The womb serves as a vessel for our ancestral lineage. For nine months, as babies, we reside in our mothers' womb. Our mothers and grandmothers have sat inside their mother’s womb for nine months, creating a physical line of transmission along the maternal line. In the womb, we are exposed to the emotional states of our mothers, their nervous systems, and the trauma imprints held in their connective tissues Both the pain of trauma and the profound love, power, and gifts of our ancestors can be passed from one generation of women to the next. Ancestral trauma may include experiences such as sexual abuse, loss of babies and children, childbirth trauma, economic or political instability, and poverty which can affect our sense of safety and create recurring patterns that keep repeating until we can bring healing into them.