In May we gathered for La Cultura Cura Series, where we shared space with 7 powerful individuals -- community leaders, healers and artists-- who each spoke on the importance of remembering tradition.
We are happy to say that Corazón Counseling will resume offering our virtual community pláticas for this Fall season. We continue remembering our ancestral wisdom, reviving our indigenous traditions, restoring our sacredness and connecting to the elements Fire, Earth, Water, Air. Through the teachings of the four directions and the elements we begin to heal generational wounds not just for ourselves but for the next 7 generations to come.
On Wednesday September 30th we will launch our series "Remembering Our Medicine & Honoring the Elements Within" with our keynote speaker: Maestro Jerry Tello.
Register for that by clicking here!
Here is the information for the Fall Series:
Wednesdays 7-8:30 pm PST
October 21st: Direction of the East/Element FIRE
Alex Purple Leira @wocsistercollective_
Alex Purple Leira, will guide us in finding the fire medicine within each of us through a meditative experience of the spirit.
October 28th: Direction of the West/Element EARTH
Berenice Dimas @hoodherbalism
Herbal Medicine for Immune Support: In this interactive workshop, Berenice will share about the importance of herbal medicine during these times. We will discuss different ways to support the immune system and learn how to make simple herbal remedies at home.
November 11th: Direction of the South/ WATER
Dra. Dulce Lopez @dracrzn
METAMORFOSIS: the Transformative Power of Water/La Agua and the Direction of the South/El Sur: Dr. Lopez will guide us in a communion with La Agua/Water, the sacred direction of El Sur/the South and the Power and Love we can harness within. Water represents: Life, Cleansing, movement/flow, and birth/rebirth. The Direction of the South represents: Passion, Inner Spark of Life (our birth right), Youthfulness and Manifestation.
November 18th: Direction of the North/AIR
Jose Yogi Augi Augilera @yogi_augie
Jose Yogie Augie Aguilera Will guide us in finding the air medicine within each of us through breath work and mindful exercise to help clear the mind and return to our innate wisdom
READ BIOGRAPHIES BELOW
Jerry Tello is a father, grandfather, son, brother and relative of many. He is from a family of Mexican, Texan and Coahuiltecan roots, and was raised in the South Central/Compton areas of Los Angeles.
Over the last 40 years, he has dedicated himself to the service of individuals, families, communities. He has done so by speaking to over half of a million people, and training thousands of service providers across the nation.
Mr. Tello is considered an international expert in the areas of: transformational healing, men and boys of color, racial justice, and community peace and mobilization.
He is co-founder of the National Compadres Network and is currently Director of Training and Capacity Building. He has authored numerous articles, videos, and curricula addressing fatherhood, youth “rites of passage,” culturally-based family strengthening, and healing the healer. He is the author of Recovering Your Sacredness, A Father’s Love, a series of children’s books, co-editor of Family Violence and Men of Color, has served as a principal consultant for Scholastic Books on International Bilingual Literacy curriculum, and has published a series of motivational health and healing CDs.
He has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Latina and Lowrider magazines. He is the recipient of numerous awards, which include the 2016 Maria Shriver’s Annual Advocate for Change award, the 2015 White House Champions of Change award, two California Governor’s Awards, the Ambassador of Peace Award presented by Rotary International, and the 2012 Presidential Crime Victims Service award, presented by President Bill Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno.
Finally, in collaboration with the American G.I. Forum, Mr. Tello was part of an effort providing domestic violence awareness, healing, and support services to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Persian Gulf veterans and their spouses. Presently, he continues to serve families and communities directly at the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier, California and is a member of the Sacred Circles performance group, a group dedicated to community peace and healing.
He is the proud father of three children: Marcos, Renee, and Emilio; and grandfather of Amara, Naiya and Greyson.
Alex Purple Liera is an educator, activist, and healer. She is a firekeeper at an all Womxn’s lodge, facilitates Womxn’s healing circles, and is a community organizer at Eastside Café.
She is the founder of the WOC Sister Collective. The collective offers a wide variety of WOC focused events, circles, and workshops that educate, motivate, and empower womxn in our community.
Berenice Dimas is a queer community based herbalist who's work encourages people to (re)connect with plants, the land and their own ancestral traditions. Berenice is the founder of Hood Herbalism, a community based herbal education project. Find out more about Berenice's work by visiting her website www.berenicedimas.com and her IG page @hoodherbalism
Dulce Lopez, Psy.D., a first generation Mexican-American, is a Licensed Psychologist whose life’s purpose has been to empower individuals to transform thru Love.
Often referred to as Doctora Corazon (Doctor of the Heart), Dr. Lopez has been a practicing clinician for over 14 years in California. She is a motivational speaker and facilitator, speaking regularly on the subjects of Love and Transformation. METAMORFOSIS and LOVE 101 are her two core programs designed for individuals as tools of self-discovery toward harnessing their inner Love and personal Power.
Dr. Lopez studied and worked in London, Mexico City, and Chennai, India. The enriching experiences abroad shaped her life’s journey and helped her to uncover her life’s mission. As such, she went on to receive her doctorate in psychology from Alliant International University, Irvine. She currently works for Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services as a bilingual-Clinical Review Specialist. Dr. Lopez resides with her husband, a Social Worker, her son and daughter in San Leandro, California.
Yogi Augie was born and raised in Salinas, California as the youngest child of farm working parents who immigrated from Michoacán Mexico. Yogi Augie was raised in a family who practiced the ancient healing art of “Curanderismo” where his mom, aunts and sister used the medicine plants and prayer to help people in their community. Yogi Augie has a degree in Human Communication and has earned several yoga certifications. Yogi Augie has spent the last 25 years working as a counselor in higher education, non-profits and mental health wellness institutions in Monterey, San Francisco and Riverside, California.
Yogi Augie has helped his community as a healer for the past 10 years through a private practice where he combines several modalities of healing. In his private practice, Yogi Augie offers guidance as a vessel from a spirit guide who has one of the highest vibrations of love and through angel card readings. Yogi Augie also walks people who seek help through powerful healing meditations to remove toxic energy from their mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual bodies caused by past trauma. Yogi Augie focuses on helping those that struggle with depression and anxiety and created a beginner’s yoga sequence aimed at reducing symptoms of anxiety. Yogi Augie also teaches Raja Yoga or what some refer to as Ashtanga Yoga or the Eight Steps of Yoga.
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