Smudging is a practice that’s been around for centuries and is synonymous with native cultures around the world. Smudging calls on the spirits of sacred plants such as tobacco, sage, cedar, lavender, palo santo and more to drive away negative energies, increase personal peace in addition to provide mental clarity. These dried plants are burned […]
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Last Saturday was absolutely amazing in all the ways that I hoped for. The Yoga Bath at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art attracted souls from across the Detroit area who gathered in a space that was not only beautiful with amazing art from Detroiters but it was also a healing space filled with light! […]
Last night, I welcomed autumn with a candlelit cleansing sound bath with friends. Because the last night of summer was absolutely beautiful, I set up a space outdoors under the cover of umbrellas. With incense burning, sage smudging… the wind… the cool blades of grass tickling my feet… the lazy and gentle raindrops, and the […]
It’s official-official… Sankofa Mind + Body has a home! Thanks to our good friends at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art in the heart of Detroit, we have space to grow our sound meditation practice! After putting the desire for practice space in Detroit into the universe for 2020, it became a reality for 2019! […]
Join Sankofa Mind + Body October 20, 2019 at 1030am for Sunday Sound Bath Meditation at the N’Namdi Movement Center. Offered in the heart of Detroit’s cultural district, Sankofa Mind + Body’s sound meditation is a 60-minute experience that alternates between sound immersion, vibration, and silence to help move practitioners to a state of peaceful […]
It was a beautiful morning in Detroit for an energetic sound bath meditation. Thank you to all that made it out! Can’t wait to practice with you after I return from Brazil. The next Sunday Sound Bath Meditation will happen November 24th at the N’Namdi Movement Center . Enjoy the rest of the crisp autumn […]
This maraca was created my friend, Cacique Paruanã, a shaman from the Kariri Xoxo people of Brazil. The Kariri Xoco are located about 3-4 from Salvador, Bahia and are about 3,000 members strong! After I accepted this beautiful maraca, it was consecrated by ceremony and fire under the full Beaver moon. I’m so very excited […]
Hey Detroit, I am making my way back and can’t wait to share my Brazilian experiences with you! Let’s start these conversations this Sunday at the N’namdi Movement Center for our Sound Bath Meditation. Offered in the heart of Detroit’s cultural district, our sound meditation is a 60-minute experience that alternates between sound immersion, vibration, […]