Cultivating with Kwayera

Cultivating with Kwayera - Respirations: Practicing Intentional Healing with Oludare

Oludaré is a Balogun (Priest of Ogun), Aponni (Music Healing Ceremonial Leader), Omo Anya (Sacred Healing Drummer), Dancer and Author of Breathing With Orisha. He is a #RespiratoryActivist and believes in #RESPARATIONS- a spin off of reparations that includes the freedom and time for African Descendants to practice intentional healing through the breath, song and movements of their own ancestral lineages. Through Kìire Wellness, Oludaré brings this message to the world in a tangible, online, family friendly format. He teaches private and public chair breathing, dance, song, and music workshops that help to culturally restore African descendants while strengthening their physical and spiritual health. His work is dedicated to promoting wellness in African Descendant communities- and it all starts with the Breath.

https://kiirewellness.com/

Join Kwayera and martial artist, Rondel Benjamin, for an intimate and inspiring conversation about living an awakened life!

A lifelong disciple of Martial Arts, Rondel Benjamin has studied over 24 different martial traditions including Muay Thai (Thai Boxing), Filipino Kali ,Capoeira Angola, Russian Sambo, and Brazilian Jui Jitsu. After 10 years of traveling, Rondel returned to Trinidad to pursue a lifelong dream to discover the roots of Trinidad & Tobago’s national martial tradition – Kalinda. The depth, richness, and present state-of-the-art form lead Rondel with Co-Founder Keegan Taylor to form the Bois Academy of Trinidad & Tobago. The focus of the Academy is to protect the living tradition of Kalinda through archiving, immersion, dissemination, and seeking national recognition for the living Masters of the art form. The Bois Academy team realized the urgent need to revitalize the iconic figure of the Bois Man in modern culture.

They have embarked on several projects to expose key elements of this cultural expression in modern media. BATT has produced numerous music recordings, featured in and supported 2 documentaries authored 1 book and developed extensive music, video, and literature archive. The Academy has performed and contributed to the annual Canboulay re-enactment celebrations during Carnival season. Rondel has recently assisted in the BFA program at the University of Trinidad and Tobago in the introduction of Kalinda and Capoeira into their dance program. He has also developed a program for at-risk male youth using Capoeira and Kalinda as tools for initiation and personal growth. He pioneered an anti-bullying/bully prevention program based on the “No Bully fear Program and traditional African Diaspora Youth development methods.

Peace, love and joy! Kwayera and elder Ras Profi discuss the history and the future of Rastafarianism.

Join Kwayera for a conversation with Malkia Minot, an indigenous rights activist on a quest to keep Maroon culture alive. From the first people to inhabit Jamaica to the resilience of Queen Nanny, the 18th century leader of the Maroons, listen in for powerful stories of a proud people.

The Healing Essence Of The Yoni - Wellness Wisdom with Tioma Fern Allison - Midwife, Homeopath, Herbalist - Part 2

The Healing Essence Of The Yoni - Wellness Wisdom with Tioma Fern Allison - Midwife, Homeopath, Herbalist - Part 1

Join Kwayera and Mama Jackie, founder of the serene, mystical and magical Jackie's on The Reef in Jamaica for an intimate and inspiring conversation about living an awakened life!

Jackie's Mission:

Jackie's on the Reef was created as a small temple of Peace. We are of no particular Faith, and look at life from a spiritual and metaphysical perspective. We are here to assist anyone on their path of remembering and reconnecting to Self and Nature in a very simple and natural way. We are holding this space for you to shift gears, and have the courage of opening up to change. It’s all about believing in Self and learning to love oneself.

Here at Jackie’s we support fellow beings on their spiritual path whether it be with Nature, Knowledge, Yoga, Meditation or a wonderful treatment by the sea. It is now the time to discover why you are here on planet Earth. Jackie's allows you the peace and quiet time to go deeper on your quest.

"I'm working on creating spaces of joy, beauty, peace, and ease for Black people," says mTkalla Keaton, a real estate developer and poet who is part of Brooklyn's creative vanguard. In this episode, mTkalla lays out the connections between wealth and community building and why these spaces need to be sacred.

Reflection: On Iya Amma and the Dynamic Feminine Essence of Water

In this episode, Kwayera reflects on the wisdom shared by Iya Amma McKen (episode 4) where she explored the feminine essence of water and the divine properties it holds. Kwayera connects the synchronicities between modern physical science and the traditional spiritual teachings of the ancestors.

Water is an undeniable active ingredient for all creation and its depth runs deeper than the seven seas. Join Kwayera in taking a deep dive into the mysterious, yet healing properties of water.

Water is the only natural substance that is found in all three physical states: liquid, solid, and gas. Every living thing on earth is made up of or needs water to exist. It is indeed essential and divine.

Ancient traditions understood this and revered and honored water. In the Yoruba tradition she is called Yemoja.

On this episode, I am joined by Iya Amma Mcken, a dedicated cultural singer, dancer and priestess of Yemoja, to talk about sacred waters and how it is represented by the feminine divinities.