Judy Atkinson speaks a truth that reframes how we understand trauma and healing. Emeritus Professor Atkinson,a proud Jiman, Bundjalung, Anglo-Celtic, and German woman, reminds us that if the trauma lives within you, so too does the key to healing. She shares that trauma is not only something that happens to us; it is something the body holds across generations. And because it is held within, it can also be met within,through ceremony, through story, through returning to the songlines that reconnect body, land, and spirit. Ceremony, she explains, creates the conditions where the nervous system can soften, memory can move, and healing can begin. In the context of colonization and its ongoing impacts, her words land with deep clarity: healing does not come from outside fixes alone, but from restoring relationship to culture, to Country, and to the inner knowing that has never been lost. Judy’s voice carries decades of scholarship, lived experience, and ceremonial wisdom,gu iding us toward a truth that is both tender and radical: what was wounded can also become the site of repair. ✨ Experience this teaching in In the Circle of Life Join us for the Virtual Film Premiere + 5-Day Online Gathering with Wisdom Keepers from the film 🗓️ January 20–24, 2026 🎬 Register to watch the film and join the gathering Link in bio and theeternalsong.org/Circle/ #InTheCircleOfLife #JudyAtkinson #TraumaTrails #CeremonyAsMedicine #IntergenerationalHealing #Songlines #AboriginalWisdom #CollectiveHealing #FilmPremiere #tes