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mapping the transgenerational line
Ancestral Constellations explore your ancestral line looking at family members in this generation and the preceding ones. It shows connections to those we know and honour and those who we may be unaware of, or are out of sight. This healing ritual allows for reconnection to family and letting go of what we carry in this generation that is not ours, leaving it behind where it belongs so that we can move forward in our life.
the ancestral connection
Created by Dr Lindsay Gary, this episode featuring Valerie Wade, Kathleen Evans Barnes, and Sonya Welch-Moring
GUMBO THE PODCAST
Genealogy as an Applied Practice
Ancestral Constellations can be viewed as an African centred healing ritual that connects the past to the present. Many traditional cultures also view family problems as unresolved patterns past generations.
In my practice I am finding that people are seeking ‘another way of knowing’ these family patterns and there is a growing older wisdom traditions that offer a different perspective on transgenerational life.
The global pandemic created grief and loss, ‘lifting the veil’ on some taboos around indigenous traditions. The approach is set within the ramework of RE-Claiming Diaspora ancestral knowledge about healing.
the healing ritual
Family Constellation is an old ritual practice rooted in Africa, In it the crisis of the individual is the crisis of the collective or community.
Malidoma Some – ‘the Healing Wisdom of Africa’
Talking Constellations
BAATN PODCAST
Talking Constellations
This podcast was recorded for BAATN by Eugene Ellis the founder of the network. BAATN stands for the Black, African and Asian Therapy Network a leading organisation for BIPOC counsellors and therapy practitioners.
During the conversation Sonya describes the development of Ancestral Constellations as an applied practice of integration. The ancestral is the connection to ancestors and the constellation is the ‘family map’.
When we look at family relationships, we find untold stories of exclusion and secrets that are repeating down the generations. One family member may carry the burden without knowing why they are chosen.
The Ancestral Constellations process can reveal the entanglement. It shows the pattern to be an interrupted flow of energy in the ancestral line and steps that can be taken towards transgenerational healing.