Welcome to this prayer for your ancestors.
Close your eyes and bring your attention to the soles of your feet.
Visualize deep long roots growing from the bottom of your feet deep into the earth.
These roots keep you safe,
Keep you anchored to the earth as you navigate this connection to your foremothers and forefathers.
These deep roots help you stay present in the moment fully,
Deeply and completely.
To my ancestors of blood and bone.
To my ancestors of karma and destiny.
To my ancestors of culture and land.
To my ancestors of spirit and teaching.
To my known and unknown ancestors.
To my remembered and forgotten ancestors.
I honor you.
I remember you.
May you be nourished.
May you find peace.
May you move onwards to your rightful place.
What was noble in you,
May it be strengthened in me.
What was harmful in you,
May it be released and transmuted.
For the gifts you gave,
I give my thanks.
For the burdens you carried,
I offer compassion.
May you be accepted among the company of our awake ancestors.
May you be guided by those who have walked before you.
If you linger in unrest,
May this remembrance ease you.
If you are caught in sorrow,
May this prayer console you.
If you are bound by old patterns,
May they dissolve into love and light.
May harmful legacies be brought to an end and healing energies flourish.
May we realize and accept that when we free you,
We free ourselves.
With humility and devotion,
We pray that you may move on to your rightful place.
Before you open your eyes,
Take a few minutes to visualize cleansing away any connections,
Cords,
Or residue that you might have absorbed as you did this prayer.
Imagine all of it being washed away from inside and outside you.
All of this excess is being received lovingly by the earth to be returned to the elements.
You may now open your eyes.
