Honor your maternal lineage
A guided meditation, based on Daniela Giraldo's work, to recognize, honor and give thanks to the women who came before you: your mother, your grandmother, your great-grandmother.
Find a quiet place. Take a slow breath. Read it gently, at your own pace.
Close your eyes. Rest your hands on your legs. Feel your breath.
Behind you, in silence, stands a long line of women. Your mother, first. Behind her, your grandmother. Behind her, your great-grandmother. And further back, the ones you can't even name.
You don't have to do anything. Just let them be. Just allow them their place.
They are watching you. They carried what they could. What they couldn't, reached you. It is not your fault, nor theirs.
Today you acknowledge them. Today you let them stand behind you, holding you. Not in front of you, not above you. Behind you. In their place.
And you, in yours. Forward. Alive. Continuing what they could not.
Read it slowly, at your own pace. Let each line settle before moving to the next.
Start with the Offering to the Lineage
It is a visual tool that complements this meditation. You write the names of your mother, your grandmother, and your great-grandmother, and receive an image to keep or share.
Make the Offering