#72 - Join us for an amazing conversation with Author, Bee Tender, Activist & Healer Michelle Cassandra Johnson and Leadership Coach & Racial Equity Trainer Amy Burtaine on the practical and mystical teachings of honeybees, including powerful lessons that the hive offers for collective healing in community and for our relationship with the more-than-human world.

In this episode you’ll discover:

• What bees can teach us about living through times of chaos and collective transformation 
• How they operate as a superorganism, always tending the health of the whole 
• How bees’ work in the darkness offers teachings in times of disruption and uncertainty 
• The language of attunement and how humming with bees is supportive for nervous system regulation 
• The sacred geometry of the hive and what bees’ ceremonial movements reveal 
• The ancient ritual of “telling the bees” and how the bees’ teachings support and inspire deep work in community healing centered on attunement and service to the whole 

Michelle and Amy also invite us to remember that everything the bees make is medicinal, and to reflect on our own unique gifts for our communities and the Earth at this time.

Michelle Cassandra Johnson is an author, activist, spiritual teacher, racial equity consultant and educator, beekeeper and intuitive and shamanic healer. She teaches transformative experiences nationwide. Michelle is a six-time published author. Her latest book, The Wisdom of the Hive, published by Sounds True and co-written with her best friend, Amy Burtaine, came out in May. Michelle was a TEDx speaker at Wake Forest University in 2019. She leads courageously from the heart with compassion. Michelle inspires change that allows people to stand in their humanity and wholeness. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, sweet dog, Jasper, and her honeybees.

Amy Burtaine is a leadership coach and racial equity trainer. Her trainings for meaningful social change include work with Google, the DNC, and the ACLU. With Robin DiAngelo, she is the coauthor of The Facilitator's Guide for White Affinity Groups.

Learn more about The Wisdom of the Hive: https://www.michellecjohnson.com/wisdom-of-the-hive

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You can find Amy at: https://www.amyburtaine.com/

Also stay tuned for Amy’s upcoming Radical Cackle Project

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