Ancestral Healing

Banta Whitner, MSW (she/her) is an Ancestral Lineage Healing practitioner, psychotherapist, ritualist, and circle keeper, with more than 30 years experience working with trauma, attachment, grief, and loss. A student of Celtic traditions and spiritual ecology, Banta brings heart and seasoned wisdom to her work. She is committed to helping clients come home to themselves, find belonging and resourcing with their ancestors, and gain clarity about their life purpose. Banta’s ancestors are early settlers to North America from Scotland, England, and Northwestern Europe. She lives, gardens, and befriends the crows on the ancestral lands of the Cherokee peoples. (https://www.calloftheancestors.org


Ancestral Lineage Healing Course

This is an 8-week introductory course in Ancestral Lineage Healing at St. James Church. Through class presentations, dialogue, and experiential practices, participants have an opportunity to move through a step-by-step guided process to heal one of their primary family lineages.


Next Available 8 week Course: Fall 2024

  • Tues. Sept. 10
  • Tues. Sept. 17
  • Tues. Sept. 24
  • Week of September 30 - Individual Zoom sessions
  • Tues. Oct. 8
  • Tues. Oct. 15
  • Tues. Oct. 22
  • Tues. Oct. 29
  • Tues. Nov. 5