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Becoming Love Medicine by Sacred Walker ; Edited & Published by Many Voices

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Becoming Love Medicine Posted by   Sacred Walker  ; Edited & Published by Many Voices Sacred Walker I stood there in the Norman Manley Airport of Kingston, Jamaica. My small 11-year-old palm connected to my lanky brown hand held tightly on to my mother’s full warm palm center. What do you do when your home and world don’t feel safe? Where do immigrants land when suppression is the only way to get by? My father stood to the left of me with his tall brown caramel skin, shooing away flies. We had not been to New York since we immigrated when I was four, and now, to secure permanent residency “green cards,” we were back. I was delighted at the red, orange, yellow, and green bustling people. Then suddenly, my father’s booming voice interrupted my serene moment, “There are so many flies here. Kind of like you and your mother, just buzzing around and annoying in my ear. Don’t embarrass me out here, you know.” He spoke in a strong, threatening...

A journey to Sacred Erotica: A Participatory Poem

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A journey to Sacred Erotica Power Words In honor of Beyond Brave & Bold Participants of the Black Lesbian Conference Barnard College March 2016

This Spring- Refresh Your Commitments to your New Year's Resolutions! (Video clips & Tips included!)

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Circle of Voices- Season 2 Debut Featuring the Founder of KHHP! In case you missed it, here is the re-release of our interview entitled: This Spring Refresh Your Commitments to your New Year's Resolutions! In January KHHP debut'ed 4 health tips into 2014! Check them out, like them on you tube, share them amongst your community! You can also Contact me at: kuumbaproject@gmail.com to schedule time to discuss my bringing innovative & adaptable approaches of mind-body-spirit creative workshops to your clientele or organization. I am apt to as well foster workshops catered to exploring healthy interrelationships, self-care, and harmonizing workplace environments, through the fun experience of the arts. Now that it is June, six months into 2014, it is the perfect time to revamp, refresh, and re affirm your commitment to your health and well being in support of the newer you. The better you are to you, the more obtainable your New Year's resolutions will become. T...

KHHP Successful Summer 2013 exPANsion- THANK YOU!

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October 5, 2013 Dear Friends, Family, Colleagues, and Community: I am writing to announce that  together we have surpassed my fundraising goal needed to meet Kuumba Holistic Healing Project's (KHHP) summer Practitioner expenses. Enclosed are summer picture tours and information on the goals met, which YOUR donation made possible this summer. Check out my updated user friendly website: KuumbaProject.Blogspot.com for continued updates and resources, offering opportunities to continue to foster the soul care in health care. Additionally , cre ative pieces which document my summer experiences at:  KuumbaProject.blogspot.com   such as "Summer Chronicle Stories" are there for your perusing pleasures. Thank YOU for your continued support, and giving the gift that keeps on giving!  If you did not get the opportunity to fiscally give this summer, thank you for your continued encouragement and prayer donations, as KHHP expands it's business platform in...

Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care- Watch me.

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My former supervisor shared this you tube video with our Hospital team.* Watch this video: Empathy: The Human Connection to Patient Care This video is truly a reminder that fostering the soul care in health care , specifically practitioners showing empathy and compassion, can go a long way for how we as practitioners and as service recipients approach giving and receiving care. I believe, it reminds us to walk a day in our "clients" shoes, and bottom line, treat others with the care and professionalism that we all deserve. I am not always perfect at showing up at my 100% best as a practitioner or as a client. My emotions, like many others, at times get the best of me. I stub my toe, somebody insults my family member, I get a scary call, and my mood changes, paints my day differently. My experience changes the minute that the negative thought enters my consciousness. But God... invites in ease in a simple a moment, as taking in a breath. And when I remember that, I res...

"I think God is looking down and smiling, what do you think?," Remembering Kerala India 2012

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One year later, and I am just beginning to make the connections of fermented coconut based medicine in Kerala and just showing up as a ministry of presence in New York Presbyterian Hospital in White Plains, NY. Both acknowledge that there is an old mystery outside of human conception, that heals mind, body, and spirit. ... Enjoy this flashback video, and as well some love being sent from our New international friends. "I think God is looking down and smiling, with me a year later in reflection. What do you think?..."* *   Disclaimer: This post is   not   an endorsement of Ayurveda meedicine's effectiveness, and more so shares professional opinions. This report is an op-ed piece, and encourages those specifically seeking Ayurvedic care to to make the most informed decisions from a wide range of perspectives, with this as one of many.  I encourage those seeking care to find the best fit for your and your families' unique needs. I hope this piece is...

How to turn your breakdown into a break-thru? [A Case Study]

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Case Study Title: How to turn your breakdown into a break-0thru? New York Presbyterian Hospital Summer Chronicles From the desk of  Sacred Walker  August 21, 2013 Subtitle: Singing to the emptiness in her soul The Second chance program is where I spent most of my time; these clients have long term stays in the hospital for up to two years, before transitioning to residential housing or permanent state hospitals. The community there is close and spicy, like I like them! During our morning team meetings, K's psychiatrist, social worker, and later another patient tell me K would benefit from having a conversation with me. K is a mousy white woman with blonde hair. She sits in the hallway staring off into her opposite facing room, as if she saw past it and simultaneously saw nothing at all. I approach her with gentleness. "K, my name is Sacred. I am from pastoral care. Can I take a moment to speak with you?" She immediately tells me "I like t...

Divine Eros Unravells: An inherited choreopoem video and script (c) 2014

Title: Divine Eros Unravels: An inherited choreo-Poem by Sacred W. Taneshia K. Campbell (Co-birthed with Emerge fam. and Spirit :D!) Narrator cue (offstage right): Facial expression: All Emotional arch- Happy/ JOY/ upward movements Yesterday I was Sacred - age 16 Movers Enter stage right to Center stage: (Movement of desire going towards stage: left- of audience) Sacred +1/1 cue opening: enters & molds image and facial expression of Divine Love. Characters Cue marker (except Polina): One at a time enter as image of divine love... Be sure image on face holds true to emotional intent of character. I started out as a temple dancer. I was so honored to be called by Spirit. To praise. moving in tantric form. Divine bliss expressed It started out as a commitment to God Dancing with Spirit gave life a new meaning A generational family calling So I sent for my Jamaican aunties and mother to immigrate Receive An honest ...

La Mama performance piece in development!

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Divine eroticism breaks me open and heals me whole or Eros amidst adversity! I am Sacred  age 22 Eroticism is laying on my momma's belly Her super clean while cluttered one bedroom apartment in Crown Heights Brooklyn Holding one another As the images of the television flicker in the window Breaking into fraggled light particles Sneaking past the steel black window guard Keeping thieves and light out Listening to her light filled breath In & out Healthy again Cool My hot head and soft baby hairs stroked by her thinly lined finger tips Giggling To the season finale of "Once upon a time" Screaming "Emma, why won't you just believe." Fantasy real- OUR Church on a Sunday night No words just warmth Brown arms wrapped around One another in our street clothes My mom's pet peeve overlooked It's like a prayer Love MaGniFied. She  No longer scared of my ga...