Elder Wisdom

In these times of deep change, collective grief & revolution, we offer our field of practice, Elder Wisdom.

In this offering, we affirm that our collective ability to practice embodying love and liberation is part of how we dismantle oppressive systems in our worlds and our bodies. And we invoke every layer of ancestral resource that desires to support us on this journey.

We offer a glimpse into the pillars that have supported us in deepening our connections with our ancestral ecosystems as we continue exploring the practice of embodying love and liberation in this lifetime.

For folks who wish to engage in a field of practice rooted in love and liberation and shaped by curiosity, these are foundational aspects of what we offer in Elder Wisdom.

There is no magic formula, linear methodology, or pathology for connection; instead, we offer an experiential field of practice because we trust that our bodies are portals of connection to the Elder Fields of Wisdom and Ancestral Ecosystems that live within us.

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postures of protection

a self reflection
a prayer
a meditation
on the practice of embodying love

[Quote reads-how does it feel to embody & experience love beyond postures of protection?
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what becomes possible
when i move beyond posture
and rest into states of being? ]

#practice #love #selfinquiry #selfreflection #protection #being #human #relationshipgoals #experience #embodiment
#meditation #prayer #dream #rest #lifelong #student #classisinsession

a reminder

we are not at the beginning or the end of the collapse; we are in the thick of it— co-creating it in real-time.

let go of the timelines- linear time is irrelevant amid the grief and death that intersects with the impulse to live.

time here is measured in thickness

it demands a thickness of presence

a thickness of being.

we are engaging collapse with every fiber of our being.

it is being archived in our tissues and cells, stretching across our bones.

there is no possibility inaction, we are tethered to one another by intra-actions because, beloved, we are ecological beings.

doing nothing is doing something; it is still an act of participation.

every action, thought, prayer, ritual, way of being, and breath is participation.

may love and collective liberation be the center of our beings and all we strive to build.

may love and liberation accompany us as we mid-wife these systems through their collapse in bodies and our worlds.

may we remember that when love and liberation rest at the center of our beings, all generations will be fed by our lives, and all beings move closer to embodying love and liberation.

field notes on protecting love

love does not need my protection...
love does not need my protection...
love does not need my protection...
love is inviting me to embody it...
love is inviting me to embody it...
love is inviting me to embody it...
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as a black woman living in the states, i have been socialized into upholding models of protection that systems of harm and oppression actively shape
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when i’ve felt into my embodied experiences of protection, i’ve often noticed myself assuming postures of hyper-vigilance, defense, hyper-surveillance of myself and others, gatekeeping, fatigue, and being ready to go to war
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in many ways, the residues of these systems live in the models of protection they inform, and thus, as i’ve practiced these models of protection, i’ve found myself further enabling cycles of harm and oppression
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as i deepen into love, this path is not asking me to assume postures of protection but to redirect that energy into embodying love and responding from that space in times of great challenge/unrest and grief.
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i’m asking myself how i can embody love in my solidarity and mutual aid practices with the people of Palestine and all beings impacted globally by genocide and oppression.
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I am asking myself if I am meeting my grief and our collective grief from a space of love.

#ase #ancestors #ancestralwisdom #ancestralconnections #fieldnotes #life #love #learning #growing #embodylove #grief #human #solidarity #protection #decolonizing #curiosity #ancestralecosystems #ecology #peace #mutualaid #kin #relationshipgoals #selfcare #selflove #collectivecare #takecareofyourself

a reminder

A reminder
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Bring your whole self to your ancestral connection practices.
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Our ancestral ecosystems are not in some far-off place watching from afar. They are with us always, witnessing.
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Presencing what is, while rooting in ecology is how we affirm our interconnectedness.
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Our broken hearts are potent pathways of connection.
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[image shows the profile silhouette of a black woman with braids facing the sky. quote reads: Bring your grief, rage, confusion & heartbreak to your ancestral connection practices; this is an invitation to be withnessed. Bring your whole self into your practices of connection and trust the ancestral ecosystems to embrace the layered complexities of your human experiences.] #ancestors #ancestralwisdom #healing #peace #egungun #support #prayer #spell #ritual #community #love #liberation #courage #spell #meditation #ancestralconnection #grief #rage #trust #ecology #interdependence #interconnected #collective #human #life #brokenheart #heart #connection

Lessons on Love