Ancestral Healing Blog
Spring into Action
In Native American and other indigenous traditions, we shift into the next section of the Medicine Wheel. We have moved from the north direction of winter, the spiritual time of the year, to the east direction of spring, the time of the physical. Spring is a time of new birth and beginnings. The East is the sunrise of a new day. This season is about focusing on physical health and self-care, planting crops, beginning projects, and being more active.
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Welcome Spring Equinox
In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox arrives on March 20th. The Southern Hemisphere celebrates the autumn equinox. Equinoxes occur when day and night are equally balanced. Here in the north, we welcome the increased daylight. In the south, they welcome the calming restfulness that comes will more nighttime. Balance is the theme of this period.
Inspiration and Opportunity
Winter has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Life-giving snowfall and rain blanket the country often causing airline and traffic delays. The Omicron variant of the Covid virus is impacting schools and businesses slowing down progress. If we remember that winter is the time of introspection, rebirth, and renewal, then we can use these delays and diversions to look inward.
January is a time for new dreams, allowing renewal of the good, and setting the direction for the rest of the year. What deaths of spirit did we suffer last year in order to release that which no longer serves us? We can now assess our current situation and reflect, refine, and redirect those aspects of life that are unsatisfactory and shape a new direction. The opportunity for rebirth comes with the new year.
A Season of Thanks
A beautiful autumn day inspires gratitude. November is the month of Thanksgiving in the US. A time to share food, stories, family, and friendships surrounded by the bounty of the year.
As we turn our awareness to Thanksgiving, make time from holiday preparation to truly sink into gratitude. Often, we get caught up in the preparation and bustle of the holiday and ignore the basis for it. Take a moment and write down the people, places, situations, and things you are grateful for. Focus attention on those special moments and the people who fill your heart.
Our Ancestors Can Guide Us in Transitions
If you are encountering difficulties during this time of transformation and transition, call on your ancestors for support and direction. As we feel the continuing pressure of the surge of the Covid virus and its variants, the fires, & disasters, we search for help in coping with the stress and anxiety.
Relax and Enjoy the Season
Summer is the season of movement, activity, growth, and creation. We all want to be out and moving and doing particularly after the year of the isolation of the pandemic. Our ancestors held festivals, tribal gatherings, and family celebrations at this time of year when the weather was good and the crops were growing.
Uniquely You
Although we all share common genetic patterns, like snowflakes, we are all unique. The combination of genes and inherited beliefs, our environments, education, culture, and family background give each of us an individual perspective on the world. This is essential because in our complex, technical, global society everyone’s skills, talents, and energy are needed to contribute to healing the damaged environment and creating a more loving and harmonious world.
Inspiration, Relaxation, and Exploration
We are well into Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, Fall in the Southern. With the opening of businesses and some social gatherings, it truly feels like a change of seasons as, hopefully, we see the pandemic waning.
A surge of energy comes with the Spring, a fading with the Fall. In ancient times, our ancestors would be emerging from their winter caves or shelters moving into the open. Airing out clothing, bedding, goods, and preparing for the spring planting. Beginning to harvest the first green shoots and edibles that marked the end of the deprivation of winter. In the South, preparation to hibernate begin.
Emerging From Winter
With the arrival of March, the end of winter is near. We are all beginning to feel the need stretch our present limits. We are like the seeds and roots under the snow waiting to emerge and bloom.
Reset to Health, Peace and Love
Let go of the chaos. Here is a simple breathing exercise to breathe in health, peace, success and love in the new year.
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