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weaving grief and beauty 
moving from isolation to reconnection

weaving grief and beauty 
moving from isolation to reconnection

weaving grief and beauty 
moving from isolation to reconnection

weaving grief and beauty 
moving from isolation to reconnection

weaving grief and beauty 
moving from isolation to reconnection

WEAWING GRIEF AND BEAUTY 

Moving from isolation to reconnection
In service to life

WELCOME! 

Welcome to your power and to your vulnerability
Welcome to your resilience and to your struggles
Welcome to the parts of yourself that you know well and to the parts that have been exiled
Welcome to your unique way of showing up in the world
Welcome to the whale and to the seaweed, to the oat and to the nettle
Welcome to the spirits of the land
Welcome to the spirits of songs, and dance, and colours
Welcome to all that supports and ressources you
Welcome to your wise and loving ancestors
Welcome to your grief
Welcome to your beauty


 
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REWEAVING CONNECTIONS

I am committed to moving from the story of separation I was born into, to reweaving relationships with ourselves, each other, the earth and other species, the ancestors, the great mystery, and ways of knowing that we have been estranged from.

I am holding the practices of gratitude, wonder and praising beauty in one hand, and making space for grief, loss and the messiness of life in the other.

May reweaving these connections participate in creating a more peaceful and embodied world, liberated from structures of oppression and infused with care.

For all our relations and in service to life.

REWEAVING CONNECTIONS

I am committed to moving from the story of separation I was born into, to reweaving relationships with ourselves, each other, the earth and other species, the ancestors, the great mystery, and ways of knowing that we have been estranged from.

I am holding the practices of gratitude, wonder and praising beauty in one hand, and making space for grief, loss and the messiness of life in the other.

May reweaving these connections participate in creating a more peaceful and embodied world, liberated from structures of oppression and infused with care.

For all our relations and in service to life.

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ANCESTRAL LINEAGE HEALING

Reconnecting to the blessings of our well ancestors as an antidote for intergenerational trouble
Our epigenetic inheritance includes not only the traumas our people experienced but also the resilience, strengths, and blessings of our ancestors and there particular medicines. By reconnecting to our well and wise ancestors, we allow them to release the flow of blessings, and to unstuck difficult patterns that are repeating generations after generations in our families, so we are more supported and available to engage with our life and the world.
 
What is Ancestral Lineage Healing ?
Ancestral Lineage Healing refers to the method articulated by Daniel Foor to support personal, family, and cultural healing. It places emphasis on relating with the ancestors as lineages or groups rather than individuals only. And it is based on making connection with the well ones, as far back in time as needed, so they can support the healing of more recent troubles or trauma.
This modality is based on the understandings that consciousness extends beyond the living, that not all of the dead are equally well and that the living and dead can communicate and strongly impact each other.


Ancestral healing is available to everyone who chooses to engage with ancestors. You don’t need to be spiritual or experienced in ritual. For those of us who did not grew up within a frame of ancestral reverence, this is a work of repair that implies a reclamation of other ways of relating, like our ability to perceive through intuition. Ultimately, my experience is that this is actually a very simple and embodied practice, that we got estranged from.

SESSIONS & UPCOMING EVENTS

DISCOVERY SESSION

FREE

This is a free 20mn meeting on Zoom for you to ask questions around Ancestral Lineage Healing in order to estimate if you would like to engage in this work with me.

INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS

During sessions on Zoom or in person in Paris, I will guide you in a process of reconnection with your ancestors, that is ritually safe, embodied and heart-centered.

The first session is 90 mins, the following 60 mins.
 

You are welcome as you are, and no specific gift or knowledge is required to engage with this work.

WEEKEND INTENSIVE

In this 2 1/2 day in person workshop, you will be guided in a five-step framework for safely engaging with your blood ancestors and for partnering with elder guides to heal one of your family lineages.

This offering is more ritual based and done with a group so you can witness each other during your process.

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MEET ELSA

My name is Elsa Rueff. I Was born in Paris. After studies in  fine arts and singing, I moved to the East coast of the United States where I lived for 21 years. It is there, that I gathered most of the medicine I am now bringing back home to France and Europe:

 

I am trained to facilitate Ancestral Medicine (with Daniel Foor), the Work That Reconnects (Joanna Macy), and Grief rituals (with Francis Weller).  In addition, I am currently training in Intuitive singing with Christophe Boyer in Paris, to bring voice to all these practices in a way that is accessible to all.

I hold spaces for reconnection and healing so we can meet these times supported and resourced in a perpective of liberation, that is both personal and collective.

More about Elsa >

TESTIMONIALS

What people say about working with me
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“Ancestral healing work is a profound way of reconnecting with my own roots. They are shaping my life in a way that feels now more conscious and also more harmonious. At the same time, I can make a more clear difference, between my ancestor’s heritage and my own choices for myself, my relations and my descendants. I feel seen and supported by my ancestors. The way Elsa is holding space feels for me very trustful and experienced. She (and her space) is full of beauty and grace, and she carries great support by her powerful people.”

Silvia - Switzerland

“I have engaged with my first set of sessions of ancestral healing with Elsa, which I have done one-to-one, online. I have enjoyed this deep and subtle work. I have felt a lightness in the sessions , and changes have found their own way through my imaginal space between meetings. 
Elsa holds the space with kind attention and an interest in finding our way together. She is happy to field my questions, and she sings into the mysterious place of our relationship, our helpers and my people.”

Hannah - UK

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