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For my ancestors and for all cycle-breakers healing their lineages.

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

Part One. Fire: Sacred Initiation

Chapter 1. Self-Soothing

Chapter 2. Love as Vital Qi

Chapter 3. Inner Child Reunion

Part Two. Earth: The Foundation

Chapter 4. Connecting to the Earth

Chapter 5. Listening to the Messages of Your Body

Chapter 6. Weeding

Part Three. Metal: Alchemy

Chapter 7. The White Tiger of the West

Chapter 8. Through the Looking Glass

Chapter 9. Indwelling Divinity, Living Sunlight

Part Four. Water: Ancestral Inventory

Chapter 10. Future Ancestor

Chapter 11. The Dive

Chapter 12. The Release

Part Five. Wood: Love in Action

Chapter 13. Blood Healing

Chapter 14. Healing through Community

Chapter 15. Your Action Plan

Conclusion: What Is My Role?

Further Resources

References

Endnotes

Image Credits

Acknowledgments

About the Author