Friday, August 7th is Kame in the Mayan Tzolk’in. It is a day consecrated to death and re-birth. Connected to the ancestors and the Sagrada Femenina. A day to pray for fortitude and peace for those who have passed. For travelers and to wash ourselves clean from the toxicity of patriarchy, capitalism, white supremacy and 500 years of colonization.

For our beloved in Beirut and the heartbreaking explosion 1/5th the force of an atomic bomb. For no one in Beirut has been safe for a long time. For the psychological warfare of police torturing black families . For the mass deaths of this pandemic. For the desaparecidos, the salvaged, the missing and murdered. For the martyrs of Black August. For the indigenous land, sacred mauna and water defenders who say “Not one more.” And “enough is enough.” For the babies we lost and were shamed into not speaking their names. For those we have not yet allowed ourselves to grieve fully and all the unmetabolized pain and grieving we have yet to do before the next onslaught. For the mass exodus of elders to the ancestral realm...

I will be holding a launch of the wisdom school offering for my new 3 month online training program - Our Medicine is Resistance - a decolonizing replenishment program.

Our first cohort will begin in September and will learn how to replenish the Qi/Mana/ life force necessary to co-create this new world, anti-oppression political education to do no harm and pragmatic tools to build that spiritual muscle required to process unmetabolized ancestral trauma, grieving and blossom expansively - in order to rise for our communities from a place of fullness not depletion.

As an offering for something sacred that comes our way, I will hold a one hour grieving circle and share more about my new wisdom school offering as a source of refuge in uncertain times. Grieving is holy work. Grief is a portal beyond the world of illusions connecting us to those we love beyond the veil. If you have felt the veil grow thin and feel the deeper pull to heal PM or RSVP for an invite to this gathering.

Email: Rossamedicine@gmail.com with any questions and to learn more.