|
How do we define who we are? If someone asked you to describe yourself what would you say? Maybe you would talk about what you do for a living, where you live, if you are in a relationship or have any children.
Would you talk about where you are from? Would you mention your parents? Your Grandparents? In today’s society we don’t often think of our family and ancestors as being connected to who we are as individuals yet who we are, where we come from and our place in our family has a huge impact on not only how we feel about ourselves but also the choices that we make in our lives.
You may be repeating behaviour, acting out patterns, atoning for actions, looking and waiting for a missing love or generally carrying the “stuff” that belongs to your ancestors all inside you in your life right now. It can be comforting to think of “the ancestors” as something quite far away, unreachable but still there in the background. The reality is it all starts with your parents, who are connected to their parents, who are connected to their parents and so on until it all gets a bit blurry. Patterns, energy, events and burdens from the past are carried down and are repeated through generations leaving an emotional, physical and spiritual imprint on the individual as they follow the fates of those that have gone before. So how do we make it all better?
I did not set out to work with family and ancestral patterns; it is something that has evolved through the various different aspects of my work and it has become something I am incredibly passionate about. Observing and working with these patterns for myself, individuals and groups has been a common thread throughout my life whether through my intuitive work with the Tarot, energy healing, my research as a medical physicist, through the use of sound work or family constellations. The relationship between science and spirituality is one that I hold close to my heart, I believe they are two sides of the same coin and one cannot exist in its fullness without the other. I have been very fortunate to be able to explore both the scientific and spiritual worlds from an insider’s perspective. In the world of family and ancestral patterns I believe the two aspects truly merge. Much has been written of apparent trends within families for physical, mental and behavioural issues however the genetic or physical root has escaped the science world thus far. Perhaps this is because the roots lie within the family and the patterns therein and a combined approach embracing the spiritual as well as the science is called for.
By combining these different approaches we can observe the patterns imprinted upon us by our family and our ancestors. We can acknowledge what is and release the burdens of the past and simply take our place.
When we see it as it really is, and not how we would wish it to be, we are free to move on. Nikki facilitates group workshops and individual sessions exploring ancestral patterns and family constellations. |
