An overview of ancestral healing, epigenetics, Native American approach to healing intergenerational trauma and using art, story and ritual in healing. To see the full presentation visit http://healingancestralpatterns.com/hgwintroreg-2/

1. Welcome to
Healing The Generations Within

2. Today's Webinar
 Who are our Ancestors?
 What is Ancestral Healing?
 Different Types of Ancestral Healing
 4 Things Your Ancestors Need From You
 Why We Need More Art, Story & Ritual

5. Becoming A Life Giver

6. Who Are Our Ancestors?
Biological, Birth, DNA
Spiritual, Mentors & Guides
Spirits of Land & Place

7. Ancestral Healing
is a process of healing unresolved
trauma passed down through the
generations by our ancestors.

8. Epigenetics
 Trauma can be passed down through DNA.
 Trauma is encoded cellularly but must be “activated”
within each individual.
 Once ancestral patterns are activated they can still
be “switched off” .
 Mind-body treatment methods are most effective
when working with trauma.

9. With the expanding view of mind-body therapies over the past
decade or two, a number of therapeutic tools have come to light that
appear to serve as methods for decoding, or perceptually reframing,
traumatically encoded cellular memory patterns. Various types of
meditation, guided imagery, hypothesis and other mind-body
techniques are showing tremendous promise in helping individuals
create effective coping mechanisms relative to perceived, or actual,
traumatic memories. By reestablishing the ability to cope with the
traumatic memories, the conditioned reflex mechanisms apparently
become decoded at the cellular level thus discharging the stimulus
generalization effect on cellular function. How this actually occurs is
not completely understood, but it is theorized that reviewing the
various circumstances of a traumatic event during hypnosis,
meditation etc. may reactivate the stress-released hormonal
substances that originally encoded that event at the cellular level.

10. Traditional Healing
“In our traditional ways of being we had cultural practices that
brought us together to heal our wounds of the past and
present,” James said. “Even when I was kid growing up we
would come together and share stories of our family, our
community, and our tribe telling our history and so forth.
Everyone had their role in the community, grandmas and
grandpas, aunties and uncles. We shared common
family/community beliefs, values and experiences. You were
learning your relationship to all things and your place in the
world.”

11. Thank you for being here.

12. What Our Ancestors
Need From Us

13. What Our Ancestors Need
From Us
To be Re-Membered
To be Understood
To be Acknowledged
To be Re-Connected

14. Re-Membering Our Ancestor's Stories
Re-Connecting With Our Ancestors
Through Art & Ritual
Re-Claiming Power & Wisdom
Honoring the Truth
Deconstructing & Reassembling Mythic Themes
Exploring Symbols & Patterns
Making Meaning & Integrating Experience=Transforming
Lives

15. Re-Membering Our Ancestor's Stories
Re-Connecting With Our Ancestors
Through Art & Ritual
Re-Claiming Power & Wisdom
Honoring the Truth
Deconstructing & Reassembling Mythic Themes
Exploring Symbols & Patterns
Making Meaning & Integrating Experience=Transforming
Lives
Remember. Reconnect. Reclaim.

16. Why Art, Story & Ritual
● Creates healing environment similar to
traditional indigenous ceremonies
● Is accessible to everyone, everywhere,
anytime, any place
● Helps us to see, understand, relate and create
new perceptions, skills and wisdom
● Places the power of healing in our hands

17. Ways to Connect
 Ancestor's Healing Circle – Facebook Group
bit.ly/ancestorshealingcircle
 Ancestor's Journey
Online Course
Free Preview available now!
 Social media & email
@gemmabbenton
gemma@healingancestralpatterns.com

18. Q & A