What Is Ancestral Trauma?

Unlocking the past to illuminate our future

My great-great-grandmother's pain was never just hers to hold or to feel. Not all of the emotional baggage she carried resulted from her own suffering, but it was still shared by every generation to come.

The unhealed ache that burdened her soul had coursed its way through hundreds of years of endured emotional agony. Unaddressed, this torment is passed down like a hereditary gene, shaping the spiritual and psychological blueprint of the next in line.

Now here we are, a generation riddled with trauma, much of it not our own. As we awaken and heal what's ours, we recognize the cloud that lingers– ancestral trauma that has accumulated from the societal, religious, and cultural oppression of the past.

Ancestral trauma is a nuanced, invisible burden that is tough to explain but, for some, a perpetual heaviness that feels impossible to shake.

If you find it hard to understand the source of your emotional turmoil, behavioural patterns, relationship cycles, physical pain, or cognitive challenges, it may be time to journey back and uncover and resolve the root of these ancient wounds for yourself and for those who will come after you.

Ancestral Trauma VS. Generational Trauma