Ancestral Lineage Healing is a practice of building direct relationship with your blood ancestors in service of personal, family, and cultural healing. With a strong emphasis on safety, boundaries, and discernment, this work helps you connect with wise, well ancestors (and supportive ancestral guides) and learn how to partner with them to bring healing to your lineages—reaching back through many generations.
The Ancestral Lineage Healing method was developed by Dr. Daniel Foor of Ancestral Medicine, and it serves as a powerful and effective approach to ancestral healing and reconnection. If you’ve already done meaningful personal healing and feel ready for deeper breakthroughs, Ancestral Lineage Healing can be a powerful next step. The framework weaves together grounded psychological insight with cultural healing and safe spiritual/ritual practice to help resolve patterns rooted in intergenerational trauma and collective pain.
As relationship with both recent and more ancient ancestors strengthens, many people experience restored “lost” blessings, more ease in relationships with the living, and a growing sense of belonging, clarity, and purpose. This work is held in an earth-centered, animist framework (meaning we relate to nature and ancestors as living beings, use guided ritual, and use spiritual language). No knowledge about one's ancestors, genealogy, or prior experience is required.
The Valley of the Great Salt Lake
We gather in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, on the homeland of the Timpanogos — the Rock Water Carriers — who for thousands of years harvested salt from these waters and tended the lake and river system that carried their name. From 1776 until the settlers came, the Great Salt Lake, the Jordan River, Utah Lake, and the Provo River were all called Timpanogos; even the name Utah comes from the reeds that grew along their shores. This land was neither discovered nor given by God to any people. Mormon colonizers arrived in 1847 claiming both — Joseph’s own ancestors among them, sincere in their faith and wrong in their certainty — and within three years Brigham Young and his council had voted to exterminate them. Sixteen years of genocide followed, and a people who had been here for millennia were largely written out of their own homeland's history. They are still here, and they still lack federal recognition.
We will make a financial offering to the Timpanogos Nation, and we commit this intensive to demythologizing this valley's history and honoring its original, Indigenous stewards.
We are excited to hold the intensive at the beautiful, spacious, but cozy, Loft venue. The venue is in the quiet, beautiful Woodbury neighborhood of Salt Lake City, and abuts the scenic McLelland Trail. It is also close to SLC’s beloved and vibrant 9th & 9th neighborhood and Liberty Park, and offers access to many local eateries and shops.
The Urban Loft
1204 S. 1100 E.
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
We will gather for dedicated time in group ritual over three days (April 16, 17, 18th). Friday and Saturday will be full days (9 AM to 5 PM) with Sunday ending by 2 PM. The daily schedule will include spacious breaks and lunch time.
We’ll approach the work in ways that are psychologically grounded, ritually safe, and culturally inclusive. Teachings and practices are led by Joseph and Ashley, supported by a team of other trained practitioners.
Those new to ancestor work, adoptees, and folks with a tough experience of family are welcome. The larger circle will be especially supportive for those carrying personal and ancestral wounds from high-control religious and patriarchal systems. It will be a safe space to navigate and bring care to historical pain.
Over 12 guided practices in circle with drumming, song, prayer & offerings
Three full days with teachings, different approaches to ritual, and time for live questions.
Small breakout groups for intimate sharing and processing, anchored by trained ritualists.
Co-create a tangible offering of beauty for your ancestors and the larger prayer of cultural healing.
Come away with a life-long framework to relate safely with your family and lineage ancestors.
Ashley is a ritualist and writer who helps you feel less alone, lost, and broken through connection with your ancestors and soul. She supports individuals in building relationships with the seen and unseen. Her work centers adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, walking alongside them through the stabilization, healing, and integration of these experiences. At the core, she changes peoples hearts and minds by sharing what has changed hers. Her ancestors are from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Scotland. Ashley lives on Mohegan land in Connecticut, USA.
Joseph (The Ancestral Healing Coach) is a certified Ancestral Lineage Healing Practitioner, Ritualist, Teacher, Accredited Genealogist, and the host of the Ancestral Healing Podcast. He weaves together genealogy, ancestral healing, and the ritual arts to help people tend intergenerational troubles and reclaim nourishing earth-honoring spiritual practices. As a gay ex-Mormon, he specializes in working with queer and post-religious seekers to heal from religious harms by reclaiming ancestral connection and finding an earth-centered spiritual path. Joseph is down-lineage from Celtic and Nordic peoples from Wales, England, Scotland, western France, and Switzerland.
The price includes only access to the retreat. Lodging and meals should be arranged separately by you.
We offer tiered pricing to support folks in their current financial circumstances. Those who can pay more will help support those less economically advantaged. We invite personal integrity and honesty as you select your pricing tier.
For payment plans or other payment arrangements, please contact us.
We are also pleased to offer a few limited scholarship seats for this event. Scholarship preference will be given first to Indigenous folks, followed by those from other marginalized communities.
Want to attend both our Utah intensives (Salt Lake City & Torrey)? Discount pricing is available! Contact us for more details.
