Over the years, we’ve had our fair share of haters. Just a few days ago, we received hate mail about DIASPORA DAY.

SO, TO THE HATERS…

✨I will never apologize for celebrating the brilliance and beauty of Black folks.

✨I will never stop conspiring for the liberation of our community.

✨We will have the audacity to dream our way free.

Always. Every. Single. Day.

TO ALL THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE HEALING AND LIBERATION OF OUR COMMUNITY…

September 22nd is our anniversary and to celebrate we’re hosting DIASPORA DAY a beautiful day-long gathering happening all online!

And today we just announced our amazing honored guests!

Join me along with…

⭐️L’Oreal Thompson Payton⋆ Award-winning Journalist + Author

⭐️Dr. Bayo Akomolafe⋆ International Speaker, Public Intellectual + two-time Author

⭐️Fiona Compton⋆ Photographer, filmmaker and historian, Founder of Know Your Caribbean

⭐️Riva Nyri Precil⋆ Singer, Songwriter + Author

⭐️Natalee Facey⋆ Resilience Coach, Embodiment Healing Guide + ReBirth Doula

You’ll be invited to an embodied space and state to activate our ancestral map within and build a culture of liberation.

We’re rooting to joy!
We’re rooting to liberation!
We’re rooting to remembrance!

ALL are welcome to attend!
Come celebrate with us!

🌺RSVP FOR FREE AT: www.DiasporaDay.com🌺

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We dare to dream new worlds and embody our ancestors wildest dreams.

As the world burns and systems of supremacy continue to create conditions that slaughter Black lives, stifle our creativity and steal our attention we are rooting to remembrance.

We remember our brilliance.
We remember our creativity.
We remember our joy.

And we’ll be doing just that on September 22nd DIASPORA DAY! This is our inaugural gathering to celebrate our anniversary and the beauty + brilliance of the African Diaspora!

All are invited to join us.
If you’ve been touched by our work, join us!
If you’ve supported our work, join us!
If you rock with us, we rock with you.

DIASPORA DAY is happening virtually and it’s completely free to attend live. It’s going to be beautiful!

👇🏾Type DIASPORA in the comments below to receive an automatic link in your DMs to join us for free. 💜

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✨ANNOUNCING: DIASPORA DAY — SEPT. 22nd✨

I`m so overjoyed to share that our inaugural DIASPORA DAY with you!!

Join us as we celebrate the beauty and brilliance of the African Diaspora!

DIASPORA DAY is an invitation to commune in an embodied space and state and activate our ancestral compass within and build a culture of liberation.

Together we`ll journey from the anthropocene to the "Afrocene" (hat tip Bayo Akomolafe) gathering medicine along the way.

​We have amazing honored guests joining us and we couldn’t be more excited and honored!!!

AND it’s also our anniversary and in honor of that occasion, we’re opening this gathering to ALL who support our work!!

In other words if you rock with us, we rock with you! So join us!!!

It`s going to be an absolutely beautiful day!

It`s happening online and 100% free to attend live.

​Will you join us?​

If so, link to register in our bio @embodiedblackgirl or visit DiasporaDay.com ❤️‍🔥

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A proclamation. An invitation.

Because I’ve seen and learned A LOT in the 15 years of deepening and making a living doing my Soul’s Work.

And I’ve learned…
Strategy without soul falls flat. Always.

And doing business differently is no longer an option it’s a necessity.

If you’ve been eyeing my Decolonial Leadership offering (or are hearing about it for the first time) 🤗 we begin soon!!

It’s a 5-month council + caucus to alchemize your sacred gifts and galvanize your deepest work and it’s beautiful.

This is one of the most expansive ways to work together.

Apply by Friday, September 1st and receive a sweet never offered before bonus — instead of an hour-long somatic coaching session you’ll receive a 90 minute immersive deep dive giving us space to explore more! And join by Friday to also have a say in when we gather as a circle too!

If you want to connect about it I have some space in the next day or two before we head to the woods for some end of summer restoration and fun! 💜

Link is you know where for all the details. And my dms are open!

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For many of us, our relationship with money is complex. The textures and nuances of those intricacies were further illuminated after we surveyed our community about their relationship with money.

If you`ve ever thought...

“I’m bad at money.”

“I’m scared to spend money.”

“I give a lot of money to friends and family, and rarely spend any on myself.”

“I don’t know where my money goes.”

Without a shadow of doubt, you are not alone.

In the spirit of transforming our financial stories and realities, I`m excited to share that we’ve joined forces with money coach and wealth manager Diana Yáñez, CFP®, RLP® for...

​MONEY ARCHETYPES​
a live 2-hour workshop for BIPOC women and femmes to release our outdated financial stories and embrace a more holistic relationship to money

During this community workshop you will…

🌿 Learn the 5 money archetypes, along with their unique gifts and challenges.

🌿 Expand your definition of money while having compassion for the areas where you need to upskill how you handle money.

🌿 Forgive, release, and replace outdated ways of being around money and how family history may have influenced this.

🌿 Ground in the outerworld of money (think budgeting, insurance, taxes, etc) and explore next steps.

You`ll do this work while also acknowledging that as BIPOC women and femmes there’s often an extra layer of “shoulds” from society, family, and even ourselves.

Please join us as we transform our financial stories and embrace thriving in all ways.

It`s happening next week and it`s offered at a sliding scale! (free for members of Circle of Reclamation)

Please join us!

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Before I begin my day, I start with prayer. In a space of surrender. In a space of listening. In a space of devotion.

As I welcome some brilliant women into Decolonial Leadership on this portal day of 8.8 these are the prayers I’m saying for them and for us all.

🙏🏿May we reclaim our ancestral gifts, dream beyond colonial paradigms and unbind from all forms of oppression.

🙏🏿May we create ecosystems and economies of care that restore us all.

🙏🏿May our presence sow the seeds of intergenerational healing and may our future ancestors feast on the sweetest fruit.

🙏🏿May we be abundantly resourced spiritually, emotionally and financially for the sacred medicine we offer.

🙏🏿May the shackles of the colonial-patriarchy be permanently severed and may we be free.

🙏🏿May the colonial poisons of comparison and competition be alchemized into true sisterhood. Let us remember that we all belong to one another and each of our medicine is vital in creating a beautiful future.

🙏🏿May our work be regenerative in all ways. May we remember the sacred in all things.

🙏🏿May we be good stewards of our medicine. May we trust our soul’s rhythm and may we be in harmony with the sweet hum of the earth.

🙏🏿May our deepest vision for our lives and our communities take root and bloom. (From food deserts to community farming, safe drinking water, clean air, land back, ALL Black lives matter (that includes trans folk,) reparations...

And so it is. Asé.

✨If you desire to be held in a container of depth and reverence around your Soul’s work in the world you’re invited to explore Decolonial Leadership. 5 months. 14 women. We gather September.
From seed to bloom.

DM me and I’ll share the details with you. It would be an honor. ❤️‍🔥

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YOUR VISION IS A GARDEN 🌱🌺

A few years ago, when I was sick with COVID, and quarantining solo for what felt like an eternity, one of my constant companions was Michaela Coel`s powerful series I May Destroy You.
If you haven`t seen it, I highly recommend it.
It`s achingly beautiful and bold.
I`m also keenly aware that this beautiful creation began with a vision and deep devotion to birth it into being.

It begs the question...

What`s your deepest vision in this season of your life?
It`s vital to realize that the vision you may have had when you were 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years of age may be radically different now. 

As we expand, our viewpoints and understanding of the world also evolve and so does our vision.

Our vision is the heart and the soul of all we do. For those of us who are devoted to birthing culture-shifting creations we also have to allow ourselves to dream beyond our fears and the programming of the overculture.

In a world that teaches us that success looks a certain way and pushes us to climb the hierarchical ladder of supremacy in order to obtain stuff that destroys the earth, many of us have been taught to relate to our vision and work as if it were a lottery ticket.

We make a bet, pray that we`ll catapulted out of our mundane existence however, if we don`t hit the jackpot we think it was all for nothing.

However...

Your vision (which includes soul`s work) is a garden.

And just like a garden needs sun, air, soil, food and water to flourish, our visions also need nourishment: clarity, intuition, courage, devotion, focus, play and patience.

And whether you`re a budding or seasoned gardener, you`ll also know there`s plenty of hard work to do: tilling the soil, pulling the weeds, pruning and trying our best to keep out pesky intruders.

And just like a garden, some dreams will take root and bloom beyond our wildest imagination and some will die.

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Going to therapy isn’t enough.

Men must also interrogate the ways they perpetuate, uphold and benefit from the
colonial-patriarchy while also actively being accomplices in
dismantling it.

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This was a #blackgirlmagic type of weekend! Had such an amazing lunch with TK @darkest.hue in the city! 😍

Food was so yummy that I forgot to take photos but I did take one of the dessert we had! 😂 I loooove vegan sushi and this place didn’t disappoint.

Our conversation was so vast and deep (I shed some tears) and it makes me so grateful for this time with TK and for all the amazing women I have in my life. No pretension just realness. Sisterhood is it y’all!
💖

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In the spirit of reflecting to Black women their inherent beauty we’re over the moon to share this beautiful collaboration between EMBODIED BLACK GIRL x SOUL PORTRAITS!!✨❤️‍🔥✨

Magical Afro-Brazilian artist Thais Aquino will be joining us at our upcoming retreat in Mexico! 🎉

Thais will be offering her signature Soul Portraits for retreat participants who want this magical experience!

Having personally worked with Thais I can share that her work is not only stunning but deeply healing. In a world that often devalues Black women being held by a woman of African descent and being seen in the fullness of my humanity and womanhood was medicine.

Thais will be offering a limited number of 1:1 spots at the retreat and it’s going to be spectacular! These photos can be for your personal collection or to reflect your work in the world.

There are only 4 spots left for the retreat and the magical Soul Portraits experience!

If interested please send a DM to @embodiedblackgirl 🙏🏾💜
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After years of study and training on transgenerational trauma, the nervous system and Afro-Indigenous and Caribé healing I know in my bones:
We all have access to resources that have the ability to heal our lineage forwards and back. In supporting folks to do this I`ve gotten to witness healing in ways that goes beyond the colonized imagination.

When we tap into our personal and collective resources it transforms how we show up in our lives and work. It also gives us the courage to leave the legacy that only we can.

A piece of my unique medicine has been to hold sacred space for that evolution and one thing I`m certain of healing transforms our leadership and that has the ability to dismantle systems of harm and weave a world rooted in care.

This autumn, I`m honored to be holding a retreat in Zihuatanejo, Mexico at a small yet spectacular retreat center devoted to sustainable practices.

In a culture that has us forgetting our divinity, this retreat is about remembering.

In this space, we surrender and are held by what I call a constellation of care. Once again, I`m in awe of the women who are joining us.

They are sacred space holders, therapists, parents, artists, movement builders all artfully making deep and necessary contributions in their communities.

Register by Friday, June 30th and receive these gifts:
Last chance!
Gift #1: $300 off Registration
Use the code "VILLAGE" at checkout to receive $300 off the retreat! 

Gift #2: Beach Side Massage
When you pay-in-full, in addition to saving $300 you`ll also receive a complimentary hour-long beach side massage using specialty locally sourced ingredients!

If your heart says yes, please join us!

We only have 5 spaces left!

✨And some amazing news!We have two spaces available at a reduced scholarship rate! If you could use some financial support to make this happen please send a note via DM or to hello@embodiedblackgirl.com 💖 ...

☀️3 EMBODIED IDEAS TO CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SOLSTICE☀️

Summer Solstice Blessings!!! 🌻🍓🍉🍒🍍🥑

Before we dive in…
It’s important to name, our ancestors
have been
honoring the
seasons for
millennia.

Contrary to what the dominant culture will have us believe, these practices aren’t exclusive to white folks.

Honoring seasonal thresholds is an embodied practice and integral to our healing. Doing so, reconnects us with the parts of ourselves, one another and the land that have been severed by capitalist-colonialism.

The Summer Solstice
is when the sun reaches its zenith and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere will experience the longest day.

It’s a time for celebration! This time also offers deep medicine to expand beyond our comfort zone around the themes of visibility and voice. Unfurling into our innate worthiness and allowing ourselves to be deeply seen and held is a practice made even more potent at this time.

1. CONNECT WITH THE EARTH
Go outside and plant your feet into the earth. A patch of grass or soil right outside your door or head to your local park . Take a moment to share a few words of gratitude aloud.

2. DANCE YOUR PRAYERS
What are your intentions for the next season and beyond? Take a moment to write them down then put on a song that embodies the energy you seek to cultivate and dance your prayers. Bonus points if you do this out in nature!

3. HOST A SACRED SUMMER CELEBRATION
Let your inner social butterfly indulge and host a sacred summer soiree. If your nervous system needs intimacy invite only a few friends. Ask folks to bring their most decadent dish and their favorite poem and watch the festivities unfold!

WANT MORE?
You’re invited to join us in Circle of Reclamation!
We hosted a beautiful Summer Solstice Ceremony
yesterday! The recording is available immediately when you join us. You’ll be welcome with open arms into our community for Black women and women of color to heal, to dream, to liberate the most beautiful expression of our lives and leadership.

Read all the beautiful details link in bio @embodiedblackgirl www.embodiedblackgirl.com/cor 💜

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While Juneteenth may be new to some, Black folks in America have been celebrating Juneteenth for over 150 years. Today, I want to share two things: a piece I wrote in honor of the day and short guide on how non-Black folks can celebrate Juneteenth (see next post).

Several years ago, I wrote a prayer, an affirmation, a devotional in honor of Juneteenth centering the liberation of Black folks. May this serve as a remembrance of who we truly are —our Ancestors’ wildest dream realized.
Happy Juneteenth! 🖤
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JUNETEENTH AFFIRMATION

Today, I break all contracts with the situations, systems and structures that impede the highest expression of who I am.
I am sourced from the Divine. I am covered in Grace.
Today, I root to my radiance. Today, I remember my boundless spirit.
Today, I rise as freedom’s song crescendos in my soul.
I am love actualized.
I am liberation realized.
I am my Ancestors` wildest dreams materialized.
Today, I am free.
I am free.
I am free.
🖤
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