Even if we’re not taking major risks, life will bring plenty of opportunity for conflict and a need for healthy boundaries. Avoiding the natural flow of conflict can bring greater trouble, as will an attachment to argument and intensity. How we welcome and engage with unavoidable conflict is no small matter, and may define the course of our lives and destiny.
This four-part series presents accessible teachings and practices to understand and navigate conflict. Teachings draw from psychology, animist ethics, diverse lineages of ritual, and the immersive life training that is marriage and parenting children. The approach to the material will be grounded, culturally inclusive, and kind toward those living with hardships like relational abuse, systemic oppression, and other forms of acute danger.
The course is appropriate for anyone seeking personal growth and support, for professionals and practitioners of healing arts, and for those who wish to explore the tumultuous potential of sacred conflict. Each lesson will include multiple opportunities for guided practice and Q&A, shared in a kind and relaxed learning environment.
Conflict is both inevitable and essential to fulfilling our potential here on Earth.
Investment
About our self-select pricing model:
- Supporter rate invites folks with comfortable financial means to contribute more. Your generosity covers the cost for us to offer reduced rates.
- Standard rate is the actual cost for us to offer this program and sustain what we do. If you are able to enroll at this rate, we encourage you to do so.
- Community rate invites folks with leaner financial means to enjoy Ancestral Medicine programs at a reduced cost. *Limited availability.
- Scholarships are for people experiencing sustained hardship or from economically under-resourced communities. *Limited availability.
All levels include monthly payment options, as well!
Curriculum
What's Included
What's Included:
- Four live lessons, each approximately 90 minutes
- Two guided, experiential practices with each lesson
- Access to our private Community Forum to connect with fellow course participants, practitioners, and Ancestral Medicine staff
- Responsive and helpful support from Ancestral Medicine staff
- Lifetime access to course resources
Lesson One
Lesson One: Conflict with Spirits, Deities, and Other-than-Human Kin
- Expand on usual explorations of conflict by engaging animist perspectives
- Learn relational, Earth-honoring sensibilities for respectful conflict and killing
- Reflect on your impacts on others with a spirit of humility and gratitude
- Practice kindly turning toward the killing that you already practice to live
Lesson Two
Lesson Two: Expanding Our Vocabulary and Skills for Conflict
- Explore and expand on threat responses of fight, flight, freeze, and fawn
- Assess your style and capacity for conflict with intent to notice growth edges
- Reflect on family and cultural conditioning around conflict and boundaries
- Practice meeting fear and threat with abundant resourcing and support
Lesson Three
Lesson Three: Tough Teachers, Destiny, and Courage
- Learn how embracing conflict may be critical for fulfilling your destiny
- Consider the greater and lesser deaths required to live a spirit-guided life
- Explore helpful and harmful effects of viewing threats as a type of teacher
- Practice curiosity about the tough teachers between you and your potential
Lesson Four
Lesson Four: Boundaries, Intimacy, and Non-Duality
- Deepen into non-dual or mystical orientations to healthy conflict and boundaries
- Reflect on your own capacities for open-hearted fierceness and limit-setting
- Identify ways to consciously embrace what is holy about conflict moving forward
- Practice assertion of clear boundaries from a stance of profound interconnection
About the Instructor
Daniel Foor
Daniel is a doctor of psychology, experienced ritualist, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is an initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and has learned from teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel is passionate about training aspiring leaders and change makers in the intersections of cultural healing, animist ethics, and applied ritual arts. He lives with his wife and two daughters near Granada, Spain in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Learn More
Frequently Asked Questions
This course directly addresses vulnerable topics related to ongoing violence and harm in the world. The material may stir complicated emotions for some participants. Support outside of the lessons may be helpful, as the course is not a replacement for personal therapy or spiritual care.
Enrollment includes access to our Community Forum – an online discussion group of students past and present, including supportive members from Ancestral Medicine’s Practitioner Network and Ancestral Medicine staff. Sharing experiences, reflecting on practices, and making connections in this private online community can provide one form of support.
Please also consider reaching out to someone in the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network for one-on-one support and guidance. Most are available for private individualized sessions, and many are willing to provide low-cost sessions to support financial accessibility needs.
To the very best of our ability, yes. All Ancestral Medicine offerings seek to embody an anti-racist, feminist, LGBTQ-celebrating, decolonizing and Earth-honoring ethic. They are also class-aware and internationally conscious. We offer a heartfelt, non-dogmatic approach that seeks to honor each participant’s unique life experiences and ancestral storylines. Resources included with each lesson favor ancestrally and geographically diverse voices, and the online Community Forum includes BIPOC and LGBTQ-only discussion spaces.
All of our lesson videos have closed captioning, as well as a full transcript and additional downloadable audio-only versions. If you have needs not met here, please feel free to reach out to us with suggestions at info@ancestralmedicine.org.
We’d be happy to help with additional questions. Reach out to info@ancestralmedicine.org and someone from our team will be in touch, usually within one or two business days.
