This is the design on my drum for individual healing. After you have a good picture of it in your mind, try stepping through the small black circle in the center into nonordinary reality, leaving any doubts and distractions on this side. 
Sit quietly, observing what it looks like there, and when you’re comfortable in wherever you are, ask for a helping ancestor or ancestors to come and be with you. If they don’t look like anyone you might have expected, that’s fine, because there really are many ancestors, spiritual as well as biological, who will be happy to be guides and companions on this path. You’ll know you’re with the right one, or ones, when you feel happy to have found them, and you can feel that they’re just as happy you did.
Once you have met your ancestor, or ancestors, and perhaps had a brief conversation to confirm that they will help you, you can thank them and step back into ordinary reality, opening your eyes when you feel you’re fully back.
If you’ve never done shamanic work and don’t want to start now, you can try this meditation:
Begin by setting your intention— “I want to meet an ancestor who will help me heal from White racism.”
Light a candle, with this intention—that it will light the way for a helping ancestor.
Sit in front of the candle and gradually narrow your eyes until they are nearly closed, keeping in mind that “I want to meet an ancestor who will help me on my path to heal from White racism.”
Allow that ancestor to appear before your mind’s eye, and ask if they are the ancestor who will help with this work. Again, they may not look like who you might have expected. Once you have confirmed that they are, you can thank them and take your leave. Open your eyes—gradually, if you prefer—and thank the candle, too, for lighting the way for you and your ancestor.
This is the design on my drum for individual healing. After you have a good picture of it in your mind, try stepping through the small black circle in the center into nonordinary reality, leaving any doubts and distractions on this side. Sit quietly, observing what it looks like there, and when you’re comfortable in wherever you are, ask for a helping ancestor or ancestors to come and be with you. If they don’t look like anyone you might have expected, that’s fine, because there really are many ancestors, spiritual as well as biological, who will be happy to be guides and companions on this path. You’ll know you’re with the right one, or ones, when you feel happy to have found them, and you can feel that they’re just as happy you did.
Once you have met your ancestor, or ancestors, and perhaps had a brief conversation to confirm that they will help you, you can thank them and step back into ordinary reality, opening your eyes when you feel you’re fully back.
If you’ve never done shamanic work and don’t want to start now, you can try this meditation:
Begin by setting your intention— “I want to meet an ancestor who will help me heal from White racism.”
Light a candle, with this intention—that it will light the way for a helping ancestor.
Sit in front of the candle and gradually narrow your eyes until they are nearly closed, keeping in mind that “I want to meet an ancestor who will help me on my path to heal from White racism.”
Allow that ancestor to appear before your mind’s eye, and ask if they are the ancestor who will help with this work. Again, they may not look like who you might have expected. Once you have confirmed that they are, you can thank them and take your leave. Open your eyes—gradually, if you prefer—and thank the candle, too, for lighting the way for you and your ancestor.
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