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🔥In times of profound crises, the ancient pract

🔥In times of profound crises, the ancient practice of tending to our grief together takes on a whole new level of importance. ⁠
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😓Some astrologers are saying that the next two years - 2025 & 2026 are forecast to be the most intense change that humanity has experienced in over 2000 years. ⁠
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That is a long time, and yet with apparent fascism rising simultaneously with collective awakening globally, I believe it. ⁠
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🌿There is a word that comes from the Algonquian-speaking peoples, specifically the Cree and Ojibwe (Anishinaabe) tribes of Turtle Island. WETIKO. It's a concept that describes a form of spiritual sickness or psychosis characterized by greed, selfishness, and consuming without regard for others.⁠
In Cree, it's often written as "wîhtikow," while in Ojibwe it may appear as "windigo" or "wiindigoo." The concept exists across various Algonquian cultures with slight variations in name and specific attributes, but generally describes a cannibalistic spirit or condition that represents destructive consumption and self-interest.⁠
It's sometimes used metaphorically to describe systems or mindsets that prioritize consumption and accumulation at the expense of community well-being.⁠
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It isn't the right or the left (politically), it's what DIVIDES the right and the left, and is also an energy that runs through both. ⁠
It isn't the painful things that happen, (although it can be connected to the creation of suffering), but it's the way we deal with them (or don't!) ...⁠
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🌌Francis Weller calls the time we are in, 'The Long Dark.' ⁠
It is not about to get easier, but we can hold each other through this. ⁠
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🫂We hold the potential to come out the other side with something so beautiful we can't even imagine it yet. ⁠
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The cool thing is, everything is on the table right now. Unless we are being willfully ignorant, (Wetiko loves this), there is no denying the systems of oppression we have been living under collectively for hundreds (or thousands?) of years. ⁠
✊We have the choice now.❤️ ❤️ ❤️⁠
🙏🏾I am so grateful to have you in our Dark Woods Community. Thank you for doing this deep work together.🌲⁠

❔And what if that were true? ⁠ ⁠ ❔ What if

❔And what if that were true? ⁠
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❔ What if it were true that even those of us who feel we have very little power to change global events actually had tremendous power. ⁠
What if our tiniest choices are actually changing everything? ⁠
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💗What is one small choice you are making today that will contribute to love flowering in your heart and/or in your community? What is one small action or prayer you are holding for yourself or for the world today? ⁠
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Let us know below!👇

Grief starts with you. With your story. Your pain.

Grief starts with you. With your story. Your pain. Your healing.⁠
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But if we listen closely, we’ll hear echoes - grief that isn't just ours. It’s the weight of generations behind us, those who never got the chance to grieve openly. Who held their pain in silence, because expressing it was dangerous.⁠
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📍 What we carry today isn't just our own heartbreak - it’s ancestral. And when we begin tending to our own grief, we also begin the powerful work of healing backwards through time.⁠
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🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Hidden Gifts of Loss podcast:⁠
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkS5K5meso0⁠
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6n5QOnc62tgiQWpThjroYn?si=ZWNwtgMxQrudgadRMvs3Jw⁠
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#AncestralGrief #GriefHealing #HiddenGifts #LineageRepair #GriefSupport⁠
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🪙Amongst the oldest peoples it has been said th

🪙Amongst the oldest peoples it has been said that grief and gratitude are but two sides of the same mandala called Love, and are so intertwined that if we suppress our grief for too long, we also lose our ability to love fully.⁠
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😭And yet, enduring our grief without support of connection and community can be simply unbearable.⁠
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We are conditioned to turn away from or suppress our pain, and we are often encouraged to ‘stay positive’ or ‘look on the bright side.’ This turning away from the pain allows violence to continue in the world, as pain unprocessed soon becomes either so deeply internalized that we get sick, or projected on those we deem “Other.”⁠
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👉In order to return again and again to our fullest joy, aliveness, connection with each other and love for life we must have a space, and the SKILLS to express and process our grief.⁠
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Jane Spielman and I are going LIVE this month on May 26th from 5-7pm PDT for our popular No Way But Through workshop. This is a fantastic introductory workshop if you are new to working with grief AND it’s also the only prerequisite to join our Dark Woods Grief Support Group, a thriving online community where we meet 4-5 times a month to move, release, and process our grief in a safe, non-judgemental container.⁠
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THIS IS FOR YOU IF YOU:⁠
💧Have experienced a major loss or trauma recently or in the past and want more understanding around how to process it⁠
💧Want to understand how depression, burn out, numbness, overwhelm, reactivity or unexplained waves of emotion can be connected to old unprocessed grief and trauma..⁠
💧 Feel like you’re carrying the weight of the world around climate change, environmental destruction, systemic racism, genocide and other global issues⁠
💧 Want to know what it means to release old grief & fears that are preventing you from experiencing full intimacy & connection in your current relationships because of past hurt⁠
💧 Want to understand more about how old ancestral trauma and grief could be affecting your life now and how you can help both yourself as well as future generations⁠
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Comment NO WAY BUT THROUGH or see link in bio to register!

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