Comadre Jennifer sets up the mesa this week talking about the ways we experience interruptions to our embodiment and how we respond when we encounter them. Content warning: abuse, dieting. 

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This week, comadre Karen sets up the conversation all about this season’s theme: embodiment. Our truest experience of life is lived through the physical body we inhabit. While Western ways of knowing have sought to disconnect us from it, to mistrust it and judge it, Indigenous and traditional ways teach us to see it as part of our whole being and honor it. We chat about how our intuition and the roots of our faith see bodies as altars that can be clothed in glory, as vessels full of wisdom and sensation that can guide us.

In this week’s episode, the comadres come together to pause and reflect on this season’s last theme: comadrazgo. We unpack how our conversations in the past three episodes intersect our sacred text and faith-based communities

In today's episode, Comadre Jennifer sets up the table and leads a discussion on finding joy amidst our resistance to the toxic systems that seek to harm us.

In today’s episode Comadre Karen sets up the table and leads us in reflecting on the ways that patriarchy has harmed the voluntary kinship relationships that particularly center female energy.

In today’s episode Comadre Sandy sets up the table for us. We discuss comadrazgo--close kinship relationships that center female energy.

In this week’s episode, the comadres come together to pause and reflect on this season’s second theme: ancestral wisdom. We unpack how our conversations in the past three episodes intersect our sacred text and faith-based communities. We encourage you to have a piece of paper and pen or other writing utensils available to participate in the práctica.

In this week’s episode, comadre Karen sets up the table. We explore the ways in which we connect with our ancestors for guidance, nurture, protection, and sabiduria.

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Voices from the Ancestors: Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual and Healing Practices

In this week’s episode, la comadre Sandy sets up the table. We discuss how centuries of colonization in the Americas and white supremacists ways have acculturated, assimilated, and sought to destroy our people, cultures, and our relationship to food.

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In this week’s episode, la comadre Jennifer sets up the table. We discuss the role of storytelling in our lives and how stories can be filled with both wisdom and harmful messages.