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Join me Tuesday, January 26, 2021 for a powerful conversation with Amina Naru and Pamela Stokes Eggleston, Co-founders of Retreat to Spirit.Amina and Pam will share with listeners and viewers how cultivating a spiritual lifestyle can help on your healing journey.Learn more about Amina and Pam: https://www.retreattospirit.today/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retreattospirit/Instagram Pam:  https://www.instagram.com/yoga2sleep/Instagram Amina:  https://www.instagram.com/poshyoga/Yoga Training for Black Women Community Leaders - Register now! Scholarships available! http://bmoreempowered.com/Meet Amina:Amina Naru, is the owner of Posh Yoga LLC in Wilmington, Delaware, Co-founder of Retreat to Spirit, active member of the board of directors for Accessible Yoga Association, past co executive director of the Yoga Service Council and works as a trauma sensitive yoga teacher, wellness educator, mentor and workshop facilitator. Amina served three terms as secretary for the YSC Board of Directors and is a contributing author to the books Best Practices for Yoga with Veterans (YSC/Omega, 2016) and Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System (YSC/Omega, 2017). She has served as the project manager for Yoga and Resilience: Empowering Practices for Survivors of Sexual Trauma (YSC/Omega) published by Handspring May 2020. She also was the project manager for Best Practices for Yoga with People in Addictions and Recovery. Her professional expertise is in the field of yoga service for communities, juvenile detention centers and adult prisons. She is the first black woman to implement curriculum-based yoga and mindfulness programs for juvenile detention centers in the state of Delaware. Meet Pam:Pamela is the Founder and Director of Yoga2Sleep, Co-Founder of Retreat to Spirit, and Adjunct Professor/Yoga Therapy Clinic Supervisor at the Maryland University of Integrative Health. She is a certified yoga therapist and meditation teacher with specialized certifications in plant-based nutrition, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), and trauma-informed yoga to work with service members, veterans, their caregivers, and insomnia sufferers. Previously serving as Co-Executive Director of the Yoga Service Council, she cultivated financial resilience and strategic partnerships for the nonprofit organization. An avid yogini for over 20 years, Pamela was motivated to begin her teaching journey when she realized that yoga helped her sleep, decreased her insomnia and reduced her knee osteoarthritis pain.Last Episode: Reclaiming Your Health Through Healthy Eating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s29RdYqnO_Y--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Be sure to join me every Tuesday on The Healing Element Podcast YouTube Channel at 8pm (EST) for discussions about healing from inherited trauma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join Shevel and Kaii the last Thursday of each month for the Wellness Virtual Happy Hour:https://youtu.be/dP00d8S_jSY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Website: https://www.kaiimarie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiimarie_llc/  & https://www.instagram.com/thehealinge...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q...

Holistic Health Coach & Therapeutic Yoga Teacher ,Valencia Renae stops by The Healing Element Podcast to share with us how she uses a  holistic approach to treat her Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Valencia has been able to successfully manage her condition without the use of pharmaceuticals. Valencia empowers her clients by showing them how to manage their chronic illness through healthy eating and living.Meet Valencia Renae:Valencia Renae has almost 30 years in Corporate America as an IT professional with Advanced degrees in both Business and Secondary Education. Here life took a sudden turn about 5 years ago when she was diagnosed with 3 autoimmune conditions within the span of 6 months. Unhappy with the cocktail of pharmaceuticals she had to take that were not fully helping her condition she decided to find a better way going back to old school ancient methods of healing. Today, Valencia is pharmaceutical drug free and has sustained her health for years now. After being told by 6 specialists from some of the world's finest hospitals that she would just need to accept her condition Valencia knew intuitively there had to be a better way, and she just had to figure out the path herself. Once she figured out a way and began to heal she was so elated that she couldn't keep this a secret and begin to increase her knowledge through nutrition and yoga schools and later herbal programs. What she learned through her formal education is that she had learned much of this on her own through her own personal journey and the formal schooling was more confirmation that she was on the right path.Website: www.valenciarenae.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valenciarenaewellness/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValenciaRenae/To learn more about me and my services please visit me online!Website: https://www.kaiimarie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiimarie_llc/  & https://www.instagram.com/thehealinge...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q...

Join me and my special guest Thurston Smith, Adjunct Faculty at Union University on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021 at 8pm (est). Thurston will share with us how intergenerational addiction is a difficult cycle to break. He will provide us with the step’s families can take to break the cycle of substance use. Meet Thurston Smith:Thurston S. Smith, MPA, LAC, CCS, Adjunct Faculty at Union University,  Administrative and Program Surveyor for CARF International, an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services agencies, project team member for Paramount Consulting Group, PLLC, a minority-owned business that provides accreditation readiness, quality assurance, and contract compliance for behavioral health organizations across the U.S. With over 25 years of experience in criminal and juvenile programming, mental health, and children and youth services. A recent retiree from the U.S. Veterans Health Administration, Thurston has held a variety of leadership positions during his civil service career, which includes: Congressional Liaison, Mental Health Program Coordinator, Employment Services Program Manager, Chemical Dependency Center Program Supervisor, Education Specialist, and a host of other leadership roles.As a community organizer and public policy activist, Thurston has provided oral testimony before the U.S. Congressional Black Caucus Political Leadership Institute on criminal justice reform and has appeared before the Tennessee House of Representatives on juvenile justice policy. In August 2018, Thurston served as a delegate and special advisor to the Shelby County Commission, in its appearance before the senior leadership of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in Washington, D.C. A U.S. Treasury Department appointee, Thurston has fulfilled a three- year federal advisory committee (FAC) appointment to the National Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP). During his tenure with TAP, Thurston served on both the Notices & Correspondence Committee (NCC) and Taxpayer Assistance Centers Committee (TAC). In 2020, he served as Vice Chair of the TAC Committee. He is currently fulfilling his thirdyear of service on the Tennessee Community Resource Board for the TN Department of Corrections.Learn more about Thurston:https://www.pcgpllc.com/about Email: teesmith1@hotmail.com------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you missed the last episode click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fS5xVKwU94&t=3s--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Be sure to join me every Tuesday on The Healing Element Podcast YouTube Channel at 8pm (EST) for discussions about healing from inherited trauma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join Shevel and Kaii the last Thursday of each month for the Wellness Virtual Happy Hour:https://youtu.be/dP00d8S_jSY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Website: https://www.kaiimarie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiimarie_llc/  & https://www.instagram.com/thehealinge...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q...

We are back!  Happy New Year and welcome back to The Healing Element Podcast !Unfortunately Shevel Mavins is unable to join us on The Healing Element Podcast. We are working to reschedule, The Gateway to Religious Extremism. Tonight's topic we will discuss the new beats video with Flow Mill. We will discuss how inappropriate behavior is attached to the black experience of historical trauma in America.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you missed the last episode click here to watch: https://youtu.be/rQHwwtRHrPU--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Be sure to join me every Tuesday on The Healing Element Podcast YouTube Channel at 8pm (EST) for discussions about healing from inherited trauma. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Join Shevel and Kaii the last Thursday of each month for the Wellness Virtual Happy Hour:https://youtu.be/dP00d8S_jSY------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Website: https://www.kaiimarie.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiimarie_llc/  & https://www.instagram.com/thehealinge...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q...SHOW LESS

Join me and my very special guest, Dwayne Robertson, my fiancé! We are going to have a lighthearted but honest conversation about the importance of couples creating their own traditions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Watch The Healing Element Podcast LIVE every Tuesday at 8pm (EST) on The Healing Element Podcast YouTube Channel and Kaii Marie LLC Facebook Page. If you missed last weeks episode about the winter solstice watch now: https://youtu.be/gEU2875CRX8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Shevel and Kaii the last Thursday of each month for the Wellness Virtual Happy Hour: https://youtu.be/dP00d8S_jSY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Website: https://www.kaiimarie.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaiimarie_llc/ & https://www.instagram.com/thehealinge... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q...

On today's episode titled, Historical Trauma & Its Connection to African American Romantic Relationships and Family Structure. Join Kaii and Brandon as they examine how the legacy of trauma effects on romantic relationships and family structure in the African American community .Brandon Jones Biography:Brandon is a psychotherapist, professor, consultant. He specializations in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Historical and Intergenerational trauma, Social/Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Leadership, and Youth Justice. Born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Brandon has survived living in a home of domestic violence and various other forms of trauma. Brandon holds a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Minnesota, a Masters in Community Psychology from Metropolitan State University, and a Masters in Psychotherapy (MFT) from Adler Graduate School. Brandon is also a 2013 Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow. He is also a professor at Metropolitan State University, Inverhills College, and Century College. He lives by the motto of “Live life with Purpose on Purpose”.For more information about Brandon please visit his website: https://www.jegna.org/Be sure to Download, Follow, Comment, Like and Share! Make sure you connect with Kaii Marie on Facebook and Instragram @KaiiMarie_TheHealingElement. If you have questions, comments or a show topic that you would like covered please leave Kaii Marie a note at KaiiMarie_jth@gmail.com and visit her website at KaiiMarie.com.

On today's episode titled Creating Spaces of Healing join Kaii Marie for a special live conversation. She provide helpful tips for men and women as to how they can create environments to allow a space of healing, honesty and respect.Be sure to Download, Follow, Comment, Like and Share! Make sure you connect with Kaii Marie on Facebook and Instragram @KaiiMarie_TheHealingElement. If you have questions, comments or a show topic that you would like covered please leave Kaii Marie a note at KaiiMarie_jth@gmail.com and visit her website at KaiiMarie.com.