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Yu-Shuan is a 1.5 generation Taiwanese American of Hakka and Fujianese descent, residing on unceded Chochenyo Ohlone land (aka Fruitvale, Oakland CA) for the past 20 years. She is a spiritual space curator, connector, and facilitator with over 20 years of experience cultivating healing-based and spirit-based liberatory pedagogy and practice. Her passion for "collective thrivership" led her to her work in spiritual accompaniment, leadership coaching, and the curation of many programs and projects over the years. Yu-Shuan has developed content and facilitated workshops/training/modules for grassroots organizations, schools, universities, religious institutions, and non-profits to deepen our practice of interconnectedness. She has also developed and overseen programs in various sectors to ensure the success and wellness of under-resourced and marginalized communities. Yu-Shuan was a faith-based organizer and social justice minister for 15 years. For the past 6 years, she was a consulting faculty at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Yu-Shuan founded Sacred Roots in 2016, an interfaith Black, Indigenous, women-led organization that seeks to deepen and interlock our cultural, spiritual, and ancestral roots for the sake of collective healing and liberation. She is a trained Reiki & Pranic Healing practitioner and a mystic with Christian, Taoist, and Buddhist spiritual lineages. She grounds her work and practice as a proud beneficiary of ancestors/family who crossed multiple borders to escape war, poverty, and persecution, drawing from deep, ancient scholarship and thrivership that no institutional education or religion can replace. Yu-Shuan is a proud mother of two mixed-race teenagers and a life partner to a 4th generation Chicanx.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual. Bilingual: Mandarin, Taiwanese
Lucía is a professional program/circle facilitator and leadership trainer. Her work focuses on providing support to victims, survivors, justice-impacted individuals, and community members who have been harmed by violence and structural systems of oppression. Lucía has been working inside California prisons for the past decade, facilitating trauma-informed and restorative justice-based rehabilitation programs and trainings. She worked on the linguistic translation and cultural adaptation of the Victim-Offender Education Group (VOEG) and Guiding Rage Into Power Program (GRIP), designing curriculum and teaching materials specifically to serve our incarcerated Latinx community. She has a MA in International Studies and Conflict Resolution, and PhD in Anthropology and Social Change
Available for In-Person & Virtual Sessions. Group & Individual Sessions. Bilingual: Spanish.
Oona Valle is a Honduran-American folk herbalist, doula, and intuitive sound healer living and practicing in the intergenerational, interracial, interfaith community of Canticle Farm on Lisjan Ohlone lands. Their practice with plant medicine was first sown by the Carribbean and Mesoamerican medicine carriers of the community garden spaces that raised them in the Lenape lands known as NYC. As a land steward, Oona leans on the wisdom of the plants that volunteer themselves in overabundance for insights on our collective imbalance and needs. They co-founded and co-facilitate Transforming Invasives // Welcoming Newcomers, a practice group that alchemizes “weeds” into medicine and crafts, creating room for intentional and native plants. They’ve been practicing Reiki since 2018, when they were attuned at the community healing space MINKA Brooklyn. Their energy practice is influenced by their work tending honeybees, who teach her about the sacrifice inherent to protecting our communities, and the sweetness that results from being attuned to the eros of entire landscapes. Tending to hives has deepened her appreciation for the interconnectedness of our health, across communities and species. Honey, propolis, hive vibration, and bee venom therapy are part of her medicine bundle. They also carry the influence of their Christian upbringing, which instilled in them a deep faith in the transformative power of water through baptism, in the body as a channel for the healing energies of the divine, and in the illuminating insights of the inspired word. Their adult life has been a process of queering that lineage, interweaving it with their lineage of traditional Mesoamerican medicine ways, the insights that emerge from humble and attentive land-stewardship, and the healing sounds that flow through them.
Available for Group & Individual Sessions. In-Person & Virtual. Bilingual: Spanish & English
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Dr. Uzoamaka (Uzo) Nwankpa is a fourth-generation descendant of healers from Enugu, Nigeria, West Africa. She is a community health registered nurse, performing artist, dance facilitator, choreographer, educator, researcher and an advocate for healing through the use of the arts. She is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Igbo culture and African cultures in the diaspora. As first generation immigrant to Turtle Island, and global visitor, Uzo is committed to decolonizing self patterns while being a bridge between the world of Africans on the continent of Africa and the diaspora. As an advocate for communities that use the arts to heal, Uzo is dedicated to creating and exploring diverse ways to combine ancient practices with innovation. She provides communal healing sessions for domestic violence shelters, caregivers, nurses, healers, and BIPOC healers, in-person and virtually. She believes in the power of music and dance to promote wellbeing, dedicating her life to developing innovative solutions that benefit underserved communities. Uzo earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree with a focus on wellbeing. She founded Wellness Promoters LLC, creating culturally inclusive wellness experiences. She is also CEO of The Uzo Method Project, addressing healthcare disparities faced by marginalized communities. Uzo holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master of Science in Nursing with a Public Health focus. She completed a Post-Master's Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health Research, where she developed the RICHER Model.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual
Martha is a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) Tribe from South Dakota. She was born and raised in Oakland, CA. She has extensive experience and knowledge of the Bay Area Native community. With a Master’s in Public Administration with an Organizational Change Concentration and Bachelor’s in Human Development with a Child Development Concentration, Martha integrates this institutional knowledge and skills to maneuver systems to inform our work towards dismantling all forms of systemic oppression. Over the past 40 years, she held various leadership roles utilizing culturally and spiritually based approaches to build and strengthen healthy individuals, families, and communities. For the past 30 years, she has integrated her formal meditation and visualization training with her traditional practice to strengthen collective wellness.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
A Filipinx born, raised, and living in the US diaspora, Angie is a certified spiritual director from Mercy Center and have served individuals and groups for over 15 years. As an interfaith spiritual director and holistic counselor, she has presented workshops on grief, the immigrant experience, and facilitated dream groups and women’s groups. She holds a MA in Somatic Counseling psychology and uses those skills and knowledge learned, along with the gifts of compassionate presence and deep listening, to discern together with her clients, where and how the Divine is moving in their lives.
Available for private healing and coaching sessions.
Colleen “Coke” Tani is a queer cisgender Sansei (third-generation) woman of Okinawan and Japanese descent. She is also of settler descent, living on traditional Tongva Gabrielino land (aka greater Los Angeles area). She works at the intersection of spirituality x social justice x creativity/play. Coke is a deep listener and body memoirist, affirming bodies as sacred texts; from this place, she writes and provides soul care and workshops. She is a certified leader of InterPlay©, a counter-colonizing practice that re-engages what white supremacist patriarchy tries to remove: the human birthrights of movement, sound, story, stillness/space and connection. She is also certified to facilitate Poetry as a Tool for Wellness. A survivor of academia, she holds an MSW, MFA and MDiv. To learn more, check out her website and Substack
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. Virtual Only.
Donna Coletrane Battle is a native of Yanceyville, NC who provides soul care, leadership coaching and spiritual direction to leaders and activists across the nation. In 2020, she began a partnership with Duke Divinity school as consulting faculty with a focus on Black Church Studies. Donna’s scholarship is at the intersection of race, gender, and spirituality and works as a catalyst for her passion in justice, healing, and psychospiritual evolution. She has previously served as the Chaplain at Meredith College in Raleigh, NC, the Executive Pastor of the Way Christian Center in Berkeley California, as well as, a Life Coach and Associate Dean of the Chapel at Shaw University. For the past 20 years, Donna has been engaging and facilitating groups in the areas of building healthy relationships, identity, cultivating ethics, values, racial and gender equity, conflict resolution and justice. She has led trainings and retreats for groups across disciplines through the United States. Donna holds a BA in Public Relations from NC A&T State University, a M.Div. from Duke University and a Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy at Eastern University. She is married to Dedrick Nathaniel Battle and together they have three tremendously terrific children Caio, Coletrane, and Calum. Meditating, spending time with her family, reading, movies, counseling, preaching and teaching are among Donna’s greatest joys in life.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
A Xikana born and raised in California by way of México and the Arizona Sonora desert. Currently residing in unceded Nisenan territories (aka Sacramento, Ca), they aspire to listen to plants’ grandmother voices for guidance in healing, recovery and connection. Lisa has over 25 years of organizing, membership, leader development, political education, policy work, grant writing, and movement-building experience as an independent consultant, coach, and advisor with local, national, and international organizations. Lisa finds great joy (and challenge) in helping to build leader-ful organizations, and is especially interested in membership models that can scale up and build political homes for frontline communities through organizing, campaigns, and cultural work.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. Virtual or In-Person. Bilingual: Spanish
Yu-Shuan is a 1.5 generation Taiwanese American of Hakka and Fujianese descent, residing on unceded Chochenyo Ohlone land (aka Fruitvale, Oakland CA) for the past 20 years. She is a spiritual space curator, connector, and facilitator with over 20 years of experience cultivating healing-based and spirit-based liberatory pedagogy and practice. Her passion for "collective thrivership" led her to her work in spiritual accompaniment, leadership coaching, and the curation of many programs and projects over the years. Yu-Shuan has developed content and facilitated workshops/training/modules for grassroots organizations, schools, universities, religious institutions, and non-profits to deepen our practice of interconnectedness. She has also developed and overseen programs in various sectors to ensure the success and wellness of under-resourced and marginalized communities. Yu-Shuan was a faith-based organizer and social justice minister for 15 years. For the past 6 years, she was a consulting faculty at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Yu-Shuan founded Sacred Roots in 2016, an interfaith Black, Indigenous, women-led organization that seeks to deepen and interlock our cultural, spiritual, and ancestral roots for the sake of collective healing and liberation. She is a trained Reiki & Pranic Healing practitioner and a mystic with Christian, Taoist, and Buddhist spiritual lineages. She grounds her work and practice as a proud beneficiary of ancestors/family who crossed multiple borders to escape war, poverty, and persecution, drawing from deep, ancient scholarship and thrivership that no institutional education or religion can replace. Yu-Shuan is a proud mother of two mixed-race teenagers and a life partner to a 4th generation Chicanx.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual. Bilingual: Mandarin, Taiwanese
My daily practice as a queer mental health clinician is guided and shaped by culturally relevant services imbued with an Indigenous approach to healing and medicine. My work is focused on trauma-informed care and recovery services for children, youth, adults, and families impacted by (im)migration, displacement, and other forms of oppression. Even though I utilize a western psychological theoretical orientation in Narrative Therapy, Grief Therapy, Family Therapy; I firmly believe in a holistic approach to mental health that cannot be separated from physical and spiritual health. Because you can’t lose your heart in the theory, you have to come to this work with Amor, Love. The clinical emphasis of my work is focused on psychotherapy from the lens of trauma-informed care, strength-based, the connection with somatic practices and harm reduction. I address challenges with depression, anxiety, trauma including PTSD, attachment, anger in children, family reunification, and birth trauma. During our sessions we will incorporate different modalities that may call to you such as movement, journaling, art, mindfulness and breathing exercises, among other possibilities that will aid in your healing.
Available for Group or Individual Sessions. In-Person or Virtual. Bilingual: Spanish & English.
Dominique is a tender femme from the Bay Area dedicated to transforming trauma and violence into opportunities of freedom. For the past decade, she has been honored to learn & share decolonial tools for healing. Her former work as a Healing Justice Program Director at Community United Against Violence supported queer and Trans survivors of intimate partner violence, hate violence and police violence through direct service, community trainings and organizing. Currently, she teaches weekly Candlelight Restorative Yoga, facilitates daylong retreats and 10 week somatic healing workshops through Reclaiming Our Own Transcendence (ROOT). Her relationship to spirit and the natural world guides her life. As the founder of Black Seeds Project, she provides group sessions in ritual with nature. She weaves her studies of liberatory movements, psychology, ecotherapy, mindfulness and trauma informed yoga to explore deeper practice into presence. Each program invites attunement to the seasons and open conversations about mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Her heart swells thinking about the courage it takes to accept the invitation of building an authentic relationship with self, community and mama earth.
Available for Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
Eunhye is a community acupuncturist and herbalist learning to live in right relationship and practice on traditional Lisjan Ohlone Land. Brought from Southern Korea to Turtle Island as an infant, Eunhye has found healing and more wholeness in community organizing projects ranging from anarchist abolitionist projects to queer youth support group work. The practice of Traditional Asian healing methods and ancestral healing practices ground Eunhye’s work and lineages. Making acupuncture and herbal medicine affordable and accessible is their priority. And finding just alternatives to capitalist extraction and exploitation is their life’s work. Eunhye graduated from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in SF in 2009 and founded Tune Up Acupuncture.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person Only.
Laura Rivas is a Xicana Danzante (Aztec ceremonial dancer), Sahumadora (sacred fire keeper), educator, community organizer, and anti-oppression coach. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrant parents who were undocumented for most of her childhood, and were dealing with their own unresolved trauma. As the parent to two precious seeds (children) ages 8 and 12, she is committed to breaking generational curses and paving the way toward healing from from the violence of colonization and displacement of brown bodies. Laura has 20 years experience working with youth and families directly impacted by systematic and institutional racism in the context of schools, community, workplace and the prison-industrial complex. She currently serves as a Community School Manager at Garfield Elementary School in the San Antonio neighborhood, one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Oakland. Laura earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and a Master of Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation from California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco. After earning her master’s degree, Laura became immersed in the immigrant rights movement in the Bay Area and nationally through her work leading a human rights abuse documentation project with the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee RIghts. She trained dozens of grassroots organizations throughout the country on abuse documentation and organizing. Trained in Freirían pedagogy of popular education, Laura believes in the innate capacity of people directly impacted by oppression to come up with the solutions to their own problems in the context of supportive community. Laura enjoys dancing to cumbias, hikes in the redwoods and cuddling with her two kids and their kittens.
Available for Group or Individual Sessions. Virtual or In-Person Sessions. Bilingual: Spanish & English.
I am a queer herbalist, healing practitioner/curandera, and community organizer. Through sacred rituals and herbal remedies rooted in my indigenous Mexican heritage, I hold and facilitate a trauma-informed healing space for individuals and groups. These practices, passed down by my family, spiritual teachers, and dreams, have taught me valuable lessons, with the Earth being my greatest teacher. With over 17 years of experience supporting survivors of violence through peer advocacy counseling, support groups, and spiritual and wellness ceremonies, I founded Tierra Rituals focused on empowering individuals and communities with ancestral practices. Guided by a healing justice, harm reduction, and anti-oppression framework, my personal experiences and commitment to holistic health and wellness drive my passion. As a Sahuamadora (sacred fire keeper) initiated within the Ticiyotl and curanderismo path in Yucatan, Mexico, I have embraced a calling to share ancestral healing practices and herbal remedies with the wider community. I provide personalized limpias, a traditional Mexican indigenous cleansing ceremony, to help folks clear energetic stagnation, break unwanted cords, and align one’s mind, body, and spirit. During the ceremony, I work with sacred copal smoke, herbs, eggs, chile, feather smudging, gems, and drumming to strengthen one's auric body and connect them to their inner light and fire. Additionally, I offer follow-up sessions and integrate platicas (heart-to-heart conversations) to identify one’s needs and guide one's healing journey. After the limpia, I assist folks in developing rituals aligned with their ancestry and spiritual practices to continue the work at home, always ensuring respect and consent.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual. Bilingual: Spanish & English.
LiZhen is an astrologer, facilitator, and food-grower based in Huichin (Oakland) and Taipei. They found their calling while doing youth and community organizing, working on campaigns that included: ending police abuse of Asian refugee youth; fighting a major utilities company; and most intimately, mobilizing their nonprofit coworkers for better working conditions. They have been invigorated to find that spiritual practice can root social movements in greater integrity. LiZhen co-founded the Block Build Be retreat, an annual gathering dedicated to harmonizing the wisdom of spirituality with the power of social movements— and that centers Black, Asian, and other POC, and strives to embody Disability Justice.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
Mizan has worked for over 20 years as a community organizer and youth development professional. Her commitment to social justice has fueled her work as a crisis intervention specialist, health educator, curriculum writer, multi-modal workshop facilitator, community researcher, staff wellness coach, and School-Based Health Center Supervisor. Mizan is the Co-Creator of Spearitwurx, an organization that inspires Intergenerational Wellness and Racial Healing through cultural arts, community events, strategic consulting and transformative educational experiences. She is also a certified Healing Centered Engagement Trainer with Flourish Agenda and has a master’s degree in public health. Mizan is a published author and has been a featured lecturer, keynote speaker, and workshop presenter at Universities and Conferences throughout the nation. She is an installation artist and has exhibited work throughout the Bay area, including the Black Woman is God exhibit and the Black Panther 50 Year Commemoration. She is the lead artist and curator of the Experience Sankofa Project. As an artist and Certified Therapeutic Yoga instructor with a background in public health, Mizan incorporates creative expression and dynamic mindfulness into her facilitation and programmatic design for the collective good.
Available for Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
I am a Bay Area born and raised first generation MexiJew who crawled onto the path of ancient healing systems by way of my own search for the end of my suffering. Internalized oppression, childhood sexual trauma, and recovery from substance addiction are all some of the transmuted swords and wands I wield making my way through the world. I began practicing the Eight Limbs of Yoga at age 18 with Lars Caughlin and Bobbie Norisse at SF State and have continued practicing,and learning, becoming a certified Yoga and Acu-Yoga "teacher". I have been practicing and offering Massage Therapy since 2004 and founded Alchemy Massage & Movement Therapy. I offer a blend of Acupressure, Swedish, Shiatsu, TuiNa, Myofascial Release, Reiki Energy, and Intuitive Touch modalities to provide immersive, trauma sensitive healing sessions to my clients. I am deeply healed by my life work and grateful to practice in healing collaboration in tandem with the LGBTQI+, BIPOC, immigrant communities, as well as clients of the Oakland Acupuncture Project (Laurel clinic) where my studio is located. I endeavor to co-collaborate with clients in their healing journey’s, utilizing a “listening touch”, and the Alchemy Healing Modality; a blend of Acupressure, Swedish, Shiatsu, Tui Na, Myofascial Release, and Reiki. I am grateful to work in healing collaboration with LGBTQI+ , BIPOC communities, and clients of OAP out of her studio at the Oakland Acupuncture Project’s Laurel Clinic (OAP).
Available for in person sessions. Bilingual: Spanish & English.
Sally Chang a second generation Taiwanese-American, queer, martial artist, educator, acupuncturist, and founder of Evergreen Taiji Academy. Integrating 30 years of experience in Martial Arts, Daoist Internal Cultivation, and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and distilling them into practices of individual and collective healing. Therapeutic Qigong actively restores healthy connection of body, mind, and spirit. When injury, illness, grief, and trauma are experienced, it affects the body, the psyche, and how we relate to others. Sally Chang's therapeutic approach identifies and unblocks stuck patterns, and trains generative practices for long-term empowered and sustainable health. Sally Chang is a 26th generation lineage holder of Wudang Longmen Pai, Dragon Gate School of Daoism from Wudang Mountain, and student of Daoist Priest, Shifu Chen Yun Xiang. She trained in Shaolin Gongfu, Bagua, and Taiji with Ted Mancuso of the Academy of Martial Arts. Daoism and Classical Chinese Medicine with Daoist priest and scholar, Dr. Jeffery Yuen, 88th gen. disciple of Yu Qing Huang Lao Pai; and is a recent student of Grandmaster Sam Chin of Zhong Xin Dao. She is a student of Resmaa Menakam and Somatic Abolitionism, and is focused on the intersection of social activism and intergenerational healing. Sally Chang brings depth and wisdom into embodied practice, and is known for her warm, focused presence.
Available for Individual or Group Sessions. In-Person or Virtual.
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Shirley is a seasoned healer, licensed psychotherapist, energy & sound healer, budding herbalist, yoga teacher, aspiring writer, and retreat leader based in the vibrant city of Oakland, CA (by way of the Bronx, NY). With over 15 years of immersion in various indigenous healing technologies, Shirley has cultivated a unique approach to wellness that encompasses mind, body, and spirit. Passionate about fostering healing and vibrant community living through self-care and self-intimacy, Shirley leads transformative workshops. Her sessions, enriched with meditation, self-inquiry, and yoga, empower individuals to embrace and express authenticity and nurture their holistic selves. Currently, Shirley serves as a lululemon ambassador at the Oakland location and contributes her expertise to several yoga teacher trainings. Her dedication to the well-being of others extends to her therapy private practice, where she specializes in supporting women of color in areas such as co-dependency recovery, money mindset, self-confidence, and sexuality & desire. A graduate of the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology, Shirley brings a wealth of knowledge to her therapeutic practice. Certified in teaching Vinyasa, Hatha, Kundalini, and Prenatal Yoga lineages, she infuses her classes with a love for these transformative practices. Beyond her professional accomplishments, Shirley finds joy in salsa dancing, hiking, traveling, experimenting with herbalism, cooking, and creating DIY spa experiences at home. Shirley's life is a testament to the integration of healing practices, community engagement, and a celebration of the rich tapestry of human experience. Shirley gives honor and gratitude to her teachers and mentors for their guidance and transmissions: Krishna Kaur, Elder Malidoma Some, Empress Karen Rose, Maya Blow, Paula Tursi, Dr Afrika, and she is thankful for her ancestors and their guidance though this wild adventure called life.
Available for In-Person & Virtual Sessions. Individual or Group Sessions.
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Tati Chaterji proudly coordinates Restorative Justice at Fremont High School in East Oakland, California. Outside of the classroom, she serves as a trainer, educator, and peacebuilder at the crossroads of systemic oppression, youth empowerment, and alternatives to the criminalization of harm and wrongdoing. Tati is a survivor of community violence and brain injury, bringing her fiery heart to the fight for justice, liberation, and dignity for all. She understands that healing is important but does not go far enough. Rather than asking poor people who are also wounded by historical and racial harms to be “resilient,” she focuses on eliminating the root causes of suffering: poverty, political structures that diminish peoples’ power, and the absence of economic democracy. Tati is a participatory theater artist working at the fault-lines of social power, structural violence, intergenerational trauma, cultural belonging and memory. She is also a trainer and facilitator in restorative justice, non-legal mediation, transformative justice, and community accountability to address harm, always with sensitivity to the power dynamics at play. Tati loves to ride her bike, learn martial arts, and write poetry. Most days, you can find her caring for her two small children who remind her of the joy that lives inside.
Available for in-person and virtual trainings and facilitation.