write your ancestors
Words of Praise
Speak an ode out loud:
You are ________
You make ________
You bring ________
You are like ________
Thank you for __________
List making:
All the beings/things who make your life possible
All the beings/things you meet where you live
All the beings/things you are made of
All the beings/things you love
Deepen with Guides
QUESTIONS:
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What is sacred to you?
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Where is your homeland?
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How do you live in the land?
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What are your special gifts and powers?
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What are your affinities? Do you have particular plants, animals, stones, or elemental forces you are aligned with?
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What needs healing here?
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How can I help facilitate the healing?
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How do you like to be honored? What offerings can I bring?
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How can I live your blessings forward in my life?
Write the results of this conversation in any genre you like--
as a story, a theatrical scene, a comic, an epic poem, a song-- anything!
Language of Help
Write direct requests about at least three places in your life where you could use help. Use words like please.
Speak aloud your plea for help to your ancestors, or share with others in the group to receive their co-intending that you receive the help you need (this last process learned from Rachel Naomi Remen).
Intuitive Connection
DIALOGUE:
Dominant Hand writes questions from your usual self
Non-Dominant Hand writes responses from your ancestors or guides or body or intuition
NON-DOMINANT writing or drawing to channel messages from your guides or ancestors or body or intuition.
WRITING LIKE DREAMING:
Stream of consciousness, present tense writing that flows out like a dream. Try "I am..." as your prompt and return to it as needed. (Carl Jung calls this Active Imagination.) Afterwards this can be interpreted as you would a dream.
Lineage Poem
In the moments after connecting with a lineage, capture its essence in short phrases, images, metaphors, or similes.
Describe how your guides present themselves and make them come alive as particular characters. What shape do they take? What do they wear? How do they speak to you?
Detail what it feels like to receive a blessing from these ones, step by step.
Use specific sensory imagery to portray how the intuitive connection and communication works in your body/mind.
Journal Tending
Track Your Dreams:
Keep a journal by your bed and write down any scrap of dream or idea as soon as you wake. With persistent attention, your dream recall is likely to improve.
Track Your Drop-Ins:
Keep notes, writings, and drawings from any guided sessions, healing circles, or self-guided visits with your lineage in one place.
Track Your Synchronicities:
At the end of the day, make note of anything that came up in your life, your body, or your thoughts that may be connected to the lineage you are tending.