Ancestral Healing and the Legacy of Our Roots

by Dorit Brauer

A trans-generational healing consultation is a solution-based approach to healing that allows us to connect with our roots and reveal the hidden dynamics in our historical family. Difficult fates and traumatic experiences in previous generations may continue to create havoc as patterns in the present.

We cannot be whole and complete as human beings and at the same time see ourselves as separate from our parents and the family into which we are born. The gift of life came to us through our families, which we cannot deny, and the destinies of our forebears influence us in either a positive or negative way.

German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger developed Systemic Family Constellations in order to untangle the family trauma up to seven generations back to find healing solutions for the present generation to thrive. Indigenous Americans point out that the present generation needs to be conscious of their actions because they affect the next seven future generations.

If we look at our ancestors’ country of origin and research our family history, we might determine whether some of the negative patterns we suffer from originate there, allowing us the freedom to live our own destiny.

Seven generations equal 128 ancestors; eight generations are 256; nine generations are 512 and 10 generations yield 1,024 different destinies, including men and women from different backgrounds, different social classes, different dialects and even different languages. Some were enemies that fought against each other in wars. Their blood flows in our veins. Let love now bridge the generations, transcending time and space. Feel one with these ancestors—feel their love and strength. Nothing else matters. Peace starts within our own heart.

Dorit Brauer is an award-winning author and owner of the The Brauer Institute for Holistic Medicine, Pennsylvania’s top reflexology school, in Pittsburgh. Ancestral healing workshops are accompanied by an ancestral sound bath healing meditation. For more information, call 412-925-0812 or visit BrauerInstitute.com. See ad, page 13.