By Palak Bhatt, Reiki Master | Mindfulness Coach | Founder of Midas Touch
There’s a quiet truth I’ve come to understand in my years of healing work you’re not just living your life, you’re reliving patterns.
The way you brush your hair, talk to your child, feel about money, or even how you react to love… these aren’t all just “your” behaviors. They are often echoes of your ancestors, unconscious imprints passed down through generations.
Sometimes the weight you carry isn’t entirely yours.
It belongs to a mother who wasn’t allowed to rest.
A grandfather who never felt safe.
A lineage that survived but not healed.
But here’s the good news:
You don’t need a ceremonial fire or an elaborate ritual to begin ancestral healing. You can start… in your daily routine.
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Repetitive Habits = Repetitive Wounds
Did you know that trauma can pass through genetic memory? According to studies in epigenetics, our genes carry emotional responses. A 2014 study published in Nature Neuroscience revealed that mice who were conditioned to fear a scent passed that fear down to their children and grandchildren, even though the offspring had never smelled it before.
Now think of this in human terms.
A fear of poverty.
An inability to express love.
Hyper-independence.
That constant “need to prove” yourself.
Often, these aren’t just personality traits they are ancestral coping mechanisms still running in your system.
Where Healing Begins: Your Routine
One of my clients, a woman named Aanya, always cleaned obsessively in the mornings. Not because she enjoyed it but because she felt “something bad will happen” if things are out of place. In our healing session, we traced it back to her grandmother, who survived Partition and kept everything spotless as a way to stay safe in chaos.
By bringing awareness into her morning routine lighting incense, playing soft music, and saying “My home is safe. I am safe.” the cleaning became conscious. Sacred. Healing.\She wasn’t just scrubbing surfaces.
She was releasing fear stored across generations.
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My Personal Practice
Growing up, I saw the women in my family serve everyone before themselves. Food on the table, house in order only then did they rest. I unconsciously followed the same pattern for years even while running my healing business. Until one morning, I simply poured myself a cup of tea before anyone else’s. I sat. I sipped. I breathed. And I cried.
It felt rebellious.
It also felt like liberation.
I wasn’t being selfish. I was breaking a karmic loop.
Voices of the World
“We carry the dreams of those who came before us and the healing they never had.”
— Dr. Thema Bryant
“Healing yourself is connected with healing others.”
— Yoko Ono
“When you heal a wound in yourself, you heal it for your entire bloodline.”
— Dr. Joe Dispenza
Even Oprah once shared how she realized her “no time to rest” mindset was inherited from generations of women who weren’t allowed softness. Now she practices morning silence and radical self-care not just for herself, but for her ancestral line.
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How to Turn Your Daily Routine Into a Healing Practice
You don’t need incense or therapy sessions to start. Just intention and awareness.
Try these:
Morning Tea Ritual
Before checking your phone, hold your tea with both hands. Whisper:
“I choose peace, not pressure. I give myself what my ancestors couldn’t.”
Food Prep With Healing Energy
While chopping vegetables or cooking, say:
“With every meal, I nourish generations before and after me.”
Mirror Work
Look at yourself in the mirror. Hold your heart. Say:
“You are loved. You are free. You don’t have to carry it all anymore.”
Rewrite One Habit
Pick one habit you do out of fear (e.g., overworking, people-pleasing, hoarding, neglecting rest). Pause. Reflect on where it comes from. Then shift it with love.
Wellness Tip of the Month
The moment you choose consciousness over compulsion you begin to heal your lineage.
You’re not just living for yourself. You are rewriting memory.
You are re-rooting your family tree in love, not fear.
Love & Light
Palak Bhatt
Mindfulness Coach & Reiki Master
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