When we start on our healing path there is a lot to work through.

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Our years of living brings with it trauma and pain to process.

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After we have been on the path for a while we find there is something more to work on.

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Beyond our own personal experience.

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For as we dig into the deeper levels of healing we find that is something we might not have expected.

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Something deeper that resides in our cells or our DNA.

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And that is the work of ancestral healing.

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For we are not an isolate being who came out of nothing.

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We carry within us the history of our lineage, of our ancestors.

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If they did not survive and reproduce, we would not be here.

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This is easy to understand, yet there are deeper implications.

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Ones that are not apparent in our daily lives.

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The pain and suffering our not just our parents, but their parents, and those who come before them are passed down to us.

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We might look like a grandparent or a great grandparent, yet we inherited more than just their looks.

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Our inheritance includes the extreme emotions they may have felt as well.

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Emotions like fear, anguish, pain, loss, grief, as well as their suffering.

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Sometimes we might notice that we feel sad when there is nothing to feel sad about in our lives.

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Or we are fearful of something that we've never had any experience with.

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These may all be things that someone in our lineage had reason to fear, and that fear was passed down to us.

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Our bodies are the record-keepers of that which has come before us.

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So when we start to peel away the layers of pain, guilt, and shame from our own lives, we might find even more challenges lie beneath them.

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It can be very surprising to us.

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Especially if we don't feel a personal connection to those who came before us.

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Even if we don't know much about our family history or what happen a few generations ago.

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When we do come upon these deeper layers of healing, it can feel overwhelming.

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As if the sadness or grief or pain will never end.

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Confusion can set in because it is not our pain or sadness or grief.

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Yet our bodies still hold these emotions.

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Keeping the emotional record of our elders.

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When we dive in and have the courage to face these emotions and process them, we do it not just for ourselves.

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For in some way, we are healing the pain for our ancestors as well.

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And by healing that pain, we prevent it from being passed on to future generations.

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Not only do our children and grandchildren v=benefit from the bravery of our healing work.

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Energetically, our ancestors are benefiting from it as well.

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So facing these deep wounds that are not even our own helps many people.

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Not just ourselves, but our whole lineage.

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Is that not worth the discomfort and pain we go through to heal these ancient wounds?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour