarding where you lost certain parts of yourself. In essence, the Shaman brings these "lost babies" back and re-institutes harmony. 

The Shaman is a bridge between the unseen and seen world.

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Photo by: unsplash-logoCasey Horner

In my case, Jaes was able to pinpoint two specific times in my life that were traumatic and help those parts of me to return back home and feel safe and loved again. She did this by looking into my luminous body - otherwise known as the "electromagnetic field" or "aura" via my "chakras". She then identified areas where there was stagnant energy during this Shamanic ceremony and was able to move the energy, thus creating a freer flow.

During the ceremony, one of my animal spirit guides showed up and was there during the whole process. This time it was a black raven - or crow.

RAVEN SPIRIT MEDICINE

Raven or Crow medicine teaches us to dig deep. Go within. Raven is the keeper of ancient secrets. She is the master magician. 

Click on Spirit Animal Totems to learn more.
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