Our Bound Liberation

Our Bound Liberation - Episode 1.04 - Aki Hirata Baker

From the creators of Kultivating KapwaOur Bound Liberation: Conversations in the time of Decolonization - Episode 1.04 - Aki Hirata Baker“A Being of In-Between: Being a Bridge Toward Liberation”In this episode of Our Bound Liberation, we are joined by Aki Hirata Baker. We discuss radical efficiency, the invisible realm, reclamation, being in the in between, and more.Aki Hirata Baker is an initiated Medicine Woman, Moondancer, teacher, speaker, space holder, multi-modality healing practitioner, and community organizer whose work is based on the decolonial spiritual liberation principle.She draws from her trainings on various energetic healing modalities, flower essence therapy, Ayurvedic medicine, Yogic principles, lineage practices of Medicine Way, and Toltec tradition to facilitate healing, which she considers to be the basic ingredient of social change and collective liberation.  She is a founder of MINKA brooklyn, a collectively-run healing space that centers the work to heal from all forms of social oppressions to restore humanities, and an un-capitalistic approach to the 'business of being well’.  She took tutorage under Dr. Naina Marballi, Karen Rose, Lindsay Fauntleroy, Irma StarSpirit Turtle Woman, Sergio Magana Ocelocoyotl, Rita Navarrete Perez, Tonia Gonzalez, Manu DelPrete, Susy Meszoly, and Integral Yoga Institute.She is an immigrant from Japan, and has called Brooklyn her home for the last 25 years. She is currently spending a year with her family in her grandmother’s home in Japan exploring her ancestral land and its medicine. Aki has devoted her life to studies of mysticism, philosophy, healing modalities, and liberation principles.www.soulflowermedicine.comwww.minkabrooklyn.comHosted by Jana Lynne UmipigProduced by Olivia SawiCo-Produced by Annie Aarons-SawiMusic by The Peace Poets

Our Bound Liberation - Episode 1.03 - Marcia Lee

From the creators of Kultivating KapwaOur Bound Liberation: Conversations in the time of Decolonization - Episode 1.03 - Marcia Lee"Treating Yourself As Your Own True Love"In this episode of Our Bound Liberation, we are joined by Marcia Lee. We discuss asking the right questions, what it means to be our own one true love, what it means to connect, and more.
Marcia Lee is committed to finding joy in small things; to listening with her heart, body, spirit, and mind; asking life giving questions; and ending oppression, racism, and injustice.  Her people are from Taiwan and she lives with the land of the people of the Three Fires, the Anishinaabe. The city where she lives is Waawiiyatanong, currently known as Detroit, MI, USA.
Her prayer is to live in right relationship with the earth, neighbors, and herself.  She does this very imperfectly and with a lot of gratitude towards those who choose to walk with her on this life's journey.  Some of her teachers are: the Detroit River, the maple in front of her house, Grace Lee Boggs, Carol Yamasaki, Michi Sawyer Lee, Meiko Sawyer Lee, Ye-Fu Lee, en sawyer, Valerie Brown, and Schantell Taylor.
Her work is to be a mother, healing centered leadership coach, friend, Courage and Renewal retreat leader, wife, tai chi teacher, daughter, popular education facilitator, sister, and Taproot Sanctuary space holder. You can find her with her husband, en sawyer, at www.taprootsanctuary.org or on socials at taprootsanctuary.Please also check here to see how you can join her upcoming retreats: https://couragerenewal.org/facilitator/marcialee/ Hosted by Jana Lynne UmipigProduced by Olivia SawiCo-Produced by Annie Aarons-SawiMusic by The Peace Poets

Our Bound Liberation - Episode 1.02 - Hāwane Rios

From the creators of Kultivating KapwaOur Bound Liberation: Conversations in the time of Decolonization - Episode 1.02 - Hāwane Rios"I stand...in the sovereignty of my body...in the sovereignty of my land...with you in sacred solidarity"
In this episode of Our Bound Liberation, we are joined by Hāwane Rios. We discuss sovereignty of the body, sovereignty of the land, dissonance that can arise, and more. 
Hāwane Rios is a Mauna Kea Protector and award winning singer/songwriter from Puʻukapu, Waimea on the Island of Hawaiʻi. She was raised from an early age in the traditional art forms of chant and dance of her people which created a strong foundation for her passion of music and songwriting. Rios believes that music is a powerful catalyst for change and is moved to write and sing songs with a healing and unifying message that she hopes will carry on to the generations to come.
Being of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), Chamorro, Taino, Portuguese, and English descent, she knows her lineages, cultural traditions, music, advocacy work, and commitment to aloha ʻāina (love for the land), connects her to the world and to the collective responsibility we have to care for and protect Mother Earth. Rios has stood on the frontlines of the Protect Mauna Kea Movement and alongside her family as a petitioner in the court system in resistance to the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope for the past 14 years. Her outreach work has taken her to many places and has connected her to many different justice movements rooted in standing up and speaking up for the rights of the land and water. She continues to support the efforts of the movement through her educational outreach work with the non-profit organization, Mauna Kea Education and Awareness and through her artistry as a musician, dancer, and chanter.
She is the founder of Hale Haumea, a women led collective of cultural and language bearers reclaiming ancestral ways of healing through the traditional oratory art form of chant. Her purpose and intention is to revitalize the traditional Hale o Papa (House of Women) and rites of passage ceremonies for young women and queer people so that their foundation can be grounded in the ways of their people and so that they will be strongly affirmed in who they are.
To learn more about Hāwane and her work please visit ulaaihawane.com
To learn more about the Protect Mauna Kea Movement please like and follow @protectmaunakea on instagram and sign the ʻAʻole TMT Petition in the link in their Bio. Visit mkea.info, puuhuluhulu.com , and kahea.org for more ways to support. 
 
Hosted by Jana Lynne UmipigProduced by Olivia SawiCo-Produced by Annie Aarons-SawiMusic by The Peace Poets
 

Our Bound Liberation - Episode 1.01 - Davidica Little Spotted Horse

From the creators of Kultivating KapwaOur Bound Liberation: Conversations in the time of Decolonization - Episode 1.01 - Davidica Little Spotted Horse"Diversify Tactics: Bringing Our Whole Selves to the Movement"In this episode of Our Bound Liberation, we are joined by Davidica Little Spotted Horse. We discuss having pride in who you are, staying focused when fighting for what you believe in, diversifying tactics, and more.Davidica is an activist, recording artist, matriarch, and mentor. She is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe living on the Pine Ridge Reservation. She was raised as a traditional Lakota woman with extensive knowledge of her Lakota history, language and culture. As an activist and musician she has mentored many youth in how to use positive activism to implement social change in their communities. She has also created and co-created two youth programs to help combat the suicide epidemic on her reservation.As the great granddaughter of Chief Bigfoot (Spotted Elk), she is determined to carry on her family history of providing sound leadership through example for her people. Promoting self sustainability through food and energy sovereignty is something she is dedicated to achieving for her Reservation. She believes that social change can only happen with productive native and non-native collaboration of open communication with “Safe Space” platforms. She has an unwavering belief in the ability of humanity to overcome past traumas and find healing through human connection.Hosted by Jana Lynne UmipigProduced by Olivia SawiCo-Produced by Annie Aarons-SawiMusic by The Peace Poets