Katarzyna, ‘Tree of Lilie’, Shamanic Workshop – Work with Ancestors, July 2025

The “Tree of Life” was the most beautiful and powerful workshop I’ve ever attended. Even as I drove there, I felt something very important was happening. Completely undefined. But very important. Despite the fear and resistance, which appeared stronger than ever before. And since I had learned to read these resistance deceptions, I was even more determined to get there.
Contact with my Ancestors, contact with my roots, was a return to myself.
Without the shaming and masks I’d chosen throughout my life.
How I wanted to present myself to family and friends. How I wanted to appear in their eyes. What image of myself I wanted to present and what the world seemed like to me. Step by step, the masks fell off, or I consciously took them off, because I felt that this wasn’t mine – this wasn’t my real self, but an imagined one.
With each step I delved deeper and opened myself to my Ancestors, recognizing their lives and stories, I became more myself. I stood up for life. I love the song “Kąpiel” by Paprodziad. I’ve known it for a long time, but after returning home, when I was listening to it, I suddenly started to really HEAR it. I wanted to paste a snippet of the lyrics here, but every word is golden, so I’ll just recommend listening 🙂

And just like a strong tree is nourished by strong roots, it occurred to me that with the recognition and acceptance of the lives of those who came before me and sent that spark into the world so that I too could be born, comes the acceptance of all the gifts, wisdom, and love that flows. Like the nourishing sap flowing from the roots upwards, towards the trunk and leaves.
They are real and waiting for us with open arms. I believed.

I accepted their full color with respect and became stronger than ever. And whole. Full of myself and full of life and joy.
I learned what faith, trust, and letting go of judgment truly are. As a bonus, I also gained self-confidence, strong legs, physically strong. And the truth of who I am. Without masks.
The roots and the tree cannot exist without each other. It’s not even a mission. It’s Life TO THE FULL.
By accepting them, I truly accepted myself.

Let us remember them. Let us speak. Let us remember. Let us honor their lives. Whoever they were.
I remember, I speak, I bow to them. All of them.
For myself, for them, for the world.
And now Life tastes sweeter, clearer, and deeper. Reality has gained a completely different dimension, which I now observe with fascination and curiosity. 🙂

With a dancing, joyful leap, and a candle in my hand, I release it into the world: you are not alone 🙂

With greetings and a bow!
Katarzyna ❤️