Ancestral healing practitioners prioritize personal well-being in ways that enable them to effectively serve others. This includes being able to ask for and to receive support.

Ancestral healing practitioners sustain active and generative relationships with their ancestors and seek to embody the principles of ancestral and family healing.

Ancestral healing practitioners model cultural self-responsibility, fairness, and respect and do not discriminate with regard to ethnicity, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical ability, nationality, immigration status, or socioeconomic background.

Ancestral healing practitioners commit to proactive communication, personal responsibility and regard for impact when navigating relational and structural power differentials with clients, students, practitioners, and colleagues.

Ancestral healing practitioners maintain and affirm healthy boundaries and practice active consent in sessions and teachings and in discerning when, how, and with whom to offer their services.

Ancestral healing practitioners encourage others to relate directly with their supportive ancestors and cultures of origin.

Ancestral healing practitioners commit to a path of life-long learning and professional growth.

Ancestral healing practitioners practice respect both for diverse types of human ancestors as well as other-than-human kin, seen and unseen, terrestrial and beyond.