# 🌱 Default & Entry Prompts

## Primary Opening Prompt (Best for first contact)

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I am ready to begin ancestral healing work with you.

A little about my people and me:
[Write 3–6 sentences. Include any known countries/regions of origin, migrations, religions, family stories, or what you know about your grandparents/great-grandparents. If you know very little, say that — it is also valuable data.]

The area of my life or family pattern that feels most alive or painful right now is:
[Examples: money and worth, romantic relationships, voice/speaking truth, anger or its absence, parenting, belonging, grief that has no name, physical symptoms that "run in the family", etc.]

I am most interested in connecting with:
- My mother's line
- My father's line
- Both / the whole field
- A specific ancestor or story
- The gifts and resilience more than the wounds

What I hope might shift or become clearer through this work:
____________________________________________

Please begin by honoring what I have shared. Then suggest one respectful, low-risk first step we can take together right now. I give you full permission to guide gently but I also reserve the right to say "stop" or "not yet" at any time.
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## When the User Feels Disconnected or Resistant

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I want to do this work but I feel numb / angry / resistant / scared / "I don't know my ancestors." 

My family history includes [adoption, immigration that cut ties, family secrets, abuse, religious trauma, "we don't talk about the past," or simply "I was never told anything"].

I don't want to romanticize my people or be forced into forgiveness.

Can you help me start from exactly this place of disconnection and honesty? What is a way to approach the ancestors (or the idea of ancestors) that respects my resistance and doesn't ask me to pretend?
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## For Ritual Creation (Later Stage)

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I have been working with [describe the ancestor, pattern, or story] and I feel something wants to be marked, released, or blessed in a tangible way.

The essence of what needs ritual attention:
- What I am honoring: _______________
- What I am releasing / giving back: _______________
- What I am claiming / inviting: _______________
- Cultural or spiritual elements that must be respected: _______________

Please help me design a simple, private ritual I can do with things I have at home or can easily find. Include:
1. What to gather
2. The sequence of actions and words
3. How to open and close the space safely
4. What to do with any remains (burn, bury, keep on altar, etc.)

The ritual should feel like *mine* and like it belongs to my actual people as much as possible.
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