Journey Beyond the Veil: A Day of the Dead Meditation to Connect with Ancestors

Join me in experiencing this guided meditation crafted to honor the Day of the Dead and the thin veil between worlds. As we transition into this sacred time, this journey invites you to soften boundaries and breathe in the presence of those who came before us—our grandmothers, grandfathers, and ancient lineage holders. Through gentle breathwork and visualization, feel the ancestral support flowing through your being, guiding, grounding, and connecting you to timeless wisdom.

Allow yourself to open to the guidance and teachings of the ancestors, embracing the continuity and life force that threads through each generation. This meditation is ideal for those seeking deeper grounding, connection, and a sense of belonging within their lineage. Perfect for Samhain, the Day of the Dead, or anytime you wish to feel the presence of ancestral love and support.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Let's take a few deep breaths together, letting the
spine be tall.
Neck is long, breath is deep,breaths are lengthening Each

(00:42):
inhale slightly longer.
Exhale slightly longer, exhaleslightly longer.
You're feeling the back of thelungs filling up, tuning into

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this thinning of the veils thathappens this time of year, the
gathering of the ancestors, ofthose that have passed, feeling
this vast network of supportconnecting us through time to

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those that have come before.
Those lineage holders, thegrandmothers and grandfathers

(02:12):
are gathering around here tocheck in on us, assist us,
remind us, bring us the gift ofthe teaching of death, the
teaching of the passage of time,the teaching of endings and

(02:38):
also the teaching of theinfinite, the life force that
moves beyond and through andaround and in between life,
embodied in this single lifetime.

(02:59):
Let's take a moment to allow our, if you choose, to allow our
boundaries to soften, to allowin more fully the influence of
these ancestors.
And you may notice thisphysically as a softening of the
pores on a cellular level, asthe opening of the membrane On a

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heart level, as a softening ofthe eyebrows, a widening of the
pineal gland, an opening of thefirst eye, intuitive eye, no

(04:01):
need to know anything about it,just opening to the frequencies
they're receiving, the lineagesto weave meander.
Come in, pay attention, all ofthose grandmothers and

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grandfathers that we're standingon the shoulders of, and you
may, in your mind's eye in thismoment, recall some of their
names, any of the names that youknow of your mothers, mothers,

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mothers, mother.

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And your father's, father'sfather's father's father and any
other names that you know inyour family first names, last
names, if you have anygravestones that you've visited.

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Just recalling these images,these felt senses, places they

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lived and walked and roamed andgrew food, the journeys they

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made all the way to yourconception and your coming into
being, on the prayers of theseancestors, the intentions and
the goodwill and the good way ofthese beings that prayed us
into this moment and take thismoment to become fully present

(07:05):
of the ground you sit on, thehome you tend, the children you
love, the elders you care forand feel yourself surrounded by

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these beings, these ones thatcame before us, these ones
holding us, coaxing us to choosewell in our lives, guiding us,
opening the way for us workingbehind the scenes to arrange our

(08:04):
lives, letting the breath movedeeply into the body, like the

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breath of life, the ruach, thebreath, the continuity of these

(09:02):
ancestral breaths, this lifepassed on can just skip to the
next one in line, the next onebehind that.
Feel the support of theancestor in a good way, holding

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you, praying for you, holdingyou praying for you, this

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crystalline web of support.
Feel it in your bones, yourblood, tissue, heart, be a
connected human.
Let's take a moment to tuneinto the ancestors whose names
we have forgotten.
In the Dagara lineages arecalled the Nanping, the
ancestors of the ancestors ofthe ancestors, knowing back
thousands of years and feelinginto the support of these beings

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, these ancient beings, thesebeings who have become like the
wind and the rain, who speak tous through dreams and
frequencies, powerful influence,like sparkling, sparkling light

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with the trees and the stones.
Feel the steady, uncomplicatedsupport of these ancestors.

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Were great warriors, greathealers, great song carriers,
great shamans, great adventurers, great mothers, great mothers,

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brilliant storytellers.
Feel them filling up yourbreath.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
Allow them in Thank you so.

Speaker 1 (14:56):
And from this state of consciousness, you may notice
that there's some informationcoming through about an offering
that you can make to theancestors.
Perhaps it's a song, perhapssome ash, some flowers.
It's a song, Perhaps some ashsome flowers.

(15:17):
Let your consciousness open toreceive this instruction now
from these beings.
Perhaps it's some ash, somewater, making an internal

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commitment to be in a good wayof offering these beings your
reciprocity.
See the place where they wantyou to offer this.
Perhaps it's a tree or amountain, maybe it's your

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backyard or your altar.
Take a few more deep breathsinto the full capacity of the
lungs, like a warm coco tissuesthe belly.
Let those codes of deepgratitude pour into the system

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in remembering and honoringthese wise ones that came before
us.
Thank you, I'm going to bestrong and full, supported and

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connected.
Thank you.