There's a particular kind of sorrow people bring to me that doesn't quite fit their own story. They can't point to the loss that caused it. It doesn't track with anything that's happened in their own life, at least not obviously. It just sits there, familiar and old, as though it's been there longer than they have.

Shamanic traditions across cultures have understood for thousands of years what modern epigenetics is only beginning to confirm: trauma passes down through lineages. Not just as behavioural modelling - not just because you watched your parents fight and learned that's what love looks like - but somatically. In the body. In the nervous system. In the soul.

Many people carry invisible burdens passed down through generations. These inherited patterns and traumas can shape how we think, feel, and behave without us realising it. Healing ancestral wounds offers a path to personal freedom by addressing these deep-rooted influences. This post explores how to recognise, work with, and release inherited patterns to live a more authentic and empowered life.