The Body as a Portal to Ancestral History

“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” – C.G.Jung. This one hour workshop represents an introduction to tapping into the innate intelligence of the body in order to meaningfully work with the way family and ancestral history can be at the root of various barriers you’re facing. Are you someone who senses that your relationship to your family of origin or the circumstances you experienced in childhood are affecting close relationships, your career or your mental or physical wellbeing? Have you ever noticed that you seem to be attracted to a certain ‘type’ of person whether you like it or not? Does it feel like you’re carrying around an inner-child that never seems to receive the nurturing and safety it keeps asking for? Do familiar feelings of abandonment, escapism, anger, or violation seem to show up seemingly without context or explanation? These are just a few examples of how it can look and feel when your family and ancestral history is appearing in your present-day experience. Utilizing a unique blend of trauma informed embodiment work, Focalizing, parts work, family systems principles, and minds-eye visualization, this workshop will allow you to dip your toes into gentle practices that offer a way of exploring your relationship to family for the purpose of making new connections, deepening your understanding, and surfacing new possibilities for rewriting the familial script you may have been handed. Embodiment practices are some of the most potent and immediate entry points for exploring this area of the human experience. Simply put, your body is your direct physical connection to your family. You likely look like your family, you sound like them, and you share countless other similarities that may or may not be so apparent. The practices offered here are intended to support you in the many ways your body is a portal to not only your own experience and personal history, but the larger history that came before you. This workshop is intended for both individuals seeking personal growth and expansion as well as practitioners seeking new tools and strategies for their clients.