We will gather together for three consecutive days. Friday we will begin at 9:00am while Saturday and Sunday our start time is 9:30am. There are two 30 minutes breaks, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and a spacious 90 minute lunch break.

Our shared time each day consists of four teaching and practice sessions of roughly 90 minutes each, two before lunch and two after.

Each session may include:

• A blend of teaching and guided, experiential practice (often accompanied with drumming).

• Small breakout groups

• Main group dialogue

• Additional elements of ancestor focused ritual such as an offering practice, song, and tending the central altar space.

There are no prerequisites to attend, however, prior experience with ritual and personal healing are helpful.

Ancestral lineage healing intensives closely follow the first nine chapters of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing by Dr. Daniel Foor. The intent is for participants to connect and partner with ancestral guides to support the healing of one lineage. Unlike private sessions or online classes, there is an alchelmy to multi-day group ritual that is profoundly unique.

Participants at intensives will learn life-long skills for personally accessing ancestral support. It is important to note that this intensive is not a professional training and does not teach one how to guide the guide the framework for others.

This approach is experiential, rooted in an ethic of kindness, and welcoming to people of diverse ancestries and any spiritual background (or lack thereof). Consistent with the organizational core values of Ancestral Medicine, intensives are rooted in feminist, decolonizing, anti-racist, LGBTQ-inclusive, class-aware, Earth-honoring ethics.

As Ancestral Lineage Healing Practitioners, we seek to embody these values in ways that are non-dogmatic, warm-hearted, and encouraging of the vulnerability that supports depth ritual work.

Participants work directly with their own lineage ancestors, and are not expected to hold space for others beyond showing up in a mindful way during group shares. Attendees work alongside one another, each in their own space and personal process.

Each intensive also weaves in explicit respect and healing for the histories of place. This also includes distancing from any forms of nationalism, supremacy, othering, or dehumanization that would hold one ancestral group or ethnicity as superior to another. Without shame or judgment, we aim to hold a safe, supportive space for healing and reconciliation.

Unless other arrangements are made, 25% of the overall cost is a non-refundable deposit.

If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as you can. If something changes and you can’t join us, the closer cancellations are to the date of the event, the more difficult it is for us to fill the seats. The remaining registration payment may be refunded as follows:

A 75% refund is available for cancellations made 90 days in advance and a 50% refund is available for cancellations made between 30 and 60 days before the intensive begins. There are no refunds available for cancellations less than 30 days before the intensive begins. We reserve the option to extend flexibility on this policy especially in cases where an open space has been filled. In-person intensives require significant organizational resources and these policies help to ensure these offerings remain sustainable.

Participants can expect an in-depth experience and should be personally well resourced. Some intensives may include two facilitators with trained supporters, while other intensives may have one facilitator with or without supporters. Even with the care from coordinated and culturally welcoming leaders, there are still limitations to the level of individualized support available.

If you have doubts about whether the intensive is a good container for your depth work, please reach out to the facilitator (s) be in dialogue beforehand. The intensive is not a substitute for personal therapy.

In addition to the in-person support during the time of the intensive, many participants find working with an individual practitioner to be beneficial. To connect with practitioners or practitioners-in-training, see this link for the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Directory. The network includes options for different language needs, low income sessions, and other specializations.