HONORING YOUR ANCESTRAL ROOTS

I know firsthand the challenges of navigating a health crisis. I was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder known as Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 26, When i was diagnosed I was told by my Medical Provider that MS was an incurable Dis-ease and that it can only be managed with the intention to slow down its process. Of course years later, now i know that when they say a dis-ease is Incurable it just means you are a prospect for bringing in big business to pharmaceutical companies, of course i didnt have that information back then so for a while after my diagnosis I sat with the information that my medical provider delivered to me i sat with it for about a year and after a year of feeling conflicted and disempowered every time "I took my medicine to slow down the process" and by that i mean following a gut wrenching injection protocol 3 times a week, I made a decision that changed my life forever. i began to listen to the voice inside me and i began to refuse to accept this as my reality and that this was the only way. In that moment i surrendered to that deep internal wisdom that laid dormant in my consciousness and in my cells. My ancestral memory was activating and I knew I had to dig deep into my own wisdom and ancestral memory and recover the hope I had thought I lost. I needed to get back to my roots to find the root cause of my ailments. It was then, where I had what I like to call one of my many awakening moments. Suddenly in that moment my mind started to receive a recollection of ancestral memories of the many times I was sick as a child and my Mother or Grandmother would use herbal remedies to heal my body and my mind. It suddenly clicked and I realized that I come from a long line of Ancestral and Indigenous healers, herbalists, Curanderas, Curanderos, and birth-workers who believed in the healing powers of Mother Nature and everything she provides. They have passed down their wisdom through generations with traditional herbal medicine, diet and lifestyle changes, and It was here when i decided to take my health into my own hands, reclaiming the ancestral wisdom that has always been there, patiently waiting to be reawakened. 

 

I honored my inner wisdom and faith by researching and incorporating alternative and holistic methods to help manage my MS. I began practicing yoga, building a community, changing my lifestyle and diet, and practicing Ancestral techniques that helped identify and release trauma.  It was working! Only this was short-lived, fast forward a year later after having a small medical procedure, I was prescribed antibiotics that destroyed my GI tract with an overgrowth of bacteria. I experienced rapid weight loss and a notable decline in both my physical and mental health. This triggered an MS relapse and I started feeling symptoms. It felt like I was regressing instead of improving, i  needed to dig deeper.

 

Darkness and desperation set back in, and I felt as if I was slowly wasting away. That’s when fate stepped in again as I stumbled onto a podcast about Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of holistic healing. I was very intrigued and I immediately took action steps and booked an appointment with a local Ayurvedic practitioner. From this day on my life changed forever. Hope was back. The practitioner took one good look at me and relayed everything I didn’t know I was feeling until it was brought to my awareness. He spent about an hour and a half listening to all of my issues and concerns, physically and mentally, with such compassion. This echoed the familiar holistic care from my childhood, it felt ancestral, treating the root cause, and treating me as a whole. This is where my real work began. I took his recommendations into consideration and I began practicing an Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle. Within a few weeks, I started to notice my digestive symptoms improving and my perspective on life had dramatically improved. Ayurveda taught me how to go deeper into my roots using Ancestral medicine, medicine that is connected to your roots no matter where you are from, Ayurveda is also rooted in the belief system of the five elements and the earth which to me is considered Ancestral Medicine. Since then I have adopted an Ayurvedic lifestyle and I watch it continuously transform my mind and heal my body in ways I never believed possible. 
 

The shifts I experienced were so profound that my love and appreciation for holistic health and nature organically deepened.  I was inspired to continue my journey with Ayurveda,  a gold mine of abundant knowledge and time-tested wisdom waiting to be utilized. Ayurveda has also opened the doors for me to connect with My own Indigenous ancestral practices and It is my intention to learn and apply as much as I can so that I can share it with my community and the world, and be a light for those who are ready to receive this wisdom and take personal responsibility for their health.