Podcasts about mystic soul project

In this moving episode, we explore how Teresa’s life journey led her to seek out healing spaces beyond the Western talk therapy model, and how her training as a trauma therapist prepared her to support communities in justice and movement spaces. Teresa shares her process of writing Going Naked, a memoir that weaves her insights while walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, her life experiences, and spiritual practices for the reader to deepen in their own pilgrimage of life.Teresa Mateus is an author, speaker, trauma therapist, professor and the Executive Director and co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project. She has served as a trauma psychotherapist/traumatologist for more than a decade of her career and recently co-created a program for addressing trauma within social movements called TRACC4movements.. Teresa is the author of Going Naked: Camino de Santiago & Life as Pilgrimage,more from Lauryn Miranda:FREE Insight Coaching CallFREE healing is my birthright audio affirmation bundleFind all the rest at linktr.ee/laurynmiranda, and keep on healing + liberating!

This week on The sex KiKi, continuing the conversation from our online publication/bulletin {www.sexkiki.net/bulletin-ki}, Jade T perry KiKi's with Koco Meow and Angelique expounding upon her feature "On Black Church(ed) Women Embracing the Erotic". During this episode, Jade speaks about her work with Mystic Soul Project and conference, a movement that supports POC's reclaiming indigenous spirituality, sharing embodied knowledge and healing practices. As a church mystic, Jade digs deep into access intimacy, living with chronic illness, sex, Bone Thugs & Harmony and so much more. The following themes are explored: -inherent kinky nature of queerness -ways access intimacy and centering folx nuances at the heart of pleasure based communities - fuck nigga as a gender-neutral term -mindfulness and access - verbalizing expectations -churchy mysticism- not from the scope of the Christian church but Black diasporic healing and folklore -sex and disability -the divinity/complexity in sexuality -scandalizing family in the midst of doing sex-positive work online :) -Jade's online community which she calls her e-cousins, folk, community -using erotic energy to heal chronic pain/energetic orgasms/orgasmic environments -the ever-evolving meaning/understanding/ethos of safe sex -ways kink can liberate the Black community -Toi Story segment -tithes and offerings Be sure to to give us 5 stars on Apple Podcast and leave a review! Hosts/Creators: Koco Meow & Angelique Nelson Produced by: P Power Radio & SK STUDIOS Audio Engineered by AJ Olstad Music: Moesha's Diary (Mike Nasty Remix) by Mike Nasty is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Jade T. Perry is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, speaker, Tarot Card Slinger, Churchy Mystic, Chronically Ill & Disabled Babe, Embodied (Sensuality) Ritual Curator, and co-founder of the Mystic Soul Project. (The 2019 conference has just passed, but make sure to follow Jade to gear up for the 2020 conference!) The mission of her work is twofold: To creatively challenge secular and sacred systems toward greater levels of inclusion. And to contribute resources, art, narratives, and experiential learning opportunities that aid in the holistic healing processes of people of color (POC), queer people of color (QPOC), and disabled / chronically ill POC. Jade shares with Sarah the nature of her churchy mystic work: helping others reclaim their body/sexuality/sensuality that may have been lost to shame at the hands of the church. And how she moves clients into healing shame through art, symbolism and mysticism. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

EXPLICIT: Back in January, I attended a unique and much needed conference that put People of Color at the center; a radical idea if you can believe that. In this era of craziness, I cannot tell you how important this time was and its continued...

EXPLICIT: Back in January, I attended a unique and much needed conference that put People of Color at the center; a radical idea if you can believe that. In this era of craziness, I cannot tell you how important this time was and its continued...

This week, Ana (@anamariecox) talked with Teresa P Mateus (@teresapmateus), trauma specialist, professor, and founder of The Mystic Soul Project. They began their conversation talking about Teresa’s journey to become a trauma specialist, and explored what her work looks like in practice. Ana also asked her to explain how well meaning white people can fit into the people of color centered approach Teresa espoused. They then closed out the show talking about how this moment is similar and different to what came before, and why we can be hopeful things will get better. Get in touch with us on Twitter at @crooked_friends or email us at withfriendslikepod@gmail.com. Thank you to our sponsors! Go to thirdlove.com/friends to find your perfect fitting bra and get 15% off your first order. Check out Secret Clinical Strength Antiperspirant. Go to stamps.com, click on the radio microphone at the top of the page and enter FRIENDS for up to $55 in postage, a four-week trial and a free digital scale. Get free shipping on your first order when you visit everlane.com/friends.

In this practice, you’re joining Alexis Francisco and Cicia Lee for the meditative experience of Centering Prayer. They describe it as a constant practice of letting go of factors we can’t control in order to get our egos out of the way and be able to show up well to our lives and our work. Origin: Centering Prayer practice is said to be created by Trappist monks in fairly recent history, and draws on a rich lineage in Christian mysticism, particularly in the catholic tradition in Europe through St. John of the Cross, and Teresa of Avila. Primary among these historical lineages is that of the Black tradition of the desert fathers and mothers, religious communities of African Christians who sought to build alternative communities outside of empire, who refused to be ruled and corrupted by the lies and compulsions of the world, and sought a lifestyle devoted to freedom in Christ, and practices to support that. Though this practice has a clear lineage and is deeply rooted in the Christian mystical tradition, and it is also influenced by Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practices. Practice instructions begin at around the 10 minute mark. The steps Alexis and Cicia share are: 1) Choose an anchor word for your practice.2) Settle into a relaxed position and take some deep breaths. Silently introduce your sacred word.3) When you notice yourself get pulled away by thinking, gently return to your sacred word as a gesture of consent to the presence of God.4) At the end of your time of prayer, rest in stillness for a few moments before transitioning to your next activity. You can download the corresponding conversation (episode 33) to hear Alexis and Cicia talk about contemplative activism with Teresa P Mateus. -- ✨ Join our email list to stay in touch!  ✨ Join our email list at www.healingjustice.org -- we’ll be emailing out a PDF of a cool zine we gave away at the Allied Media Conference and CommonBound, and staying in touch over the summer during our season break. -- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests all come to us via the Mystic Soul Project. The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism & healing. More here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us Cicia Lee is an organizer, trainer, and contemplative practitioner. She currently works with Momentum, a training institute and movement incubator supporting organizers across the country to build social movements that can shift the terrain of what's politically possible. She is a 3-wing-4 on the enneagram and a taurus. Alexis Francisco is an an organizer, educator, and currently serves as assistant pastor at New Day United Methodist Church in the Bronx, New York. Alexis' work focuses on centering spirituality and healing praxis in the work of community building and shifting dynamics of power and oppression in the Bronx, New York City and beyond. Teresa P Mateus is one of the cofounders of Mystic Soul, a trauma therapist, and a regular on this podcast. To learn more about Teresa, visit at mysticsoulproject.com-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org   Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bbPlease leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: Image cover photo by David Leon MorganAudio content editing by Blake Chastain of Exvangelical PodcastMixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to part 3 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Cicia Lee, Alexis Francisco, and Teresa P Mateus join us to talk about the role of contemplation in activism, queerness in spiritual community, what POC-centered contemplation can look like, lamentation and grief, and how attending to the internal and breaking through illusion *is* a form of action. Download the corresponding practice episode to practice Centering Prayer with Alexis and Cicia. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. To hear the rest of the series, download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about POC-centered spirituality, and episode 29 to join the discussion on indigenous reclamation. --- ✨ Join our email list to stay in touch!  ✨ Join our email list at www.healingjustice.org -- we’ll be emailing out a PDF of a cool zine we gave away at the Allied Media Conference and CommonBound, and staying in touch over the summer during our season break. --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests all come to us via the Mystic Soul Project. The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism & healing. More here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us Cicia Lee is an organizer, trainer, and contemplative practitioner. She currently works with Momentum, a training institute and movement incubator supporting organizers across the country to build social movements that can shift the terrain of what's politically possible. She is a 3-wing-4 on the enneagram and a taurus. Alexis Francisco is an an organizer, educator, and currently serves as assistant pastor at New Day United Methodist Church in the Bronx, New York. Alexis' work focuses on centering spirituality and healing praxis in the work of community building and shifting dynamics of power and oppression in the Bronx, New York City and beyond. Teresa P Mateus is one of the cofounders of Mystic Soul, a trauma therapist, and a regular on this podcast. To learn more about Teresa, visit at mysticsoulproject.com-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a single gift at our one-time donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   Please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference! THANK YOU: Content editing by Blake Chastain of Exvangelical PodcastMixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

In this practice, you’re joining AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez of the Mystic Soul Project to learn how to facilitate a Name Reclamation group activity. You can download the corresponding conversation (episode 29) to hear AnaYelsi talk Indigenous Reclamation with Teresa P Mateus and Ra Mendoza. -- Here are the instructions for this activity: When we hear someone's name, what we are really hearing are stories –of origin, of tribes, of ancestors, of healing, and of self-determination. There’s history in names. There are hope, prophecy and an honoring of families in names. They are sacred. While it may not be an act of indigenous reclamation for everyone, intentionally reflecting on one another's name allows us to create a practice of holding all names as sacred and worthy of respect. This activity is a chance to begin cultivating that practice. You will need a minimum of 15 minutes for this activity Each participant will need an index card and a writing utensil Begin by having each person write their name on their index card Break up into groups of 2 Each person should exchange cards with their partner Person one will have 3-5 minutes to share their name story with their partner When person one is finished, their partner will take a moment of silence to write what they heard on the back of the card they received Switch roles and repeat for the next 3-5 minutes Before returning to the group, each person will ask their partner if they have permission to share their name story in that space Come back together as a group and spend 5+ minutes allowing participants to share what they learned Participants should hold onto the card as something to reflect on during future times of prayer, reflection, or meditation Remember: Names carry stories and stories belong to the one that experienced. Even if you had permission to share in that space, ask again before sharing someone's story in the future. *This activity was created by AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez https://browneyedamazon.com/ -- ABOUT OUR GUEST AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez is an IndoLatinx mujerista working to create and agitate her way through the latin diaspora. She has been working as a faith-based community organizer for a decade and her experience both in interfaith and multi-issue organizing has provided her a unique understanding of the complex work involved in bridge-building and unifying diverse people around a shared purpose. She comes to us via the Mystic Soul Project. Follow her work at https://browneyedamazon.com/-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU:Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to part 2 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Teresa P Mateus, & Ra Mendoza join us to talk about Indigenous reclamation, IndoLatinx identity, mujerista / womanist / queer theology, and practical acts to decolonize spiritual practice. Download the corresponding practice about reclaiming our names to learn an activity from AnaYelsi that can be a meaningful tapping into lineage and ancestry for a group. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. Download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about POC-centered spirituality. Our final episode in this three part series will release this June. ---

In this practice, you’re joining Teresa P Mateus of Mystic Soul Project for a grounded breathing exercise. It’s so simple, and so powerful. All you need is a space where you can focus, and to close your eyes if you choose to. Teresa will invite you to stand, sit, or lay down. You can download the corresponding conversation (25 Mystic Soul: People of Color Centered Spirituality) where we’re talking with Teresa and the other two co-founders of The Mystic Soul Project: Ra Mendoza and Jade Perry. They talk about faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this 3-part collaborative series between Mystic Soul & Healing Justice Podcast publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism & Healing Practice.” -- ABOUT OUR GUEST Teresa P Mateus is a trauma therapist, trauma-conscious yoga and embodied care provider, and executive director/co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project - a people of color centered approach to contemplation, activism, and healing. She is author of Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery, and Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma. You can read more about Teresa here: www.teresapasqualemateus.com and more on the Mystic Soul Project here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave us a positive rating & review in whatever podcast app you’re listening - it all helps!   THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to part 1 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Mystic Soul co-founders Teresa P Mateus, Ra Mendoza, and Jade Perry join us in a self-facilitated conversation to talk faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this collaborative series publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism & Healing Practice.” Download the corresponding practice (25 Practice: Grounded Breathing) to join Teresa in a guided breath exercise. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift at our brand new donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests are the three co-founders of the Mystic Soul Project: Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, and Ra Mendoza. Read their incredible individual bios at https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism & healing. This mission is inclusive and centering of the margins of the margins - which includes centering queer & trans voices of color. Read more about their mission here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org    Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, & @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Please leave a positive rating & review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference!   THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOMIntro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’BrienAll visuals contributed by Josiah Werning And a HUGE thank you to Whitney Spencer, who was the on-the-ground sound technician in Chicago supporting Mystic Soul in their first time delving into podcasting. Thank you, Whitney, for being an amazing audio tech!

This episode is the final installment of a three-part series of live recordings from the Prophetic Resistance Summit.  The Summit was held in Indianapolis in late October 2017. Our diverse panel of guests - including Rev. Sharon Avril, Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, Fr. Tom Smith, Hajj Reza Nekumanesh, Teresa Pasquale Mateus, Pastor Matt Prinz  - wrestled with questions about providing Sanctuary for targeted communities, including immigrants, living into a vision for multi-faith leadership and what it means to be Prophets of the Resistance. Show Notes: Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp of Cincinnati, OHRabbi Miriam Terlinchamp is the spiritual leader of Temple Sholom and she serves as the president of of the board of The Amos Project, a PICO federation. Learn more at http://templesholom.net/ Fr. Tom Smith of Las Cruces, NMFather Tom Smith, OFM Conv. is the director of the Holy Cross Retreat Center near Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Since May, the Center has been offering sanctuary to Jorge Taborda. Learn more about Jorge’s story at https://thinkprogress.org/holy-cross-retreat-center-franciscan-hospitality-9c2aa2491536/ Hajj Reza Nekumanesh of Fresno, CAHajj Reza Nekumanesh is the Executive Director of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno. He serves on the Board of Directors for Faith in the Valley, a PICO federation and he is the chair of the Fresno Clergy Caucus. Read the Fresno Bee coverage of his Sancuary work: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article156216584.html Teresa Pasquale Mateus of Chicago, ILTeresa Pasquale Mateus is the Executive Director of the Mystic Soul Project which aims to create spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism and activism. Learn more about The Mystic Soul Project, https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/ Pastor Matt Prinz of Oakland, CAPastor Matt Prinz  pastors and preaches at Ygnacio Valley Presbyterian Church in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a member of the Bay Area Clergy Cohort and serves on the Board of Directors of Oakland Community Organizations, a PICO federation. Learn more about Ygnacio Valley Presbyterian Church: http://www.yvchurch.org/ Rev. Sharon Avril of Fresno, CARev. Sharon Avril  is the pastor of Carter Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fresno, California and a clergy leader in the Fresno Chapter of Faith in the Valley. Read the Fresno Bee coverage of Rev. Avril’s Sancuary work: http://www.fresnobee.com/living/religion/article136634213.html  

My guest today is Teresa Pasquale Mateus, a trauma specialist, contemplative practice teacher, author and co-founder of Mystic Soul Project, an organization that engages in a People of Color (POC)  - Centered Approach to Action/Activism and Contemplation/Mysticism. Teresa has written two books, Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma and Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery. We cover a lot of ground in our conversation. Teresa shares how the discovery of contemplative practices were integral to her healing process, the significance of language on the spiritual path, her work as a trauma specialist with combat veterans, at Standing Rock and Charlottesville. And lastly, something that I particularly thrilled about, Teresa shares with us about her latest endeavor, Mystic Soul Project and the buzz around the Mystic Soul Conference, a POC-Centered gathering of voices, practices and dialogue on contemplation, action and healing.

In the second episode of Healing Justice Podcast, host Kate Werning is joined by collaborators Shawna Wakefield and Teresa Pasquale Mateus for a conversation about what healing justice means to us and our aspirations for this virtual practice space. We talk spirituality, trauma and resilience, some of the history of this work, gender justice, international work, Standing Rock, self care / collective care / community care, personal stories and struggles in our activism and organizing, sustainability and more. Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, & review now! MEET OUR GUESTS Shawna Wakefield is a gender justice advocate, mother of two girls, practitioner of living life wholly and helping other changemakers to do the same. She is bi-racial (African American/white Canadian), grew up in NY and VT, and has lived and worked in Cambodia and Afghanistan. She organized with immigrant and refugee women of color in the 90s, worked with the UN, and was Oxfam International’s Senior Gender Justice Lead for 7 years. She is currently an organizational development and leadership consultant with Gender at Work, and co-facilitates Brown Sugar Yoga for Folks of Color and workshops on collective wellbeing and resilience, including Resilience for Changemakers. Teresa Pasquale Mateus is a trauma therapist, trauma-conscious yoga and embodied care provider, and executive director/co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project - a people of color centered approach to contemplation, activism, and healing. She is author of Mending Broken: A Personal Journey Through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery and Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing from Spiritual Trauma. Teresa is a collaborator in leading Resilience for Changemakers workshops and is co-developing resources to correlate cycles of personal and trauma and resilience with the ups and downs of the phases of social change. More about Teresa here: www.teresapasqualemateus.com   REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE “Healing justice is the how of our movements – it’s the texture, the experience and the vision that guides us. It’s our effort towards transforming ourselves, our ways of building relationship and our institutions to support and sustain Black aliveness that has carried us forward.” - Prentis Hemphill, Director of Healing Justice for Black Lives Matter Network, from this article in the Huffington Post More on the 2010 US Social Forum healing justice work in this article by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Cara Page & the Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective Icarus Project Black Lives Matter Healing Justice Toolkit UndocuBlack Mental Wellness Initiative UndocuHealth Project from United We Dream UndocuHealing Project from José Arreola-Torres Liberation School Movement Strategy Center reporting on the role of love and power in organizing Gender at Work   PRACTICE  Download the next episode for a brief practice - the reading of a poem. It’s simple and quick -- just getting us into the rhythm of both conversing and practicing together!    JOIN THE COMMUNITY Follow us on Instagram @healingjustice & like our Facebook page We pay for all costs out-of-pocket and this podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help us cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at patreon.com/healingjustice   THANK YOU Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM Intro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien

We talk about how spirituality feeds activism and vice versa, but so many of our paradigms of both spirituality and activism are rooted in or interpreted through the lens of white culture. How can we re-center POC and indigenous perspectives in our spiritual and activist spaces? We talk to Teresa Pasquale Mateus, a trauma therapist, yoga teacher, contemplative, and co-founder of The Mystic Soul Project, a non-profit organization that “seeks to bring forward a People of Color (POC) - Centered Approach to Action/Activism and Contemplation/Mysticism.” She is also the author of the book “Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing From Spiritual Trauma.” Visit www.listentotherising.com for show links and more info.

Teresa Pasquale Mateus is a trauma therapist, contemplative action advocate, and contemplative practice teacher. She is the co-founder and executive director of The Mystic Soul Project which centers people of color voices and work at the intersections of action, contemplation, and healing. She is author of the books, "Mending Broken: A Personal Journey through the Stages of Trauma & Recovery" and "Sacred Wounds: A Path to Healing From Spiritual Trauma" - books that center on trauma, spirituality and healing. You can learn more about Teresa at www.teresapasqualemateus.com and www.mysticsoulproject.com. Mystic Soul's first conference is this January 11-13th in Chicago. Check out the website for more details and to apply to join! If you don't have time now to listen to everything, feel free to to skip ahead to where the meditation begins at 36:00 and then come back later for the conversation. Don't forget the pocket practice version of this meditation coming next week. Troy Bronsink is the founder and director of The Hive - A Center for Contemplation, Art & Action. The Hive is a nonprofit located in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati. Our secret sauce is outfitting people to take up daily practice through 6-8 week peer to peer groups and through events with luminaries in the Arts, Yoga, Community, Spirituality, and more. Check out our website at cincyhive.org for more info on how to get involved. If you have any recommendations or are interested in advertising on the podcast, please send emails to troy@cincyhive.org. The music is by Troy Bronsink. From the Hive is produced by Joey Taylor.