Quote: “I want to be moving at the pace of the land, the pace of the weather, the pace of circadian rhythm.” 
-brontë velez (they,them)

What if humans remembered that we don't have to subordinate Earth and our own bodies in order to be powerful and courageous?  

Instead, what would Earth look like if we moved as nature's pace while simply being ourselves, embodying our own unique artistry?

In chapter 8, Meeting the Moment, I share a story when I went through a physical trauma, and was held by a grandmother who rocked me into remembering and honoring  the sacredness of Earth and inner feminine knowing.    

 You will also hear from brontë velez, artist, filmmaker, and founder of Lead to Life, a trans - local collective led by black diasporic and queer artists, healers, and ecologists that bridges racial and environmental justice through ceremony and art practice.  

In this interview, brontë shares their personal story of continual inner decomposition, and transmuting individual and ancestral pain into art.  They beautifully and powerfully express their own journey of both tending land where they inhabit as well as the tending of their own inner landscape in order to meet this moment of greater collective change and weather.  

brontë's  courage to meet an inner monster through deepening their relationship with the more than human world, has also ignited their true source of fire, alchemy, and creativity.  

When we feel empowered to connect to the inner fire of our emotional bodies while being affirmed and nurtured by land and community, service can transmute into art and natural offerings for ourselves, our ancestors, and to greater Mother Earth. 

Each episode ends with a Root Awareness meditation.

Links: 

brontë velez

https://www.leadtolife.org/

https://www.instagram.com/littlenows/

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This podcast was co-created with award winning media midwife Ahri Golden.  www.ahrigolden.com