By Susanne Hazen, author Leerboek Familieopstellingen
Science is slowly catching up. While shamans and healers have spoken about the influence of ancestors for thousands of years, epigenetics is now also beginning to confirm that traumas are biologically passed on.
We now know that intense experiences of parents or grandparents – war, loss, hunger, violence – leave their mark on the bodies of subsequent generations, not in the DNA itself, but in the way that DNA expresses itself.
So you don’t have to have experienced something yourself to feel the consequences. And that’s precisely why we’re often shocked by what becomes visible in constellations: the pain is real, but its origins sometimes lie far beyond our own lives.
The trick is not to carry this old pain yourself, but to make it visible, acknowledge it, and leave it with the person to whom it belonged.
That’s where a family constellation can help. But Systemic Ritual can also be very beneficial in this regard.
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