How traumatic experiences of ancestors can affect the life of their offspring?

Every day I discover an interesting article about epigenetics, or how traumatic experiences of ancestors can affect the life of their offspring. These scientific foundations can not only serve as an understanding of what we are trying to do in family constellations, but will also help you understand why this is the case, whether it can be changed or how it can be worked on.

I have been following Dr. Rachel Yehuda, since I discovered a magic of family constellation, because I always wanted to know how trauma can be transmitted to another generations. Science of epigenetics had that answer for me. She’s a pioneer in understanding how environmental and behavioral experiences can transmit effects at a cellular level and across generations.

Rachel Yehuda, PhD. *Photo: LinkedIn

Dr Rachel Yehuda is a professor of psychiatry and neuroscience and the director of the Traumatic Stress Studies Division at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. You can listen this very interesting interview with her on podcast On Being with Krista Tippett.

Alexandra Alexander

Source: Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations | The On Being Project