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In 2020, when I learned that Ahmaud Arbery was born on Mother's Day and what would have been his 26th birthday also landed on Mother's Day I wrote this prayer. It broke me to realize that instead of celebrating this special day with his family Ahmaud was brutally murdered in a act of senseless racism.
I also recognize that later on this month will mark the two year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd who's last words were calling for his deceased mother. I've also added his mother's name and that of Ma'Khia Bryant to the prayer.
This Mother's Day please join me in praying for Black mothers, the ones who are named here and the ones who's names we'll never know.
I pray for the day where the humanity of Black mothers and our children are cherished.
A PRAYER FOR BLACK MOTHERS
Today…
We pray for Wanda Jones, Ahmaud Arbery’s mother.
We pray for Allison Jean, Botham Jean’s mother.
We pray for Charmaine Edwards, Jordan Edwards’ mother.
We pray for Dominika Stanley, Aiyana Stanley Jones’ mother.
We pray for Geneva Reed-Veal, Sandra Bland’s mother.
We pray for Georgia Ferrell, Jonathan Ferrell’s mother.
We pray for Gwen Carr, Eric Garner’s mother.
We pray for Lesley McSpadden, Mike Brown’s mother.
We pray for Lucy McBath, Jordan Davis’ mother.
We pray for Maria Hamilton, Dontre Hamilton’s mother.
We pray for Kadiatou Diallo, Amadou Diallo’s mother.
We pray for Monica McBride, Renisha McBride’s mother.
We pray for Samaria Rice, Tamir Rice’s mother.
We pray for Se'Quette Clark, Stephon Clark’s mother.
We pray for Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother.
We pray for Valerie Bell, Sean Bell’s mother.
We pray for Valerie Castile, Philando Castile’s mother.
We pray Yolanda Carr, Atatiana Jefferson’s mother.
We pray for Larcenia Floyd, George Floyd’s mother.
We pray Paula Bryant, Ma’Khia Bryant’s mother.
We pray for all the Black mothers who have lost children to hatred.
We pray for Black mothers who’s hearts are weary, who are tired, who are afraid, who are grieving and who need comfort now. (Continued in the comments)⬇️
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We live in an age of disconnection and disassociation. Through violence, dominant colonial culture has severed our connection to ourselves, one another and to our earth. And yet, this connection is essential to all of life.
CEREMONY is where we cultivate a culture of devotion. We surrender to the sacred and remember who we are. We’ll meet during seasonal portals to honor and mark our individual and collective thresholds.
Our upcoming CEREMONY happens in honor of the Spring Equinox, a time for rebirth like the phoenix rising out of the ashes. A time to plant the seeds that you'll nurture pray to harvest.
During Ceremony we’ll use tools such as breath, guided journeys, journaling, somatics, ritual to come home to our essential selves. Every Ceremony experience is unique and what arises is guided by Spirit and the medicine for sacred moment.
This is a space to explore the landscape of your soul, to release stuck energy and access your wholeness and radiance.
CEREMONY is for self-identified BIPOC women and femmes.
When: March 21, 2022
Time: 8pm-10pm EDT
When you sign-up your ticket is good for you + those you invite to join you at your physical location (your home/office/community center/park). That means you can invite one friend or many more to join you in-person, it's totally up to you! I know, it's pretty amazing! I can't wait to be together for our global ceremony!
Link to join @embodiedblackgirl www.embodiedblackgirl.com/offerings 🌺🌱🌺
Now more than ever, as Black, Indigenous, Women and Femmes of Color we need to be held in a constellation of care. We need deep nourishment. We need to heal in ways that honor our lived experiences.
I've been dreaming of creating a space where we can spiral deeper surrounded by immense beauty while being deeply supported.
Today, I'm over the moon to invite you to our intimate retreat taking place this fall in breathtakingly beautiful Tulum, Mexico.
✨This retreat is an invitation to decolonize your healing.
✨This retreat is an invitation to deepen your leadership.
✨This retreat is an invitation to embody your infinite worth and surrender to your blessings.
This is about...
🌱Rooted visioning.
🌍Expansive dreaming.
🐆Embodied aliveness.
🌺Wild devotion.
And you're invited! It’s happening
October 14th - October 19th
You'll spend 6 glorious days nestled between the Caribbean Ocean and the rainforest unmapping from interpersonal, cultural and colonial wounds and rooting to your most expansive expression of life and leadership.
Your registration includes eco-chic accommodations, delicious farm-to-table meals, daily movement/yoga class, amazing adventures, alchemizing workshops and masterminding, and unforgettable memories! There will also be time for rest and integration including a post-retreat integration call. We'll be doing all of this with deep reverence and devotion to the people and the land. All you have to do is get there, we'll take care of the rest. :)
Thru March 31st you'll also receive $500 off when you enter the code "EBGCIRCLE" on the registration form.
It's going to be a magical and radical self-healing adventure in paradise.
Will you join us?
p.s. we would also like to make this experience accessible to our community. So if you’re able to donate to broaden access please do. Link to support in bio. Please note “retreat” on your contribution.
#linkinbio @embodiedblackgirl www.embodiedblackgirl.com #tulum #embodiedblackgirl
Women’s history is world history! All the stars aligned and today the brand new @embodiedblackgirl website is live! Grab a cup of tea and check it out and be sure to join our global village! When you do you’ll also receive a beautiful practice. Happy International Women’s Day! #linkinbio @embodiedblackgirl www.embodiedblackgirl.com #internationalwomensday #embodiedblackgirl
Today is a portal! It also marks the two year anniversary of our very first annual Global Healing Day! 🎉 This gathering has reached thousands of people in our community and I’m so grateful and honored that this work can be of service! 🙏🏾🖤 We have some amazing things in store so stay tuned. 😘🦋I pray today’s portal opens greater healing and joy for you and your beloveds. #happyanniversary #22222
During today’s Reclaiming Black Joy gathering this gem arose…
Black joy is a mycelium network. 🖤🖤🖤 We each have the ancestral technology within us to tap into it because we are it. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾#happyblackhistorymonth #happyblackfuturemonth #embodiedblackgirl #theresecator
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✨EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
In early January, I led Decolonial Visioning, a workshop to dream into and map out 2022 and it was so beautiful. What emerged from that community space brought so much clarity for many (thank you for the love notes 💖) and it also further crystalized the work I'm meant to bring forth this year.
For the past 4+ years, I've gone deep in my studies around trauma, attachment and the nervous system through a number mentorships and trainings. All of this has deeply informed the work I facilitate and my own healing.
So when I was invited to take part of the first BIPOC cohort of Somatic Experiencing @somaticexperiencingint led by a Black woman elder, it was an immediate heck yes for me!
Sharing space with other BIPOC practitioners from nearly every continent who are also dedicated to bringing healing and bridging the gap of mental health and wellness access in their communities globally has given me so much hope and lit a fire! 🔥🔥🔥
Being among them has been a reclamation of the intelligence and wisdom of our ancestors. Although much was severed and lost due to colonialism, racialized and gendered capitalism and imperialism the medicine lives in our cells and now we get to bring it home.
I know our ancestors conspired for this moment! I’m honored and humbled.
I've already been seeding powerful trauma resolution and resilience work in the spaces I hold and it's been transformative to witness.
All I can say is the goodness is already here. ✨✨✨
This month, I'm hosting two live gatherings in honor of Black History Month to weave deeper healing within the Black community and embodied racial justice into the world. Breathwork and Somatics to Heal Your Heart (open to Black folks) and Breathwork and Somatics for Racial Justice (open to all). I’m honored to continue the work of those who’ve come before me and I’m so excited to gather. 💜
To join us link in bio @theresecator or @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl #theresecator
We’re hosting 2 beautiful live gatherings in February in honor of Black History Month! 🙌🏾 Check out the previous post to view our other gathering or visit www.embodiedblackgirl.com ✨
Over the past few years more and more folks have been asking themselves: How do we create a more just and equitable world?
After leading conversations around this topic for now thousands of folks of all backgrounds I can share the work begins in our bodies and it also can’t happen in silos.
Breathwork and Somatics for Racial Justice will explore this how to deepen the work of racial justice through our bodies and through our actions. The gathering will center the lived experiences of BIPOC and will be an opportunity for those in attendance to do the work to expand their resilience so they can show up in more meaningful ways in the spaces they occupy.
You'll be invited to trust in the medicine of your breath and body to unmap from the ways you've supported and have shaped by systems of domination.
This gathering is open to all. ✨
To join us link in bio @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl #blackhistorymonth
Happy Black History Month!!! 🖤
In honor of Black history there will be two gatherings this month! (The next one will be posted soon or can be found on embodiedblackgirl.com)
The last time I led this gathering it was at a beautiful space in Brooklyn with about 40 folks in attendance. It was a magical evening and I'm thrilled to be offering it virtually for the first time and weaving in somatic practices in service of deeply healing your heart.
Living in a culture that discards racialized folks our hearts can carry an unimaginable amounts of grief both conscious and unconscious. That along with all the heartbreaks we experience we can feel the loss of belonging, of home, of family and so much more.
And yet our hearts are abloom with wisdom and healing.
Oftentimes, to access the wisdom within our hearts we must be able to be with and tend to our grief. As we do, it creates an opening to more possibility.
Breathwork and Somatics to Heal Your Heart is an invitation to be with the wisdom of your heart and trust in the medicine of your breath and body to hold the parts of you that are longing for your care.
This gathering is for self-identified Black folks: women and femmes, gender non-conforming and non-binary people.
Sunday, February 20th | 3pm est
Link to join in bio @embodiedblackgirl 🖤 #embodiedblackgirl
I have an invitation for all of us in 2022...
If we're going to strive towards one thing, let's strive towards and lean into unproductivity.
Recently, Essence (yes, Essence y'all! I’m incredibly honored + it’s a dream come true!) reached out to me to speak about how we can approach 2022 in a more holistic way, so we can heal deeply and share our unique medicine and gifts and what I shared was the direct opposite to most of the advice out there.
If you've been around here for a minute you'll know that I don't buy into pushing through and hustling harder.
Western culture has pushed us to believe that most of us what matters in our lives should be viewed from a cognitive perspective, but really, it’s all about our spirit and what aligns with our inner selves.
Unproductivity speaks to attuning to our bodies, our environment, and the inner workings of our lives to orient us towards our next steps.
This Sunday, I'm hosting Decolonial Visioning a 2022 planning workshop, and it's unlike any planning workshop you've ever attended. This is how we'll be leaning into unproductivity...
🦋We'll use meditation to connect to your innate wisdom and call forth your deepest vision for yourself, your people and our world
🦋We'll practice breathwork as a way to clear the cobwebs standing in the way of greater alignment (this is powerful and activating)
🦋We'll attune to finding our unique rhythm so we release FOMO and can stand into our own power
🦋And finally we'll bring it all together and map out 2022 intuitively in real time
(This workshop is open to ALL and if you're unable to join us live, you can still register to receive the recording)
I know the power of creating our year from a space of intention and intuition. I also know the power of doing this work in community.
What I know to be deeply true...
Our visions are our prayers for the future we seek to build. And together we can birth beautiful decolonial visions.
Please join us at www.DecolonialVisioning.com
If you feel called, I look forward to doing this work together. To read the Essence interview and join us this SUNDAY link in bio @embodiedblackgirl 💜
Thank you @essence + @jasminebrowley
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I had the honor to be interviewed for @jezebel by @kyliecheung15 who wrote such a powerful piece about the commodification of the wellness industry.
Many of us are in full holiday mode right now and as we try to find last minute gifts and deals there are many brands who prey and package our pain into products.
And so many people fall for it because deep down it’s about fitting into dominant culture ideals and climbing the hierarchy of supremacy. But the truth is everyone falls short eventually.
Our work is about untethering from colonial and cultural conditioning, unmapping our bodies from supremacy and intergenerational pain. As we do we unearth our deepest gifts and our medicine weaves the new world. A big part of this work is having these conversations.
Thank you Kylie and Jezebel for having me. Please read + share. Link in bio @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl #jezebel #theresecator
Happy Winter Solstice!
The topic of sensuality and sexuality is taboo and even more so for Black women and femmes however, reclaiming our sensuality is integral to embodied healing.
I invited Sexuality Doula®, Ev'Yan Whitney @evyan.whitney because I knew they could guide us through the this conversation of coming home to our sensual selves with depth.
I've been following Ev'Yan's work for a hot minute and I really love how they unapologetically center pleasure.
In this episode, we discuss…
✨The role of self-responsibility in pleasure
✨The key distinctions between sensuality and sexuality
✨Why it's important for Black folks to move beyond our collective pain
✨Ev'yan also shares their experience of coming out as both non-binary and being on the ACE spectrum
If you want to reclaim your most sensual self then this conversation is well worth the listen.
Also, during this episode, I announce the podcast's first giveaway! Listen and find out how to win a copy of Ev'Yan's new book + a ticket my Decolonial Visioning 2022 workshop!✨
Tune in on your favorite podcast app. Link in bio @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl #evyanwhitney #theresecator
As we begin a new year, many of us want to use this portal as an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start anew.
Yet, just beneath the veil of excitement many of us are feeling completely overwhelmed by our day-to-day, concerned about the state (and fate) of our world and pressured to get it right in our lives, relationships and work.
And it's understandable.
We've had to re-evaluate and re-examine everything.
And while we may be tempted to reach for the shinier brighter image of the future and turn away from the present-day oppressive structures, we're being invited to hold the complexities and paradoxes of our time.
As we welcome 2022, let’s decolonize the way we dream and defy the ideals of the status quo. Let’s step out of the patriarchal matrix of supremacy and birth decolonial realities that dismantle dystopian futures.
🙅🏾♀️Let’s say no more to the tired resolutions that are fixated on toxic over consumption and extraction.
🙅🏾♀️Let’s say no more to keeping our gifts and medicine tucked away.
🙅🏾♀️Let’s say no more to aligning with capitalistic values that keep us hustling, spinning and striving towards unrealistic dominant culture ideals.
This year let’s choose differently…
✨Let’s center s p a c i o u s n e s s, deep nourishment and rest.
✨Let’s center right action, flow and deepening our impact
✨Let’s center the kind of hope that catapults us towards justice, liberation and dignity for all beings.
Please join me for Decolonial Visioning a live workshop where you’ll design and dream into 2022 with intention and intuition in community.
During our live workshop you’ll:
🌀Connect to your innate wisdom and call forth your deepest vision for yourself, your people and our world
🌀Learn my method and go-to tools for mapping out 2022 year intuitively
🌀Attune to your unique rhythm in a way that centers pleasure and play while continuing to make moves in your work in the world
🌀Participate in a breathwork practice for clearing and alignment
Jan. 9th
11am EDT
$67 (25 sliding scale tix avail to BIPOC experiencing financial hardship)
Join us at:
www.DecolonialVisioning.com 🔗 @embodiedblackgirl
bell hooks left us the blueprint. Here’s a small compilation of her legacy. May this serve as a healing balm and may we find the courage to embody these principles for liberation. 🖤 #bellhooks #embodiedblackgirl
I’m shocked and deeply sad to hear of the passing of bell hooks. We now have a powerful ancestor. Thank you for fiercely loving Black folks, for speaking the truth and for leaving us with a blueprint for our liberation. Rest in eternal power. #bellhooks
Resilience can be a triggering word and yet, so much of the work I facilitate is rooted in expanding our embodied resilience.
When I got the opportunity to do an in-depth interview with for Authority Magazine with Savio C. Clemente I jumped at the opportunity to explore how we can rise in resilience especially during these turbulent times.
The reality is that the word resilience has been weaponized and this is an opportunity to unpack, dismantle and reclaim resilience as a liberatory practice. Link in bio to read @theresecator #embodiedblackgirl #theresecator #authoritymagazine
What I know deep down in my bones…
Community is the antithesis to the colonial capitalist patriarchy.
Community is the antidote. Community is the medicine. 💜 #embodiedblackgirl
We got word that the @embodiedblackgirl podcast made the top 50 list of podcasts in South Africa, the top 150 list in the US and Canada. And top 250 list in Ireland all in the category of Mental Health. I was a bit floored because we’re just a few episodes in!
Thank you to our luminous guests who’ve shared their wisdom @decolonizingtherapy @leesareneehall and @sonyareneetaylor 💜💜💜
I’ve received so many messages from folks who were genuinely touched by each one of you! Thank you!!!
Thank you to @beautifulchorus for the gorgeous music!
Thank you to everyone who’s listened, left a review and shared about the podcast!!! You’ll be happy to know that a brand new episode is on the way! 💗💗💗
To tune in link in bio @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl
We’ve been celebrating this news since it was announced! This is Black liberation and decolonization in action! This is our ancestors wildest dreams realized! This is Spirit making a way out of no way! Congratulations to the people of Barbados!!! May all your next steps be guided and protected. 🎉🎉🎉
#embodiedblackgirl
Article: @nytimes
I had the absolute honor to be interviewed by Janice Gassam Asare @janicejnice for @forbes about how we can connect to our bodies to promote racial healing and it was such a beautiful conversation!
I'm deeply devoted to creating a culture that's rooted in justice, liberation and equity and to me that means decolonizing healing and leadership. As someone who holds space for the Black community, for communities of color and for mixed groups (where people of races, class, and backgrounds come together) I can share that there's individual work for of us to do and there's collective work for us to do together.
We can't heal if we don't address the elephant in the room. Our healing requires us to orient towards new furtures that I know we're capable of creating.
Our interconnectedness can no longer be denied or ignored because all of our lives depends on it. And it starts with our bodies.
This is our second Forbes feature this year and my prayer is that this work reaches those who need it most. If you enjoyed this article please share it with your community, this is for all of us. 💜
Read the article using the link bio @embodiedblackgirl #embodiedblackgirl
