Reflections and resonance…what is Ancestral Trauma Healing?

I often mull over what Ancestral Trauma Healing means to me, especially when folks ask what I do.

I started with my own healing, and then grew to helping others. I was literally doing healing on my heart chakra, when I was first led to do healing work for my ancestors.

Years before that, I had been given a gift from my ancestors, a treasure chest full of betrayal, in a meditation. I felt it was appropriate, considering my distance and difficulties with “family”. But pushed it away, as I had no tools to understand or unpack it, let alone heal or resolve it. Honestly I had no desire to make any connection with my ancestors.

When I started with the ancestral healing work, I pulled that treasure chest back out and took a deep dive into what betrayal meant to me. In my own world, it meant that I often have been accused of betrayal myself, although at least half the time it was a lot of projection by that person. At least another half of what was left, if not more, was a reaction to something or someone.

Today I would recognize that as being a lot of unresolved trauma, my own and that of my lineage.

My work with clients is often reflective of my work with myself. I was initially surprised when my clients would often be dealing with similar issues, but I soon learned that trauma does have somewhat magnetic energy. It’s how we find folks in our life with similar traumas, which too often trigger off one another. I learned that as I worked with these clients, I found deeper healing for myself as I went along. My own experiences gave me insights and empathy to be supportive and effective in the healing realms.

I don’t only work with clients who are similar, there are times that I have done work that was quite different than my own, but it creates that resonance so I can help others with similar problems and experiences.

If you come in person, I always hope for comfortable weather to welcome you to my healing garden space. Visiting over a cup of herbal tea and then lying back in a zero gravity recliner, while I utilize sound and energy focus to locate and shift the patterns of trauma. The most important tool I have is the deepening connection to my own realm of ancestors I have built over time. Leaning into their support has been instrumental in my practices since the early days of the pandemic. They provide a bridge to the Ancestral realm of my clients, facilitating deeper healing sessions.

Krystal looking down at her Mesa (rock altar)

If you have a remote session we meet via video and after talking about your situation a little bit, I set my altar up to have a proxy for you and the camera is set on it, while I do my sound and energy work for you there. My work is all based in frequency…distance does not change that and can be very effective remotely.

My own personal Ancestral work is varied.

I have an Ancestral Altar to focus on, or perhaps it focuses on me (it’s the closest altar to where I sleep)

I walk labyrinths whenever I come across one, letting go of what no longer serves my path on my way in, picking up gifts from spirit, including my ancestors on my way out.

The edge of a labyrinth

Gardening, especially my California Native Plant garden, has been especially healing, as I rematriate the plants into their native soil. My herbal garden is healing on many levels, including ancestral connections all the way to a micro level.

I have shared a cup of tea with my ancestors and it was a very healing and connecting practice that I might consider doing more often.

I share these personal practices as a way to let others know, there is no one way to heal, not on any level, especially not Ancestral Healing. We each have different cultures and experiences, our Ancestors have many different practices and experiences…each healing is unique, even if it has a similar resonance.

I wish you healing, if you work with me or if you navigate your own path to find it.