You have the strength of thousands of ancestors running through you.
You have the wisdom of thousands of ancestors running through you.
You have the talents of thousands of ancestors in you.
That strength and center is yours at any moment.
And you have thousands of ancestors who can support you in any given moment.
Take a deep breath in.
Take a full breath out.
There is more to me than meets the eye.
My talents are talents from thousands of generations back.
And I am proud of those ancestors.
All healing really starts with ancestors.
And it's an acknowledgement of something already there.
We're not creating anything.
We're not.
.
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There's nothing supernatural about this.
These are actual people that actually existed.
And we're just feeling the strength that's already there.
When we deny the origin of our life,
We also deny ourselves in one way or another.
Ancestors practice is a deep self-compassion practice.
You all know me as self-compassion specialist.
Everything comes back to self-compassion.
Ancestors comes back to self-compassion very directly and very powerfully.
And one quality of compassion is being centered or grounded or rooted.
See if you can feel this quality of compassion and groundedness in how your feet touch the earth.
The groundedness of your feet on the earth right now.
And your seat in the chair.
Feel the length of your spine.
Notice that visceral sense of rounding,
Of inhabiting the earth physically.
I am here.
I am grounded.
I am in the here and now.
And now imagine hundreds of ancestors behind you.
Your parents are behind you.
Their parents are behind them.
Their parents are behind them.
Imagine 12 generations to your left,
12 generations to your right.
All real people who lived through time and contributed to your life right now.
Putting your hands on your heart and say,
I have roots.
For me to get here,
There was effort.
There was love.
There were hundreds of children being raised.
I exist with roots.
And I belong unconditionally in this family.
I belong where my ancestors are.
I came on this roots.
I came on this earth with roots.
I have roots and those roots are love.
Those roots are in my DNA.
In my past,
There's love and strength and ability to live through anything.
Feeling that you're part of this system.
Your parents are here and your ancestors are here to support you.
And all they want is your acceptance and compassion.
With your hand on your heart,
Say ancestors,
There is space in my heart for you.
Ancestors,
There is space in my heart for you.
You can put the hand down if that feels good.
Acknowledging that anything I accept becomes my source of strength.
I take my life as a special gift.
Ancestors,
You are in my heart.
In my heart,
You're still alive.
And each one of you who are my ancestors,
You belong.
I bow to you with love.
I honor you with love.
I know that your true wishes,
Ancestors,
Is that I be happy and fulfilled.
If there are harmful or difficult things in the past,
I leave the responsibility and consequences to you.
I live my path and I honor you and thank you for having lived your path.
My whole family tree is behind me and I'm grateful that my whole family tree is behind me.
For a moment,
Just breathe and be with this magnitude.
Be with this richness,
Strength,
And magnitude that is with you at all times.
Thousands of ancestors,
They're with you in every cell of your body.
Honoring them,
Thanking them.
Ancestors,
To honor you,
I will live out my own path.
To honor you,
I will follow my path with love.
