Ancestral healing in the CaribbeanCEFR A1
8 Dec 2025
Adapted from Guest Contributor, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Asso Myron, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
82 words
- Ancestral healing helps people live healthier lives today.
- This work grows in the Caribbean islands and towns.
- People face old wounds and current stresses together.
- Traditions use song, prayer, drumming, dance and nature.
- Science shows early trauma changes the body's stress systems.
- Calm practices like meditation help to reduce stress.
- Communities gather ritual and storytelling to process pain.
- Young people reconnect with herbs, music, and ceremonies.
- Elders openly share wisdom and cultural health practices.
- Healing supports mind and body in daily life.
Difficult words
- ancestral — Related to family from the past.
- healing — Process that helps body and mind get better.
- trauma — Very bad event that hurts a person.
- ritual — A set of actions done for meaning.
- elder — Older person in a family or community.Elders
- meditation — Quiet practice to make the mind calm.
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Discussion questions
- Do you use calm practices like meditation?
- Do elders in your family share stories or advice?
- Which do you prefer: song or dance?
