The Numinous Podcast TNP212 Shauna Janz on Ancestral Veneration in Child-Free and Queer Lineages
Shauna Janz is a facilitator at the crossroads of grief, trauma, ritual and ancestral healing. She is a queer cis-woman of northern European ancestry who has been facilitating trauma-informed workshops since 2008 to a wide range of audiences including within education, non-profit, hospice, business, government, and Indigenous settings, locally and internationally.
The intersection of being childfree and ancestral veneration is fascinating to me because when we talk about lineage there’s an implication of continuance. I personally did have a biological child, but I doubt my child will have a child. So it’s interesting to cast my net a little wider when I ponder the question, Who am I becoming an ancestor for? And when I think about my spiritual practice of ancestral veneration, it’s interesting to think about whether I’m giving enough attention to ancestors I’m not directly descended from - the aunties, the uncles, the chosen family that my wayback people were connected to, the ones who supported my direct ancestors so I could be here now.
Shauna is exactly who you want as a conversation partner to ponder these questions!
Notes
• Belonging to the World - Relationship and Ritual for the Heart of Grief starts Oct 4, 2023• Elder Wisdom - Connecting with our Ancestral Ecosystems to Embody Love and Liberation starts Oct 9, 2023 with Tamira Cousett • Trauma-Informed Grief Support - A Professional Development Workshop on Nov 9-10, 2023
Learning Through Loss, based in Victoria, BC
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