In much of contemporary culture we have largely stopped tending death. Not only is it rare to receive robust support in grieving our loved ones who have passed, but the transition process for the dying is rarely supported on a spiritual level. People often die unresolved for many reasons due to lack of alignment with purpose, long lingering illnesses that sap the energy it takes to die well, unreconciled relationships, a lack of stories or cosmologies that allow people to feel safe and held in the dying process and a lack of ritual tending that allows one to become a true ancestor.

As a result, the unresolved dead attempt to resolve their lives through the free will of the living, resulting in the same patterns snowballing down the lineage and getting worse with every generation.

The tragedy of this is not only the way this adversely affects our lives, but that it can cut us off from what is meant to be our greatest source of protection, guidance, belonging and compassionate support: our true ancestor helping spirits.

Ancestral liberation is the process of helping our unresolved ancestors to heal the patterns on the level of lineage that keep them stuck, allow them to become true well luminous ancestors and deepen our ability to engage and connect with them as positive forces in our lives so we can transform what has been a burden for us into a powerful blessing.