I'm an Ancestral Lineage Healing practitioner with Ancestral Medicine. I'm a tender of the earth, the ancestors, and the thresholds of life, death, and grief. I have a background in anthropology, yoga, birthkeeping, herbalism, gardening, and permaculture.
I believe deeply in the power of ancestral healing as a path to reclaim wisdom along our lineages, find our soul’s purpose, and connect with the wise earth. I offer grounded, compassionate facilitation that supports people in connecting with their loving ancestors. I work with people of all backgrounds and am especially inspired to support those who are going through big transitions, such as grieving, dying, birthing, and parenting.
I was first introduced to ancestral healing at a workshop in 2016, and deepened into the work in 2021 after my mom and aunt died on the same day. I've unearthed profound comfort, connection, and support for grief and loss with the ancestors and with the natural world. I deeply appreciate that this work has a focus on cultural repair and dismantling systems of oppression, and I strive to incorporate those themes into sessions.
In addition to ancestral healing work, I facilitate women's circles, including a grief circle for mothers who have lost their mothers, and I'm a volunteer with the Center for Conscious Living and Dying.
I'm a descendant of Ashkenazi Jewish and Western European people, including Scottish, English, Spanish, and German. I live in Asheville, North Carolina, on the ancestral lands of the Tsalagi (Cherokee) with my partner, daughter, and elder dog. I love to connect with my ancestors through song, dance, gardening, and time in nature.
The ancestors are the wisdom of your heart.
They are the knowing in your bones.
About Regenerate Ancestral Healing
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re•gen•er•ate
1) (of a living organism) regrow (new tissue) to replace lost or injured tissue
2) reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual sense
When I was considering a name that embodies the heart of ancestral healing, I waited for inspiration to strike. One evening while I was at a Mamuse concert, it did. The musicians asked the audience to call out words and phrases that they would craft into an improvised song in support of Palestinians. Someone called out REGENERATION, and I knew instantly that this would be the name of my practice.
When we engage with ancestral healing work, we are initiating a process of repair, of reclaiming what has been lost among the generations. We are not only asking for healing for the generations who no longer walk upon the earth. We are asking that the healing ripple down through us, the living, so that our descendants, the future generations, may be born to lineages that have been repaired, rebirthed, regenerated.