Why Your Spiritual Practice Needs Ancestor Work

Why Your Spiritual Practice Needs Ancestor Work

In this episode I share the story of the ancestor who started it all. During a meditation focused on finding the roots of my family's money patterns, an ancestor from my father's side showed up. What happened to him changed everything for our family's relationship with money and explained patterns I had been living out my entire life without understanding why. This is the story behind the feast-or-famine cycle. The weekend shopping sprees. The beautiful homes we couldn't sustain. The entrepreneurship roller coaster. All of it was rooted in what was taken from our family. In this episode: The ancestor whose experience shaped our family's money patterns for generations How land, loss, and survival trauma get passed down through the bloodline Why your money patterns aren't character flaws, they're nervous system adaptations How understanding where your patterns started is the first step to healing them This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Mexico is Feminine, Abundant and Expansive

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] My first international brand trip in 8 years and it wasn't a press trip at all, it was more like a retreat with deep medicine I never saw coming. Santu Beauty flew me to Guerrero, Mexico for four magical days. I got to experience a temazcal ceremony, thermal springs, a Mexican scrub massage and intentional dinners in community. I'm Ada Rojas — herbalist, Reiki practitioner and former beauty founder. I've been on the internet making content since 2009. I know what a brand trip is supposed to feel like, but this was something else entirely. This episode is in two parts. Part one — free for everyone. I walk you through every day of the trip. Where we went, what we did, what Guerrero actually looks like and feels like. Consider it your invitation. Part two — for Cozy Bruja members. This is where I get personal. What each experience stirred in me. If you've been following along, you already know this trip connects to something bigger. That story lives in my next post about this trip. For now — come to Guerrero with me.

I'm Not Cutting Off My Mom

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7] In this episode I'm sharing a reflection on my recent visit with my mom and the complex layers of love, grief, and healing that came up for me afterward. It's a tender and personal moment I felt called to share on behalf of every daughter who has ever felt the weight of outgrowing the woman who raised her while still loving her deeply. The first five minutes are available for everyone. The full episode is for subscribers. WANT TO GO DEEPER? The full written version of this reflection is also available exclusively for paid subscribers including the doctor's note she kept all these years, and everything I couldn't quite say out loud.THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF: - You love someone whose pain lives beyond what healing work can fully reach - You feel guilty for growing while someone you love stays the same - You're navigating the tension between your healing and your loyalty to where you came fromJOIN COZY BRUJA If this resonated with you, these are the kind of topics we discuss in depth inside Cozy Bruja aka my Substack subscription. Join us! https://allthingsada.substack.com/ [https://allthingsada.substack.com/]

Ep. 1: The Birth of Innovation

In this episode: - What spirit was actually calling me toward when I stepped away from social media in 2023 - Why true innovation requires psychological safety — and how I had to build that foundation inside myself first - What bruja actually means and why reclaiming it is an act of ancestral return - Why cozy is not a trend but the condition that makes depth possible - The Aries / Leo / Libra through-line that is the map of this entire body of work - Pluto in Scorpio, Jupiter in Cancer — why Cozy Bruja is my literal birthchart - Who this podcast is for — and an honest word for those who don't share my racial or cultural background - How this Substack is structured and why the paid membership now exists Mentioned in this episode My 2023 farewell video [https://www.instagram.com/p/CzC0fQOrp17/] — the intro you heard at the top @AstroCodeFairy [https://www.instagram.com/astrocodefairy/]on Instagram — her breakdown of the difference between fires signs (specifically Aries and Leo energy) was too good @theFlowerChildBruja [https://www.instagram.com/theflowerchildbruja/]on Instagram - spiritual properties of dill Music: Toribio (Conclave) - Habla https://open.spotify.com/track/4meUQXUhGAATMhvNgCLDS5 [https://open.spotify.com/track/4meUQXUhGAATMhvNgCLDS5] The Cozy Bruja Podcast on Substack — https://allthingsada.substack.com/podcast [https://allthingsada.substack.com/podcast] Work with Ada ✨ Reiki Sessions (distance) — https://calendly.com/adarojas [https://calendly.com/adarojas] 💌 Paid Membership ($11/month) — community readings, honest essays, the living room conversation — https://allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web] Find Ada Substack → https://allthingsada.substack.com [https://allthingsada.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web] Instagram → @allthingsada [https://www.instagram.com/allthingsada/] Your soul was born with a map. This is where you remember how to read it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Not a Conversation. A Portal.

I am so incredibly grateful for this beautiful and reflective conversation with The Hungry Medium [https://substack.com/profile/58864552-the-hungry-medium] and I hope you find the same depth, joy, and magic in it that I did. We didn’t plan anything other than the date and time to chat. Freestyle’d the whole thing and it became a portal. Kat read my Chiron in Cancer live on air and what she read matched word for word what my great-grandmother had told me in spirit. I literally can’t make this up and I don’t know how to explain that except to say the ancestors were loud in the room. We talked about my ancestor work with my father and what happened when I went to DR to relocate him to new ground after a tree uprooted his grave. [https://allthingsada.substack.com/p/new-soil-new-timelines-creating-legacy] We talked about death cycles and why I had to stop pouring into my community so I could fully pour my energy into myself and birth my a new me. We talked about surrender. About how just when you think you’ve surrendered, you have to surrender even more. About what it cost me to finally stop running and just be still. We talked about Sala Sessions. How a morning ritual between me and my love became something we felt called to share with the world. And Kat shared what she’s been called into this year. A a road show of healing and connecting with her community IRL. I love this for her and I love this for us! If you’re not following her, get on it. Check out all of her incredible work right here on Substack, especially her Chiron astrology as a healing framework. [https://thehungrymedium.substack.com/s/the-chironista] This conversation is two hours long and I promise you its going to feel short. Press play and let me know what resonated with you the most in the comments. The Cozy Bruja Podcast officially launches on March 20th. This conversation is the door. Love, Ada This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe [https://allthingsada.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]