Art for the Temple

How do you make art for the temple?

How do you make art for a temple that is itself a work of art, in a city that is defined by the awe that is its art?

A temple that will hold hope and will hold grief.

A temple at the heart of a place where people seek to wake up and get free.

A place of pilgrimage. That you know is doomed to burn.

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Joy & Liberation with Jamila Reddy

I am coming into contact with people who hold light, wisdom and hope. Powerful humans who embody the possibility of something new. Jamila Reddy is one such human. She is a Black queer, Buddhist writer, healer, thinker, doer, and dreamer. I am quite intentional about having conversations across generations. And I am learning so much from this millennial person who is obsessed with teaching others how to get out of their own way so they can see a path forward towards the life of their dreams.

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Initiation

Meet Quanita Roberson, master facilitator, circle holder, author and all around wise woman. She brings a refreshing perspective on race, reconciliation and stages of human development.

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Soul Matters

Here I interview Isoke Femi. Isoke, imaginal practitioner, primary facilitator and founder of Soul Matters, brings to the work more than 30 years of experience. She is co-founder of the Todos Alliance Building Institute and co-author of No Boundaries: A Manual for Unlearning Oppression and Building Multicultural Alliances.

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Rising

Meet Colette Pichon Battle, culture holder, bayou woman, community healer, fierce advocate. Listen to this voice of moral clarity coming from the front lines of climate change.

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Brave Space

Meet Tuesday Ryan-Hart of Find the Outside. Here we take a deep dive into facilitation. We talk about big change, about trauma, about embodiment, radical responsibility and the need for brave spaces.

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Reclaiming Birth

Nashira Baril attended the Evolutionary Leadership Workshop in 2015. She came to work on her dream of building a birth center in Boston. Nearly four years later that dream is seeded and well on its way to bloom.

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