My medicine bag has been nurtured by many.
I bow to the following teachers that have informed my path:
The Elementals
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Ether
for teaching me about Love, Support, Emotion,
Change, Creativity, Transformation,
Interconnection and Self.
The Land
I grew up on Tohono O'odham ancestral lands.
Now living under the Sacred Peaks in Northern Arizona, I acknowledge my presence on the ancestral Hopi, Diné, Hualapai, Havasupai, and Paiute-Kaibab lands.
I was raised by the wisdom of Saguaro, Mesquite, Palo Verde, Cholla, Prickly Pear, Creosote, Yucca, Devil's Claw, Desert Mountain, Sunrise, Sunset, and the Milky Way.
bless the teachers
of Resilience.
Arches, thank you for teaching me to trust my own path.
Colorado,
for Perspective.
Canyonlands, for Sovereignty.
To Muley Point, thank you for calling my spirit home.
Oak Creek Canyon,
for your healing waters of infinite grace.
Areguling Beach
for teaching me about my own power.
Ponderosa
taught me to drop my roots in deep, stand tall, and feel the support of the forest around me.
Elm, for Resilience.
Cedar, for Tradition.
Aspen, for Listening.
Fern, for Ancient Wisdom.
To Infinite Flower Spirits
For Blooming, Temporality, Magic, Individuality, and Grace
To the Herbal Ones
Chamomile, Lavender, Mugwort, Mullein, Sage, Rosemary, Yarrow, Rose, Peppermint, Lemon Balm, Calendula
The Animal Guides
To those Local and Within, thank you.
Moth
for alligence to the Light and the Cycles of Life, Death and Rebirth.
Horse
for Freedom, Direction, and Joy.
Stellar Blue Jay taught me to Own my Voice.
Spider taught me to Weave.
Raven taught me to Pay Attention.
Doe taught me Gentleness.
Buck taught me Leadership.
Prairie Dog taught me Retreat and to Balance Solitude with Community.
OWL taught me Inner Sight.
Hawk taught me Perspective
Eagle taught me Flight.
Octopus taught me Wisdom
Bear taught me The Way of The Great Mother.
Tiger taught me Raw Power.
Snake taught me Transformation.
The Mineral-Wise
Obsidian, Rose Quartz, Amethyst, Black Tourmaline, Lava Rock, Tiger's Eye, Calcite, Serpentine, Selenite, Shungite, Angelite, Petrified Wood, Crackle Quartz, Agate, Jasper, Indigo Gabbro
For strength, individuality, and for focusing my prayers along the way.
Infinite Gratitude to the Stewards, Teachers, and Protectors of the Medicine Wheel
Bless all directions to and through the heart.
To the Below,
the darkest caves and deepest roots,
the realm of the ancestors,
the unseen everything.
To the Above,
the illuminated sky,
the horizon,
the abounding cosmos, connecting us to the beyond.
To the North,
oh body made of Earth, oh life, death, rebirth, oh change, oh onwards,
oh I am loved forward by my future self.
To the East,
oh new sun rising,
inner child born again each moment,
Holy Inspiration & Revival.
To the West,
oh water wisdom,
oh womb, oh woman,
oh emotion flowing through me,
oh Being Love!
Quench, cleanse, clarify!
To the South,
youngest, oldest self from whence I've come, all my history, supporting me, ancestry, ablaze with life.
To the Inner realm,
the infinite imagination, feeling, sensing all,
mystery abounding,
to see in the dark clearly.
To the Outer realm,
the middle world,
the external, all beauty made tangible, all created and made solid.
Wow!
Here we are!
To the Center,
bringing all directions together into One Whole, all connected in Love.
To the Diagonal,
I honor the desire for light to move in unexpected ways, outwards in all directions, the ever shining light emanating.
To my Cosmic Community,
thank you for your consistency and support.
Moon
thank you for guiding my soul through the ebbs and flows of this journey.
Sun
thank you for rising, shining, and setting unapologetically every single day.
Infinite Gratitude to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto,
the Asteroids, the Lunar Nodes, the Stars, and Dark Matter.
To the dark and fertile infinite womb,
to the creative and bright infinite light.
Deep bow to the Chakra System developed in Ancient India for guiding me through
my energetic body
and back to the Earth.
Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus,
Heart, Throat, Third Eye, and Crown
Joseph Rael,
Beautiful Painted Arrow
Resmaa Menakem
for My Grandmother's Hands,
somatic tools for healing racialized trauma
for Sound,
Indigenous Cosmology and the Vast Self
Chelsea Parker
My wombmate,
for existing and loving me always
and for inspiring my decolonial journey with her example.
Theatre Arts
Christine In-Albon and David Shingler
for Initium.
Your class changed my life.
Bruce Morganti
for opening my voice,
nurturing me as an actor,
and encouraging me to keep the beat
Richard Gremel
for Guidance in Performance
and Technical Theatre
Rebecca Whitehurst
for nourishing my BodySoul as a performer,
and for her incredibly inspiring light.
Christina Gutierrez
for Anti-Racist, Decolonial Theatre History
Nathanael Johnson
for Devised Theatre
Thank you for guiding me home to myself.
Liberation
Lyla June & Pat McCabe
for Weaving Root Wisdom and Indigenous Feminine Leadership
bell hooks
"One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others."
Audre Lorde
"It is not our differences that divide us.
It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."
"Without community, there is no liberation."
James Baldwin
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
Nelson Mandela
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
Adrienne Marie Brown:
For Emergent Strategy and Pleasure Activism
Feminine Mysteries
Sabrina Lynn
for Rewilding, archetypal embodiment, & creation mysteries
Elinor W. Gadon
for The Once and Future Goddess
Mama Gena
for Pussy
Layla Martin
for Tantric Liberation
& Erotic Healing
Ego Dissolution
The Inner Child
for lessons in Play and Authentic Expression
The BodySoul
for lessons in Sensory Wisdom
and Trauma Recovery
The Spirit of the Earth
for lessons in Belonging, Cycles, and Rebirth
The Ancestors
for Faith, Resilience, and Support
Terence McKenna
for The Archaic Revival
and "the felt presence of immediate experience".
Ram Dass
for dissolving my ego into the Love of God and Be Here Now
Paramahansa Yogananda
for Autobiography of a Yogi
Lao Tzu
for articulating The Way
Buddha
for Peace and Joy
Yeshua
for Love in Action
Master Frequencies
Additional Gratitudes
For the Love of Liberation:
Jaiya John and Alok
For Earth Medicine:
Don Miguel Ruiz, Ted Andrews,
Sandra Ingerman, Caitlin Matthews
For Healing Philosophies:
Thích Nhat Hanh, Jack Kornfield, Byron Katie, and Tara Brach
For Guidance in Theatre:
Bob Yowell, Nichole Katz, Tony and Linda Sutera
For the Revival of the Feminine Mysteries:
Starhawk, Jwaydan, Riane Eisler, Mia Magick, Madelyn Moon,
Nicole Daedone, Emma Zeck, Ivy Wolfe, and Marya Stark.
For Medicine Music:
Nina Simone, Tracy Chapman, Nessi Gomes,
Deya Dova, Yaima, Trevor Hall, Krishna Das, and Misk'i Takiy.
To all my Soul Friends, across time and space,
my love for you goes on and on.
Thank you for helping me along the way.
Certifications, so far...
Northern Arizona University: Bachelor's of Science
in Theatre Arts and Environmental Sustainability
2021
Bibek: Foundations in Sound Healing
Nepal, 2023
Woman Within: Circle Facilitator Training
2025
