Ancestral Trauma: The Importance of Healing Your Ancestral Shadows

Healing can be a puzzling journey because there is so much ambiguity surrounding the topic. Trauma, wounds, energies, and even entities can play a role. But to add another layer of complication, did you know that trauma also runs through your bloodline?

Generally speaking, we really know nothing of our ancestry’s influence, or just how much of a role it plays in each individual. There’s a whole lot more than genes that pass through your family tree. From the common hereditary illnesses we acknowledge today, to the more discrete manifestations of trauma such as core shame or self-esteem issues.

But trauma aside, even seemingly unrelated phenomena are rooted in your ancestry. Although we can overturn the tide, your ancestry determines what characteristics you have, how easily you can make money, what spiritual gifts may come naturally to you, or how efficiently you can help other people.

That’s because a lineage is a channel of energy. Each channel is unique, and it picks up the experiences of its descendants while passing through. This is why you can have something like abandonment issues without any clear cause, because unknowingly your great grandad was left at the altar. You may have a general distrust of people because someone up the line was betrayed by their platoon.

Your ancestry has a huge influence over who you are, and what experiences you attract into your life. Maybe you’re aware of how ancestral energies make…