Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing / Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones: Cicatrización Racial y de la Tierra
Grace Sesma and Host Brenda Salgado
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~Co-presented by Commonweal New School and the Racial Healing Initiative at Commonweal’s Retreat Center Collaboration~
What would it mean to “become indigenous” to the place we are now? How would we live if we were? Our indigenous communities and leaders hold ancient wisdom that offers profound insights into the challenges facing us today. As we navigate the cultural, climate, and ecosystem shifts happening on our planet now, we need to hear the wisdom and insights from these traditions. And, to truly hear and value these insights, we need to continue to heal the racial divisions and wounds in our cultures and communities.
In part 1 of this series, join Host Brenda Salgado as she speaks with Grace Sesma, a Yaqui/Mexican cultural practitioner in the curanderismo tradition. They share personal stories, talk about the importance of being in connection with Mother Earth right now, and share wisdom about ways we can “become indigenous” to our place and each other.
¿Qué significaría “volverse nativos” al lugar en el que estamos ahora? ¿Cómo viviríamos si lo fuéramos? Nuestras comunidades y líderes indígenas tienen una sabiduría antigua que ofrece una visión profunda sobre los desafíos a los que nos enfrentamos hoy en día. A medida que navegamos los cambios culturales, climáticos y de ecosistemas que están ocurriendo en nuestro planeta en la actualidad, necesitamos oír la sabiduría y las ideas que descienden de estas tradiciones. Para poder escuchar y verdaderamente valorar estas ideas, necesitamos continuar cicatrizando las heridas de la división racial y dentro de nuestras culturas y comunidades.
En la primera parte de esta serie, súmate a la presentadora Brenda Salgado en su charla con Grace Sesma, practicante cultural Yaqui / mexicana en la tradición del curanderismo. Contarán historias personales, hablarán sobre la importancia de estar conectado con la Madre Tierra en este momento. Nos participarán su sabiduría sobre las formas en que podemos “volvernos indígenas” en nuestro espacio y con los demás.
Photo credit: Shawl artwork “Breath of Life” by Leah Dorion
Grace Sesma
Grace is a cultural practitioner and educator. She provides Indigenous cultural services to individuals and families through her Curanderismo healing practice. Grace works with mental health therapists and other healthcare providers to promote an understanding of Mexican and Indigenous culture-specific interventions and to encourage mutually respectful collaboration. She’s an advisor to the House of the Moon and the Kanap Kuahun Coalition. She serves on the Yaquis of Southern California tribal council, the Consciousness & Healing Initiative Practitioners’ Council, and the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine BIPOC Committee.
Brenda Salgado (Chorotega/Spanish-European)
Host
Brenda Salgado is the program director of the Racial Healing Initiative, a program of the Retreat Center Collaboration at Commonweal. She is a spiritual and mindfulness author, speaker, wisdom keeper, healer, ceremonialist, and organizational consultant. She has 25 years of experience in transformative leadership development, nonprofit management, traditional healing and ceremony, mindful leadership training, women’s health, and social justice. Brenda is in the process of establishing the Nepantla Land Trust, and the Nepantla Center for Healing and Renewal. She is author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time and has received training from elders in traditional medicine and healing ceremony in Purepecha, Xochimilco, Toltec and other indigenous lineages. She holds degrees in biology, developmental psychology, and animal behavior.
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Restoring the Heart of Our Relationships: Racial and Earth Healing / Restaurando el corazón de nuestras relaciones: Cicatrización Racial y de la Tierra
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