00:24:41 Autumn (they/them): hello everyone, my name is Autumn. My pronouns are tehy/them. :) I am a European settler on Piscataway land (so-called Baltimore city). Thank you Ayo and Molly. Grateful to be here. 00:25:43 Lauren (she/her): Calling in from Clastkanie and Chinook land, just outside of what is also Portland Oregon 00:25:54 Lauren (she/her): LOL sorry 00:27:05 Stephanie she/they: Octavia <3 00:27:29 Kanika T.: Kanika (she/her) Arlington, VA Nacotchtank (Anacostan) land 00:27:52 Netha she/her: Yes love her work so much! 00:42:14 Paola QC, she, ella: Queen Njinga is the raddest 00:48:06 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Ase o! 00:48:22 Tracy Busbee: I'd give anything to have a wise woman granny <3 like Emma 00:48:22 Michelle Cook: Beautiful! 00:48:25 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Can closed captions please be added for future videos? 00:48:41 Shakira she/her: I always did it and I always used it 00:49:13 Tiffany N (she/her): Purpose, cause and effect 00:49:15 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: It sounded very community based—people would just call her up 00:49:15 Rebecca (she/her): Emotional connection 00:49:15 Monique Russell (she, her, ella): it was always part of her life, since she was a child 00:49:19 Lynn Turner: It was in her blood. In her upbringing. It was part of her being 00:49:27 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: She trusted her instincts, those internal whispers, to guide her in making medicine 00:49:47 Cierra (she/her): she was doing since she was 4 years old 00:49:50 Michelle Cook: It was part of who she was! 00:49:50 Ann W (she/her): She did her life.. Her husband's medicine. People came. 00:49:53 ☽ Luna Oak ☾ (they/she): connection to people in the community and connection to the land and plants she works with. 00:49:54 Emily Saturnino: Trust in herbs 00:49:54 Autumn (they/them): it's an extension of her being, an extension of showing up for her community 00:49:56 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): She used what she grew and had a thorough knowledge of 00:50:04 Kerie-Ann L: She used intuition, experience, and connection. Part of her being and DNA 00:50:11 Netha she/her: It just felt more intuitive and more connected as it was a part of her heritage 00:50:18 Pauline Dunn: her father brought her to the spring 00:50:18 Anais Naharro-Murphy: She was unassuming about it- it was a part of her- it was like a life force outside of herself 00:50:36 ayo ngozi (she/her): "little medicine thing" doc 00:50:42 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): She didn’t need any formal training 00:50:59 Kaisa (She/Hers): She recognized and met a community need 00:51:09 Ann W (she/her): How do you spell Queen Zynga?? 00:51:19 TAíNA VARGAS (she/her): Nzinga 00:51:43 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): humilty 00:51:44 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: It wasn’t about her or her ego, she was very humble 00:51:48 anjuli (she/her/we): one of the ailments she listed was “sugar” :) and when she talked about the effects the medicine she talked about the peoples narrative and her own 00:52:05 Aimee she/her: 'toting my tea' Loved that so much 00:52:12 Lynn Turner: She was called upon to support the drs 00:52:42 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @Aimee I didn’t catch that, that’s super cute 00:52:56 anjuli (she/her/we): she grew it all in her yard 00:53:53 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Yes, that’s so colonial—individualism, but also seeing BIPOC as a faceless mass 00:57:17 Tiffany N (she/her): Can you share a list of your books with us? 00:58:25 Erica Danielle: To back up a bit, do you think that Ancient Mesopotamia and Egyptians were spoken of in the collective as a group vs as individuals because they were black people. Just curious what your studies on this maybe have said 00:58:51 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): My memory is not my own, my Ancestors spark ideas and thoughts within myself that place me on the path that leads to discovering, practicing and mastering the inherit abilities I have been gifted 00:59:43 Tiffany N (she/her): Code 3704897 01:01:32 Rebecca (she/her): How do I get on? 01:01:49 Monique Russell (she, her, ella): Go to menti.com and enter the code 3704897 01:02:02 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Go to menti.com and put in code 3704897 01:06:28 Tara Purcell: My husband can tell you his history back to well FOREVER AGO... 01:08:28 Dewaynia (she/her): This is so beautiful to see that for what ever reason and from what ever land, we are all here right now in this space together at this time. WOW! 01:15:06 James (he/him): Yasss Kat Blaqu 01:15:42 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: yes 01:15:43 Stephanie she/they: yes 01:15:43 Celina Brown: no 01:15:44 Paola QC, she, ella: nop 01:15:44 Earnest (he/him): It's working 01:15:44 Montez: no 01:15:44 Brandonia he/him: I'm not 01:15:44 Pauline Heard-Dunn: i am 01:15:44 Lauren (she/her): I had to turn closed captions on to see them 01:15:45 Autumn (they/them): I am not 01:15:45 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: no 01:15:45 Tiffany N (she/her): no 01:15:47 ☽ Luna Oak ☾ (they/she): no 01:15:48 Aimee she/her: no 01:15:48 Jhonna (she/they): no 01:15:48 Chantel: I am 01:15:48 Jamila A: I see closed captioning 01:15:49 Michelle Cook: no 01:15:49 Marcus Carter (he,him): no 01:15:50 Montez: no 01:15:54 Earnest (he/him): it's just delayed a bit 01:15:54 Netha she/her: I saw it 01:16:05 Asari: I think you have to opt to see it by clicking on the Rev link at the top? 01:16:49 Pauline Heard-Dunn: If your captions are enabled from zoom they should still show even if video is not captioned. Now I see double captioning 01:17:46 Tiffany N (she/her): Thanks, Pauline! 01:18:05 Stephanie she/they: Me too pauline. Though the YouTube captions are far more accurate and timely lol 01:20:29 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Just want to note that this perspective is very North American. Race is viewed very differently in other places like Australia for example, where non-English white people are viewed as lesser than people of English descent 01:22:15 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Love your excitement for the topic. I joined a little late so I am looking forward to hearing more about the timeline 01:27:11 yudithazareth: Hi ya’ll! Joining late so sorry about that. 01:27:17 yudithazareth: Are we on a prompt? 01:27:24 TAíNA VARGAS (she/her): We have a short break 01:27:46 TAíNA VARGAS (she/her): Ayo suggested we have some paper available 01:27:50 ayo ngozi (she/her): Absolutely, Yiming! This is why I wanted to be clear about where my perspective is coming from. Raceand class as concepts can be so different and complex from one place to another. 01:28:10 yudithazareth: Ok thank you! 01:28:15 yudithazareth: I have my journal handy <3 01:28:23 ayo ngozi (she/her): Yes, back in 4 mins yudithazareth 01:31:08 Michelle Cook: I'm enjoying this class so much!!! 01:31:13 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: In case anyone is note seeing the closed captioning, there should be an option at the bottom of your screen to turn the captions on so you’ll be able to view them through out class. There is also an option to turn them off. 01:31:24 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: *not seeing* 01:32:42 Elizabeth <3: @yiming not really, anti-blackness is still a global phenomenon, like in the kat blaque video where she mentions how Europeans defined themselves in opposition to the africans they encountered, you can't talk about whiteness without talking about anti-blackness because it can't exist without it, slavery has set the foundation for the world as we know it now 01:33:34 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: I never denied anti-Blackness was a global phenomenon. 01:34:43 Asari: QUESTION: this is about our HERBAL history timeline? 01:36:05 Dewaynia (she/her): Roots being aired on TV 01:36:20 Brandonia he/him: African American slavery 01:38:58 T (she/her): @yiming I think the comment about the perspective being ‘North American’ & race being viewed differently may have been understood as that @Elizabeth <3 may be able to confirm 01:43:46 Elizabeth <3: yes exactly T! thinking about this function of race/anti-blackness as a north American thing excuses a lot of people who are implicated in it, whiteness may change but anti-blackness stays the same 01:43:56 Ima Odong: When audio lorde published uses of the erotic ! 01:44:03 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): There are positives for me in the Great Maafa as it began the lineage of blending cultural traditional healing methods that I benefit from today 01:44:09 Ima Odong: Audre *** !!! 01:44:43 Jhonna (she/they): Could you post the prompt in the chat so we can reference back to it 01:45:25 ayo ngozi (she/her): Create a timeline that begins as early as you choose and goes to the present (or future) 01:45:49 ayo ngozi (she/her): add the important events that you typed into Menti, as well as other things that influence your personal and/or family and/or cultural history 01:45:54 Jhonna (she/they): Thank you 01:59:19 Brandonia he/him: How plants traveled with us because we brought seeds with us. I.E. Okra 01:59:33 Rebecca (she/her): Illness 01:59:49 Kaisa (She/Hers): Sorry, can you repeat the question? 01:59:53 T (she/her): @Elizabeth <3 I’m considering that Yiming’s response could have been about a different aspect entirely but if it was about this then yes I agree. In Australia there is racism and even if it isn’t using labels of ‘black’ ‘white’, skin color does factor in (aboriginal & indigenous) for marginalized groups. I met an Australian woman who spoke about underlying racism she noticed toward Asian living there from the white Australians. So racism exists despite using the verbiage that may only apply to North America or specifically to other areas of the world. I do like and notice that @Yiming often advocates against white washing 02:00:11 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: nothing on my timeline is herbal related but intuitively I am being drawn toward it so I want to understand the translantic slave info or the connection to ancestors better 02:00:13 ayo ngozi (she/her): What is something on your timeline that is not obviousy herbal history, but still impacts your practices as an herbalist. 02:00:16 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): The establishment of Tobytown, MD 02:00:17 Edith (they/them): shamanic initiation leading to reconnecting to curanderismo 02:00:22 yudithazareth: My family’s migration struggle and how we adapted to the new landscape 02:00:27 Dewaynia (she/her): I asked my mom about my great grandparents marriage date, and she went and pulled out the certificate from the archives. Not obviously herbal, but I gained much from their union 02:00:29 Asari: Grandmother upbringing in Jamaica and Panama - through her learning to make sorrel 02:00:33 Cierra (she/her): becoming a vegetarian and "going natural" 02:00:35 Chantal (She/her): 2006-Getting sick 02:00:42 Kaisa (She/Hers): My long, long ago indigenous roots 02:00:58 Michelle Cook: Descendants of Free People of Color in Hartford 02:01:05 Aimee she/her: watching the AIDS epidemic unfold when I was a teen, and beginning to see for the first time how access to healthcare is not universal, and how marginalized folks need health justice 02:01:17 Aria (she/her): my grandmother deciding to become vegetarian after playing with lamb one day and being served that lamb the next day and refusing to eat it 02:01:32 Kathya (she/they): The big thing that pops up for me is whenever I was sick a kid and how my grandmother used her knowledge to heal. 02:01:41 Ima Odong: Yes cutting my hair /going natural 02:02:05 Pauline Heard-Dunn: my parents separated and one of he places my mother and I lived when our existence became most stable had mint growing in the front yard. I still have it growing in my front yard to this day. 02:02:10 VIviana Rennella: My grandmother had a Night Queen plant from a cutting from my great-grandmother and the whole family would gather to watch it bloom, one night a year 02:02:17 Ana (she/they): When I went away for college as a first gen student, my mom made sure that I was pretty stocked with teas that would comfort me, such as chamomile 02:02:33 Mahika: Being sick when I was younger… my grandfather would use cold rose water on a towel for fevers, and my grandmother would make herbal tonics with clove and other herbs when our tummies would hurt 02:02:50 VIviana Rennella: yeah! 02:02:53 Yaya (they/them): My grandmother was raised by my great great grandmother (passing on traditional knowledge that would have been hidden otherwise). 02:03:18 T (she/her): Picking (foraging) certain flowers (some known as weeds) as a child but now finding out those weeds actually have magical healing qualities 02:03:21 Jhonna (she/they): when I was little and got sick my father would make me canned soup and have me drink ginger ale. Now I understand that is a bit removed from folk medicine, but it was affected by folk medicine 02:03:23 Tracy Busbee: At the age of 16, shortly after gaining driving privileges, I discovered a local herb shop and was instantly drawn to it. 02:03:38 Ashley (she/her): Zora Neale Hurston's Of Mules and Men 02:03:40 Anais Naharro-Murphy: long car rides with each of my parents, listening and singing along to music 02:03:51 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: trigger warning………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..sexual assault as a child 02:04:57 ayo ngozi (she/her): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H1IbY6PGIk&t=4s 02:04:58 Stephanie she/they: When the christian missionaries first interacted with my great great grandmother in China…. I feel like that impacted the way my mother thinks about traditional Chinese medicine… [still learning about how she thinks] and essentially blocked this knowledge from becoming part of my upbringing growing up in America… until now, now I am actively seeking this knowledge and deeper connection with my ancestral knowledge <3 02:05:16 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: extremely fascinating! 02:05:35 James (he/him): This is weird so bare with me. The Founding of Anton Laveys Church of Satan and Michele Aquino's Temple of Set. Although I have now distanced myself from that way thinking these groups very much influenced my world for for many years of my life. Much of there teaching are inerrably toxic but they taught me to have respect for myself and to want the best out of life. It has influenced my herbalism in I makes me self critical of the woo side of Herbalism and to approach in in a more scientific way. It also makes me see herbs as a way to nurish and presser my Body 02:06:45 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @Stephanie, thanks for sharing that. I’m of Chinese descent and would love to connect further. If you want, feel free to private message me :) 02:07:52 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): This is also how Tobytown, MD (my family’s land) was established My Ancestors bought the land fthey worked on from their plantation owner 02:08:19 Stephanie she/they: <3 yes @yiming I will reach out to connect after class! 02:08:46 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Okay! yimingrolo @ gmail 02:09:07 Dewaynia (she/her): WOW this is an amazing story! 02:09:24 Pauline Heard-Dunn: https://dailyprogress.com/community/madisonnews/lifestyles/black-history-month-freed-madison-slaves-leave-lasting-legacy/article_767ef8fc-b2f9-11e4-805b-6b93a92eb7ea.html 02:10:02 Vickiana Franco (she/her): @ James <3 thank you for sharing 02:10:18 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Give thanks 02:10:19 Michelle Cook: Your story is amazing! I am just starting the research on my family and it's fascinating! 02:10:37 Cierra (she/her): This story is really making me emotional 02:10:40 Brandonia he/him: How do you feel about DNA tests & their effectiveness? 02:12:00 Pauline Heard-Dunn: Would they make the connection that its called herbalism? 02:12:04 @JayeRell: Good question Brandonia… 02:12:46 Tracy Busbee: Thank you for this 02:13:21 Anais Naharro-Murphy: Ayo- thank you so much for sharing. What an amazing thing- to connect so deeply with your story and sharing that with us. 02:13:38 TAíNA VARGAS (she/her): I had to travel back home in the Caribbean to learn from my uncle that my maternal great grandmother was a midwife/herbalist .. my mom never shared info with me.. even though I had a planned home birth and had shared with my mom that I wanted to pursue herbalism and midwifery 02:13:39 Cierra (she/her): I really appreciate this story and lesson 02:13:45 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): lol 02:14:01 birdie radford: mycilia 02:14:18 Ana (she/they): thank you for sharing, I love to hear about the spookiness 02:15:11 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: when we don't know our people we can still know our people -- yes!! 02:16:10 Michelle Cook: I wasn't a fan of DNA testing, but I had to do it. The information I found out! I have 3 brothers and 3 sisters I never knew I had amongst other things 02:16:17 Mahika: I wonder how many of our histories were impacted by interactions with colonization or the urge to become “westernized” as part of the immigrant experience…and how does that change familial attitudes towards indigenous/ancestral herbal wisdom. When I ask family members about our history, and Ayurveda which is my strongest ancestral connection to plant medicine, I can’t get any information, even though I know this is part of my history. 02:16:29 Tosca she/her/alien : You are my peoples @ayo 02:17:21 Stephanie she/they: Yes I resonate with that!!! 02:17:40 Mahika: Thank you <3 02:17:51 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: yes my family is very uncomfortable with my path and honoring of ancestors 02:17:52 yudithazareth: <3 02:18:10 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: I resonate with that, as both sides of my family were impacted by British colonization 02:18:11 Nicole Noor (she/her): thank you for your wisdom and generous sharing 02:18:13 Brandonia he/him: Thank you! Your words make me hopeful for getting down to the bottom of my families plant history <3 02:18:27 Autumn (they/them): yes thank you. very much appreciate this conversation and everyone's experience with this. 02:19:23 Tosca she/her/alien : Energy cannot be created or destroyed. In essence, energy can be converted from one form into another. #woowoo 02:19:28 Jayeesha Dutta: @Mahika, the British colonization shamed the use of Ayurveda for century, bringing Western medicine and colonizing a lot of our ancestral medicines (surgery was started by an Ayurvedic partitioner y’all) - the fact so many South Asians magnetize to the medical profession isn’t coincidental. But for a ‘serious’ south asian doctors Ayurveda is seen as less-than instead of the foundation. It’s sad. 02:19:44 Brandonia he/him: Also, thank you @MichelleCook for your thoughts on DNA testing been on he fence on whether to do that or not 02:21:50 Michelle Cook: @Brandonia, My family was not willing to give information. My grandmother had transitioned so I had limited information. Doing the testing really allowed me to find out things that I didn't know. On top of that, when I began to communicate the information to my MOm that I found, she became a little more receptive. I had also taken an Ancestry research class that helped me talk to her in a way that was welcoming and not accusatory. 02:22:21 ayo ngozi (she/her): Michelle, I hear you re: DNA! I feel like if they want my DNA they probably already have it (or can get it) so it was worth it to me but I definitely understand why people don't want to. And ooooo weeeee the new information that comes out with DNA! 02:23:30 ayo ngozi (she/her): TAiNA right! that happens all the time and it's why persistence is so important (even after folks have transitioned). 02:26:29 Michelle Cook: @Ayo, that is EXACTLY why I didn't want it! Me and My conspiracy theories! LOL! But I did it and in the past 2 years the story has been awesome. To get my Mom to open up because I was sharing things with her really changed everything. Thank you for sharing your story, I was getting chills! 02:28:36 Sherese Francis: Ooh I love Robert Hayden’s work! 02:29:27 Netha she/her: Meeting ID: 834 4219 8926 Passcode: Herbalism Mahika asking the right questions! Lol as an immigrant I can say that one of the things that keeps are traditions going (verbal communication) often gets restricted with distance. And with that distance and time people can get forget to share the knowledge they have, and if we don’t share the knowledge often enough the traditions become forgotten that’s the hard truth. 02:40:23 ayo ngozi (she/her): What came up (or not)? WHO came up? Is it someone you know or nah? If not, did they have a name or words to offer? Do you see why they might want to talk with you? 02:40:51 ayo ngozi (she/her): Do you have any questions of them? Do they look "like family," or different? 02:42:44 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Are we to share that here? 02:42:46 ayo ngozi (she/her): Netha, yes--we did not immigrate here but with the family moving away from the country (and from intergenerational/compound living) and spreading out all over during the Great Migration and afterwards.so much connection is lost. Even over the last 10 years I see it in my family. 02:43:11 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: So much can happen in 5 minutes! I didn't see anyone but I heard a message of togetherness. that the family is too disconnected -- not just physically but we need to reconnect and set aside attitudes and differences 02:43:39 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: yes! very real but a long process 02:44:37 Mar: wow… thank you for that. I also had body sensations that I did not expect, related to what that ancestor had done in the past. I need to do meditate on this… 02:44:49 Cierra (she/her): my ancestor came through with braids and beads and she has jaundice like eyes. I have seen her before in other meditations- she told me I need to heal my heart. not sure why she comes to visit me. 02:45:03 James (he/him): I saw my Mom who passed a few months ago. We were in a swowy wood, sitting on a stone in a clearing. We held eachother and she gave me some advice on a problem Im dealing with 02:45:15 Sherese Francis: My great grandmother Meta, who lived in Barbados and who I never met came but my mother said she looked like her, and sat with me. She told me my healing is centered in healing from shame and living fully in truth and love. I ended with holding myself. 02:45:18 Brandonia he/him: Saw a woman who I've seen in meditation once before... She said I needed to heal my heart and confidence in my sef & my abilities. Such a warm hug with heart tingles 02:45:19 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: beautiful 02:45:47 Vickiana Franco (she/her): I experienced something that has never happened before. I don't meditate "well" but felt something. I saw a male ancestor, he was tan, wrinkled, quiet, strong, dignified. As I was preparing to leave him I was overwhelmed with, it felt like grief, I started to cry, like a deep cry and sadness! I have no idea where that came from, I am very surprised by this. 02:45:50 birdie radford: I saw a large beetle bug and it showed me the blue ridge mountains and all these hands holding long wooden poles and they split apart and then it showed me that i need to reevaluated my use of technology 02:45:52 Ann W (she/her): My maternal Great Grandmother whom I have not met. She told me to love myself as I am. 02:46:06 Demetria [She/her]: My ancestor placed a root in my hand. It was valerian. I could smell it. Ive been having issues with digestion lately and I was unaware that this root offer relief for that. I’m making tea with it now 02:46:14 Dewaynia (she/her): A beautiful group of various shades showed up like I came into their party. The message from all of them was "You are not making this up" 02:46:34 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Saw myself on the shoreline that I remember in my dreams as a child. I was able to see and enter the forest behind me finally, as I child I could only see the Ocean. A young man whom was tall, slim and dark complexioned with a striped polo shirt, shorts and slip flops opened the bush to welcome me inside. He had a machete in one hand. The forest was full of banana leaves and what appeared to be a mulch like floor. Lots of Sun peeking through, yet very condensed. He led me into a place that was cleared out in the center where I found an elder man sitting in silence smoking something over a fire. He said the Spirit of humanity is what needs to be cleansed. 02:46:37 Kaisa (She/Hers): I met an indigenous gaelic ancestor who was not so interested in me as an individual, but had a presence reinforcing more about the authentic whole, community 02:46:53 Beecher (she/her): I have done meditations like this before and believe I met myself from past lives which can bring a hole other layer to this 02:47:15 Tiffany N (she/her): Yup, met my future healer self 02:47:20 Netha she/her: I felt my paternal grandmother we have the same name I felt her hand at my back. I asked one of my decks for a message and pulled the 9 of pentacles 02:47:37 Ana (she/they): I was in a bright wood that ended in a clearing. I saw who I think is my great-grandmother, but the face wasn’t clear. She had a lot of wrinkles, was brown, and had gray hair in braids. She asked me “como estas hijita?” which means “how are you my daughter?” and we held hands. 02:47:46 Aria (she/her): I have to leave early but thank you all so much <3 peace and blessings 02:47:53 James (he/him): We are our own temple 02:47:54 Alicia she/her: Saw a male ancestor with a kind and pensive spirit. Felt like he was booksmart, but had a hard time accessing education because of racism. He was telling me about how to find a sense of home. 02:47:54 Mar: An ancestor (abuela) asking for forgiveness from another ancestor (abuelo)… 02:48:21 Celina Brown: I only experienced a hand reaching out to me and holding my hand. I felt like maybe they were letting me know that they were passing something down to me or something had been passed down to me that was going to be hard but that I needed to do to heal myself and to heal them (my ancestors) and future ancestors 02:48:28 T (she/her): I saw someone I did not recognize 02:49:31 Mykalee (she/they): The walk in the forest led me to a river. And a dark elder woman in a brown dress and brown wrap with twigs and leaves. We sat by the river. We held hands and rested my head on her shoulder. I still feel her presence by my left side. The answer to the healing question I got was "protection, protection, strength, protection". I really appreciate this exercise. 02:49:57 anjuli (she/her/we): I sat together with my great grandmother she sat back like it wasn’t time to chit chat, like we could just be together in silence and not know together. was such a gift to be with her like that 02:51:06 Monique Russell (she, her, ella): epigenetics 02:52:33 birdie radford: I fed the bug an apple and it loved it. I wonder about this Bug being a writing ancestor Kafka(?) coming to me to telling me that the reason im not writing is bc ,my technology use is unbalanced 02:52:44 Lynn Turner: Three people appeared to me. Transforming from one to the next… female and male. These are people I don’t obviously know but I knew when I saw they I know them. They left me a small red glowing stone as I picked it up- was absorbed into me. I looked above and saw an eagle soaring overhead in the blue sky. 02:53:00 Mar: Is this from a specific book? 02:53:07 @JayeRell: Did anyone get the last slide or a pic of it for the reflection journal? 02:53:16 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): yes 02:54:50 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: big questions for white (and white passing) folks from Kara Wood and Wrin Caitlin Sweeney: When did your ancestors become white? What agreements were made to uphold white supremacy? What was lost along the way? What was forgotten, and how do you remember? 02:55:53 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Embarace wellness, welcome wellness first and foremost 02:56:12 Tiffany N (she/her): Thank you, Okufunmike! 02:57:05 T (she/her): I would love learn reiki. Any suggestions? 02:57:31 @JayeRell: thank you Okunfunmike! 02:57:42 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): You are welcome. 02:57:45 Aimee she/her: going back to the beginning when you spoke about how herbal history is presented completely focused on the colonizers, is there a reading list somewhere of books that present a deeper/broader perspective. I only know of Farming While Black and Working the Roots. 02:58:02 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): For reiki Wakili Green 02:58:07 Cierra (she/her): @ T Lune Innate on youtube offers online classes 02:58:08 Monique Russell (she, her, ella): Working Cures is another good one Aimee 02:58:47 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): https://www.wakiligreenmovement2.com/about 02:58:51 Aimee she/her: @Monique thanks 02:59:26 T (she/her): Thank you @Okunfunmike San-T @Cierra 02:59:34 T (she/her): Thank you all! 02:59:37 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): You are welcome 02:59:47 Cierra (she/her): Anytime! 02:59:58 T (she/her): <3 03:01:10 Mar: Yes… thank you for that. Recognizing their healing beliefs. 03:05:31 T (she/her): I’m especially loving this class rn 03:05:54 Mykalee (she/they): Yes T! Me too! 03:06:07 Cierra (she/her): yes- this class is amazing 03:06:14 Tiffany N (she/her): It truly is! 03:06:23 Jayeesha Dutta: Appreciate this framing so much - agree loving this class so much - thank you ayo! 03:06:25 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): I fourth that emotion 03:06:26 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: yes, so good! same bat time, same bat channel haha :) 03:06:44 T (she/her): Truly a gift 03:07:13 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Definitely allowing herself to be the vessel 03:07:49 Kathya (she/they): This class definitely resonates and has come at the perfect time for me. Amazing 03:08:29 T (she/her): Yes @kathya the timing 03:08:31 Mar: Me too @Kathya <3 03:08:38 Brandonia he/him: I agree @Kathya 03:08:50 anjuli (she/her/we): ya this is incredible 03:08:56 T (she/her): @healingfemme :) 03:09:13 Mar: This class is everything… <3 and also, the beginning/contiunuation of so much healing. 03:09:22 Mar: *continuation 03:09:44 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Ayo is amazing! So glad folks are enjoying the class! 03:09:58 Netha she/her: perfect timing it’s right before the new moon 03:10:05 T (she/her): Yes! 03:10:54 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: oof really feeling this. i’ve heard about ancestor work for awhile but this is the first i’ve heard about doing it in a real way, like bringing everything to them. Thank you, ayo!!! this is really deep 03:11:06 Brandonia he/him: Supposedly sounds can open up keys in our DNA 03:11:21 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Sound embodies energy 03:12:12 Tiffany N (she/her): Tasty!!! 03:12:17 Sherese Francis: Yes and listening is a full embodied experience. Ancestors and spirits speak in various ways. 03:12:41 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Yes Sherese! 03:12:49 Brandonia he/him: Yeah I'm still trying to figure out how to open my spiritual ears.... they're a little clogged lol 03:12:51 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Meeting the challenge 03:14:06 T (she/her): I often ‘hear’ messages when I notice patterns 03:14:15 anjuli (she/her/we): Ayo- if it’s in the flow, would love to hear your thoughts on being with ancestors who aren’t well/at rest and how to feel safe/well in those exchanges. Any teachings from experiences you’ve had with that 03:15:02 Brandonia he/him: Dance Ancestors! 03:15:36 Sherese Francis: Same T! 03:17:22 Mar: YES 03:17:37 Maria Jose (She/Her): Yes! I've been gifting blank journals to family members and asked for them to be returned with whatever they want to share with me 03:18:05 yudithazareth: <3 yes!! My gramma loves poetry but has a grade school education. But now I’m going to send her a journal and encourage her to write. <3 03:18:46 James (he/him): This is so cool! Your grandmother sounds amazing! 03:18:53 T (she/her): @Maria Jose great idea 03:19:07 Sarah Humpal (she/her): ooh! 03:19:15 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Thats done in Yoruba culture 03:20:55 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Yes! 03:22:37 TAíNA VARGAS (she/her): http://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast 03:22:50 T (she/her): There can be messages in chosen scriptures, like an answer to a question on top of mind 03:22:54 Mar: ^ ^gracias hermana! <3 03:23:25 Tracy Busbee: Damn...this stuff. Thank you. 03:23:30 T (she/her): it can be a revealing in the way a dream book is used 03:23:49 Brandonia he/him: I love this class right now! All the feels. 03:24:16 Demetria [She/her]: I JUST ORDERED THAT DECK! 03:24:35 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): This needs to be a series on its own. (HINT HINT) 03:24:43 Brandonia he/him: What was the deck again? I missed it 03:24:45 Sherese Francis: What’s the name of that deck? 03:25:47 anjuli (she/her/we): https://grandmababyapothecary.com 03:26:11 Sherese Francis: Thank you! I actually just bought that one! 03:26:26 Brandonia he/him: Thank you @Aljuli :) 03:26:28 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): I JUST WROTE ON THIS LAST NIGHT! FAINTS 03:27:40 Celina Brown: call and response! 03:28:10 T (she/her): @okunfunmike sanu-t meant to be 03:28:25 Michelle Cook: Whooo! Gave me chills! 03:29:18 Lauren (she/her): I love how in both of these, the sound of the work becomes a part of the song 03:29:24 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): @T so I see, I am floored 03:30:26 yudithazareth: Theres a beautifully tragic documentary called “Tibet in song” its about the colonization of this beautiful nation by the Chinese occupation and how they banned their songs but then used their harmonies to change lyrics to assimilate them. 03:30:45 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): wow 03:31:03 Ima Odong: Yes proverbs 03:32:22 VIviana Rennella: There is a documentary of afro-latin women praying and keeping rhythm with water. Can’t remember the name 03:32:31 Tiffany N (she/her): #ScorpioSeason 03:32:33 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Going along with that, what about ancestors who might not wish us well? How do we protect ourselves? 03:32:59 T (she/her): I was watching a tv show and noticed a pattern of the Irish lilt sounding like Jamaican patios. This led me down a rabbit hole of info about Irish slaves in Jamaica 03:33:00 Mykalee (she/they): That's real @yiming. 03:33:48 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @T do you remember the show? that’s fascinating 03:34:23 James (he/him): I'm low key become that problematic ancestor 03:34:24 T (she/her): @healingfemme It was Son’s of Anarchy 03:34:41 Cierra (she/her): lmao! 03:34:43 Ana (she/they): omg James lol 03:34:57 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: thx @T! hahaha @James! 03:36:33 Che: @T Irish slaves or indentured servants? 03:36:46 T (she/her): @healingfemme to be honest it could have been any show having dialog w/ Irish lilt but I was watching it often to take notice between that and the way my family pronunciates words 03:37:28 Brandonia he/him: Literal tending of our family trees/ plots 03:38:24 Cierra (she/her): Yes, Brandonia! 03:40:19 Autumn (they/them): I really appreciate you speaking to that. Death is not stagnancy or permanence for any being. 03:40:35 Elizabeth <3: thank you for this! 03:40:39 T (she/her): @che the info I found explains how the Irish ‘prefers’ the idea of indentured servants. Remember what Ayo mentioned about non-white immigrants siding with the overseers in order to align while distancing themselves from slaves, slavery. If you look into this it is an area of shame and has been rejected by the Irish in general. Also I read about the way the Irish we treated by the British. Much of the distain was due to religious differences 03:40:53 anjuli (she/her/we): wow yes- I hadn’t been able to connect with my paternal grandmothers and then on her 20th death anniversary, i felt her body as holder and her spirit wise and available in a whole new way…whole other timeline 03:41:43 Mykalee (she/they): It makes me wonder that the ill treatment we had with ancestors when they were on this earth was never about us at all but about the traumas and experiences they had on earth. 03:42:07 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @T thx for sharing! when you say Irish lilt do you just mean like an Irish accent? I had heard of the Irish language as Gaelic or Irish but not sure if I’m missing something. @Che I was wondering that too bc I heard that Irish slaves was a myth, that they were all indentured servants. But I haven’t done a ton of research on this. 03:42:24 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Yes Mykalee -- that is the understanding I came too after my mom became an ancestor. 03:42:52 T (she/her): @che and they were treated less than human. I also learn that the Irish slaves were cross bread with African slaves in the Caribbean. In case anyone wondered about many MC sir names & freckles :) 03:43:02 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): @mykalee yes, that is what generational trauma is 03:43:09 Mar: Yes @Mykalee… intergenerational trauma. 03:43:32 Che: @T where did you learn this? 03:43:39 Mar: Important to recognize to we don’t repeat these patterns. 03:43:42 Mar: *so 03:44:01 T (she/her): @healingfemme yes the accent or the pronunciation of many words 03:44:15 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: thx @T :) 03:45:07 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): That is the vision I had in meditation, smoke baths 03:45:13 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Using herbs and bark 03:45:37 T (she/her): @healingfemme yw! :) 03:46:09 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): A brush 03:46:11 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Oh my goodness I live next to a funeral home and I used to go through hearing them talking a lot until I started my spiritual journey. Now it is much quieter 03:47:02 Cierra (she/her): I just had a meditation and my great grandpa handed me some flowers and I googled the flower and it was iris and my great grandmother's name was iris 03:47:32 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @Cierra that is so sweet :) 03:47:33 Tiffany N (she/her): Absolutely beautiful! 03:48:11 Cierra (she/her): thank you- it was really sweet! 03:48:34 James (he/him): Im not sure if an afterlife exists. But even if it does not I hope the memry of my legacy will help thoughs to come 03:49:00 Tiffany N (she/her): TRUTH! 03:49:58 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Some are confused 03:50:01 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Yep! 03:51:02 T (she/her): @che like I mentioned I literally went down a rabbit whole after noticing this. Started on Google a few years back. I would need to look around for it again but I found most info in book referenced online. I also know there is a lot of info rejecting this info and reframing the history as indentured servitude. I believed that existed too, for many cultures but I see the word slavery is being erased/denied. There should be no shame around being enslaved against one’s will 03:51:15 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Stoner here! <3 03:52:04 @JayeRell: Lol Lakesha 03:52:45 Monica A: do you have a book to recommend on hand and foot baths with herbs ? 03:53:06 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Have you ever used magnolia bark and petals? 03:53:50 yudithazareth: Rue was the first plant my grandmother taught me to use to cleanse myself 03:54:57 Anne White Hat: Cedar tea 03:55:01 Elizabeth <3: I didn't know you could use rue to cleanse, in Ethiopia people put it in their coffee!! 03:55:17 Cierra (she/her): I would love to take a 12 week class on this!! 03:55:19 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: ooh i love yarrow <3 03:55:44 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: I am with you Cierra 03:55:47 yudithazareth: Oooo! Ill put it my coffee next time, but yes I think any plant that was aromatic, she also used rosemary 03:56:13 Brandonia he/him: Yes @Cierra! Me three :D 03:56:27 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): @Cierra say it again for me too! lol 03:56:51 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @Cierra + everyone same here!!! 03:56:59 Jo Worth (she/her): @Cierra, i'll be there too! 03:57:08 Cierra (she/her): LMAO! we gotta just put that out into the universe! 03:57:19 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): @Ayo I hope you’re reading this! 03:57:21 VIviana Rennella: A little late, finally found the water ritual documentary: https://youtu.be/P-WzJyNNBUc 03:58:13 Jayeesha Dutta: Thanks @viviana - saved to watch 03:58:21 Dewaynia (she/her): how do you spell that stone? 03:58:53 ayo ngozi (she/her): Babingtonite 03:58:59 Dewaynia (she/her): thank you 03:59:39 Mar: I’m so happy that this group will meet for months to come :-) 03:59:49 Tiffany N (she/her): yaaaaaaaaaaassss 03:59:50 Cierra (she/her): mookaite helps with talking to ancestors 04:00:09 ayo ngozi (she/her): enhydro quartz 04:00:17 Ana (she/they): me too @Mar! 04:00:18 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): For stones: https://rasben.com 04:00:24 Jayeesha Dutta: clear quartz is good for ancestor work I think, especially to gain clarity - all quartz really 04:00:57 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Electial quartz/smoky quartz is an ancestral crystal 04:01:36 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Correction: Elestial quartz 04:01:52 Brandonia he/him: OMG I love a big old & wise tree <3 __ <3 04:02:19 James (he/him): Moonstone for working with things meant to be hidden. 04:02:31 Mar: Yes @Brandonia! Me too! 04:02:53 Yaya (they/them): @Brandonia, Yessss me three! 04:03:21 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Hot springs 04:03:24 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Good books I have on crystals is Judy Hall -- the Crystal Bible. It's 3 books but it gives where the crystals originate from, how they can help heal, etc. 04:03:28 T (she/her): Like shun & yemaya 04:04:14 Mar: Our ancestors are in the water as well… 04:04:24 Emily Saturnino: I feel we are water 04:04:45 Cierra (she/her): water holds history 04:04:58 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: this was wonderful 04:05:11 Sherese Francis: This was enriching! 04:05:18 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): That’s ok, we’ll have a series of this soon 04:05:28 yudithazareth: Thank you for all your teachings <3 04:05:30 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: you 04:05:30 T (she/her): you 04:05:31 Michelle Cook: This class was just what I needed! 04:05:31 Lauren (she/her): You are LOL 04:05:32 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Everybody, with you 04:05:33 Mar: Ayo, is there a book for ancestral healing you recommend? 04:05:34 T (she/her): lol 04:05:34 Nicole Noor (she/her): you! we are hungry for more! 04:05:34 anjuli (she/her/we): what is the series? 04:05:39 Cierra (she/her): this was fantastic!!! 04:05:41 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: yes! 04:05:41 Demetria [She/her]: This was a beautiful class! 04:05:50 Brandonia he/him: Can we please hear the tree story?? 04:05:59 T (she/her): @Lauren , lol 04:06:13 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: Can you speak about dreams and ancestor communication? 04:06:15 Jayeesha Dutta: Thank you so much, this was lovely and hope we continue some of these themes the rest of our time together 04:06:40 Stephanie she/they: Can you write down that name plz? 04:06:41 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Don’t forget to sustainably harvest the plant matter you need to do this work everyone! 04:06:48 Tiffany N (she/her): The name please? 04:06:49 Sarah Baracks (she/they): Can you type out the name of that book please about the foot and head baths? 04:06:49 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: can the book name be dropped into the chat? 04:06:51 Cierra (she/her): what is the name of the book? 04:06:59 T (she/her): Expensive because people make this info so hard to get 04:07:30 birdie radford: We give footbaths and massage as a fundraiser at the People's Spa Day twice a year and we call them Spa Rockers. 04:08:09 yudithazareth: Is there a recipe for a specific cleansing foot bath? 04:08:18 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): I think the washing of the head/hair is ultra healing as well 04:08:23 Sherese Francis: My friend does footbath events on zoom. We did one with peppermint tea and cinnamon. 04:08:40 Demetria [She/her]: Maurice Mességué 04:09:26 birdie radford: Footbath events on Zoom?! That sounds amazing. 04:09:43 Dewaynia (she/her): is there a particular book of his? 04:09:56 T (she/her): I believe it! 04:10:01 Tiffany N (she/her): Me too! 04:10:19 Mar: Great idea! 04:10:34 Asari Beale: I did a footpath during this class! 04:10:39 Asari Beale: *bath 04:10:44 Amber: Which Maurice Messegue book? 04:10:49 T (she/her): Any other bath resources / books? 04:11:16 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: The Art of Herbal Hand + Foot Baths 04:11:34 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Your motherboard 04:11:42 James (he/him): and heart 04:12:15 Jayeesha Dutta: I took a spiritual baths class with nana sula in New Orleans - she would be happy to consult I think - https://www.sulaspirit.com/about 04:12:34 Demetria [She/her]: Would you pour a foot bath over your head? 04:12:41 Tiffany N (she/her): Thank you, Ayo!!! 04:12:57 Sherese Francis: Yes it was for the foot bath on zoom was for the full moon and she will probably do more https://www.eventbrite.com/e/full-moon-foot-soak-body-love-online-tickets-125971727829# 04:13:19 Emily Saturnino: Do we still have time for the tree story? :) 04:13:41 T (she/her): thanks 04:13:42 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Here is a free footpath manual from the Herb Bus from the Harriet Tubman Footbath Clinic https://herbalista.org/resources/handouts/ 04:14:41 T (she/her): They apparently survived in experience of radiation 04:15:33 Demetria [She/her]: Trees are LOUD 04:15:46 Mar: Thank you @Molly!!! 04:15:56 Mykalee (she/they): Ooop! lol 04:17:34 Emily Saturnino: <3 04:17:53 Sherese Francis: Thank you! 04:17:55 Ana (she/they): thank you for sharing that with us! 04:17:56 Anais Naharro-Murphy: Thank you for everything Ayo. You are magic and joy! 04:17:59 Brandonia he/him: Thank You !!! That is such a great story <3 I love this! 04:17:59 Celina Brown: so grateful for your offerings today. thank you 04:18:01 Cierra (she/her): thank you!! :) 04:18:02 Dewaynia (she/her): Thank you so much. 04:18:04 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Ayos Website: 04:18:06 Mykalee (she/they): Thank you so much! 04:18:08 Nicole Noor (she/her): thank you thank you thank you. 04:18:09 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: https://thecreativeroot.net/ 04:18:11 Elizabeth <3: this was so beautiful, thank you <333 04:18:12 Nailah (she/her): Thank you! 04:18:12 yudithazareth: I have a baby gingko! Ill have to go apologize 04:18:12 Michelle Cook: Thank you! This was soooo good! 04:18:13 James (he/him): It was fun everyone see you soon! 04:18:13 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Ase o! Thank you for this offering and exchange of empowerment! 04:18:13 Lakesha Miller, NYCHA: thank you - you are dope as hell 04:18:14 Joanna Winkler: Thank you Ayo and everyone for being here! 04:18:14 Jamila A: thank you!!! 04:18:15 Kathya (she/they): Thank you, Ayo! 04:18:15 Terican : Thank you, Ayo! 04:18:16 Shakira she/her: Much respect 04:18:16 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Thank you ayo!!! you are a gift, a gem, and a joy 04:18:18 Amber: Thank you 04:18:19 T (she/her): Do we have IG info in a shared space? 04:18:19 Mar: Thank you! Gracias! hahom!!! 04:18:19 Ana (she/they): and thank you @brandonia for asking about it again lol 04:18:22 Hanna (she/her): Thank you!! 04:18:30 Patti (she/her): Thank you so much! What an awesome class :) 04:18:33 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Ayo’s Website: https://thecreativeroot.net/ IG @ayo.herbalist or @Plantingreparations 04:18:33 VIviana Rennella: Thank you! Awesome. 04:19:09 Mar: https://www.seedsoilspirit.com/ 04:19:32 anjuli (she/her/we): THANK YOU with all the capital letters. what a generous and rich afternoon <3 04:19:51 Jo Worth (she/her): You heal through the screen. Thank you so much! 04:19:55 Maria Jose (She/Her): Thank you thank you! 04:20:24 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @Brandonia you have such fun and sweet energy! :) 04:20:37 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: December 3 Pleasure Medicine Series with Ayo Ngozi - Bittersweet as part of Bloom series 04:20:52 Tiffany N (she/her): Thank you!!! <3 04:21:00 Mar: I am so appreciative!!! 04:21:05 T (she/her): <3 amazing 04:21:07 jlow19: Thank you! 04:21:11 Jayeesha Dutta: ধন্যবাদ gracias شكرا thank you 04:21:15 anita malone (she/her): thank you so much love!! 04:21:27 Mahika: So powerful. Thank you! <3 04:21:36 Sherese Francis: 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thank you again 04:21:54 MELISSA PACHECO: Did anybody save this chat? I was logged off several times because connection, and I would love to read everything later 04:21:55 Emily Saturnino: Thank you so much! 04:22:17 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Yes we can edit out any private chats and send out group chat. 04:22:39 Jayeesha Dutta: @Melissa - you can also save chat yourself if you click the three dots next to file in the chat box 04:22:49 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Thanks @Jayeesha 04:23:26 MELISSA PACHECO: @Jayeesha, yeah! But mine is incomplete cauze I signed off at different times because bad connection 04:23:38 Vickiana Franco (she/her): thank you! i didn't know that 04:23:49 babsi (she/her): @Jayeesha - that will only work from the time she was on. If she was kicked out of zoom, the prior parts are lost, unfortunately 04:24:05 MELISSA PACHECO: @babsi, exactly, that´s what happened to me 04:24:49 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): @yiming, If it compels you, offer them some herbs that have an affinity for the heart and head, as an offering of healing for them. Many may be awaiting your help. 04:24:51 Jayeesha Dutta: I haven’t been booted so that should work :) 04:25:06 Jhonna (she/they): Thank you so much for todays class, Ayo and everyone that also partook as teachers today 04:25:43 Shonda Johnson: You are so refreshing....thank you, Ayo! 04:25:44 MELISSA PACHECO: @Jayeesha, thank you for the chat! 04:25:45 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Generational conditioning 04:29:13 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: Thich Naht Hanh talks about taking care of your anger like a baby 04:29:22 T (she/her): This makes me wonder…Could there be a way for someone from current generation to approach healing w/ past ancestors in order to right past wrongs? 04:29:23 Cierra (she/her): sadly villains have a purpose 04:29:46 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: yes @T I am wondering that too! 04:29:46 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): I may not forgive, I do however try my best to understand the glitch in spirit and ado what I can to offer things that can help them atone in the spirituall realm 04:31:24 T (she/her): How? 04:32:02 T (she/her): @healingfemme yes , your testimony inspired the question :) 04:32:04 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Simply by how you proceed in life, how willing and successful you are in ending those cycles 04:33:07 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: @T i’d love to connect further if you want! @healingfemme on ig or yimingrolo@gmail :) 04:33:23 T (she/her): thank u! 04:34:04 yiming (she/her) @healingfemme ♒︎ ♒︎ ♈︎ aqua/aqua/aries: this was such a gift!!! Thank you, ayo!!! 04:34:20 Okunfunmike Sanu-t (she): Molly gotta cut the class because nobody is ;eaving 04:34:20 ☽ Luna Oak ☾ (they/she): so grateful for this class and these discussions 04:34:30 Nicole Noor (she/her): thank you 04:34:31 T (she/her): @Healingfemme definitely! 04:34:35 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: Haha @Okunfunmike 04:34:44 Molly Meehan Brown she/her: But its sooo good