decolonization Archives

January 29, 2019 alchemist ancestraldiet ascending

2019-01-29 06:24:55

This wisdom and art from @life_as_ceremony (follow them!!!) says so much about our time. The process of decolonization is at times destabilizing of my identity and what I thought I knew. There is radical deconstruction and some relativism that is going through a purification in my heart and mind as my heart and mind return to trusting my intuition and instinct. These skills are central to indigenous knowledge and were systematically taken from us through modern colonial lifestyle.
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I am so grateful to be free of the diet that kept me from vitality. Returning to my ancestral way of eating, with food as medicine and heart and mind as path to my truth and Light. In healing…
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Reposted from @life_as_ceremony ・・・
∆ HEALING AS A RADICAL ACT OF RESISTANCE ∆
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Throwing back to this always relevant piece from our volume on HEALING ????????
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“Healing is the process of restoring wellness back to our body, mind and spirit by using conventional or unconventional approaches. Radical healing is the act of restoring this wellness by addressing the history of oppression and the current disparities of race gender & class while implementing healing techniques passed on by our ancestors in a proper and respectful manner. Healing is a multi-faceted process, at times joyful at times complex and painful. Yet, it is necessary to break the cycles of personal and collective trauma that people of color have been caring for generations.
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(Continued in comments, please read it!)
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∆ WORDS & ART BY:: @huitzitzilin.rosa for Vol. 4
Full piece available in print ????
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2018-12-01 10:10:38

“In Mayan tradition, there is a greeting that many people working with Mayan wisdom know of. It is the law of In Lak’ech Ala K’in, which means I am you, and you are me. We have come to understand that this Mayan greeting is an honoring for each other. It is a statement of unity and oneness. In Lak’ech Ala K’in mirrors the same sentiment of other beautiful greetings such as Namaste for East India, Wiracocha for the Inca, and Mitakuye Oyasin for the Lakota. But when one of these sacred greetings is given, there is always an action of placing the hands over the heart.” -Aluna Joy
(Artist unknown, comment attribution)
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Jaguar medicine has been working through me these past several days. I’ve needed to sit with it and connect more before writing or posting. In the interim, enjoy the Jaguar medicine. •
I am so grateful to be alive in this time. •
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2018-11-23 06:39:24

Body hair. Growing up I was keenly aware of those that had it and those that didn’t.
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My dad didn’t have much being Latino. But he did sport a macho moustache for a time.My mom had a lot —everywhere. It was the 70s, I don’t think she ever owned a razor. Also French Canadian.
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In a conversation about racism with a friend from Nicaragua I learned something really fascinating that had eluded me about body hair. It’s a sign of status among Latinx. The more you had, the better your status.
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This blew my mind.
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We were talking about skin shades and how colonialism created levels of social and hence economic status based on how light you were. The addition of hair quantity enhanced this discussion deeply.
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If you got it, flaunt it was the idea. It elevated one, providing more opportunity for money and women. Lightening the bloodline was gouache. The more facial hair the more likely that man is European.
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We talked about the baby test (which baby kids prefer and how they feel about their skin color). I am deeply disturbed by how young an age self-worth and esteem is imprinted by skin color. I have always preferred darker skin tones. There is test that even shows elicit bias of skin tones.
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As I work on decolonization of self and understanding my own privilege around being light-skinned, I’ve become acutely aware of how much lack, poverty, enoughness, our very self-worth was created in colonialism.
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The importance of doing the work for me has also been about how I’ve let my self-worth be dictated by dominant white culture. (Continued in comments)
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