bad ancestors

I have "bad" ancestors. In my mitochondrial DNA is the legacy of enslavement and land theft. 

In my book Elemental Healing, readers develop a strategic plan to shift ancestral legacy. I am practicing epigenetic alchemy through my mother's mother's bloodline by gathering my relatives in a commitment to redistribute land and money to the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi nation and Indigenous Memories. 

My dream this lifetime is to collectively return at least 2,000 acres and $1 million dollars.

My teachers say that every human being has a unique mission to heal the world by making it more like home: the dimension of all-encompassing, unconditional love that I see in the eyes of children and I remember in my dreams. 

You who know there's a better way, who practice collective care in a thousand little acts that butterfly through our relational web, you are so important. The tenderness of your heart and the vividness with which you envision alternative futures are essential. What leonine courage for you to stay here and bear the burning. Whether or not you believe we chose to incarnate during this time, every moment you breathe you are choosing to show up for all that is left. What a gift that is. What a blessing you are. 

Your feeling heart + visionary spirit are absolutely essential for our collective survival. In ways you don't know and may never hear, you make life on this planet less painful and more sweet. 

This Venus retrograde, I've been reflecting on impact and legacy. As an acupuncturist, I can't needle everyone. I'm not an environmental engineer or a climate scientist. However, I've dived deep into ancestral healing, and I can share what I've learned to catalyze breakthrough for kindred spirits who are stuck. And the more my own errors and learning can save you time + heartache, the more Team Earth can meet the challenges of late-stage capitalism.