An Inner and Outer Beautification & Wellness Community
Making Safer Spaces for Melanated Mindfulness
An Inner and Outer Beautification & Wellness Community
Making Safer Spaces for Melanated Mindfulness
We Need Our Own Eden. Here's Why...
Sometimes self-care journeys benefit from "family meetings" and "house business" healing.
Empirical research has proven that melanated people (especially masculine-identified) experience more trauma than whites but are far less likely to pursue resources to pursue and receive mental wellness support. Primary challenges include stigma, aversion to medication and a lack of cultural competence on the part of behavioral healthcare professionals. Many of the traumas people of color have experienced took place in childhood, which is defined as an adverse childhood experience. Research shows that the more ACEs a person has experienced, the higher the risk is for said person to also experience chronic disease as well as social-emotional issues. In fact, the highest causes of death for people of color nearly mirrors the adult manifestations of a high ACE score.
Virtual healing spaces are predominantly filled by, led by and designed for white people. While we are all spiritual beings, melanated folks are having concretely different lived experiences based on the impact(s) of our skin color and cultural aesthetic differences. We have more trauma, less knowledge and little to no community regarding neuroscience as well as somatic and parasympathetic activation healing practices to respond to our health-related physiological manifestations of stress and trauma. We need more information, access and integrative approaches (including choices and methodologies) to improve our individual and self care that are not predominantly white and cost-prohibitive.
People of color deserve safer and more courageous spaces and processes we can trust to start - and sustain - our healing journeys.
Our Mission
We specialize in the co-creation of safer melanated affinity spaces focused on healing journeys through learning and practice communities.
Our Vision
Eden's part in changing the world will be its community of pigmented people evolving into healthy, healed and whole teachers, elders and ancestors who transform generational trauma into village restoration.
Join us for an online course in 2025!
The Nine Asks
The Nine Asks
The Nine Asks
The Nine Asks® is a KiMISTRY tool which, when practiced earnestly, serves as a way for individuals to participate in the creation and sustaining of safer, braver and more courageous spaces. Safer spaces support efforts to be healthy, healed and whole.
This 9-week course walks participants through each of the Nine Asks plus application of the framework in various human engagement settings including working, learning, faith-based, home and internal spaces.
Journaling
The Nine Asks
The Nine Asks
Journaling is a reflection course that aids its owner through processing emotions while passively coaching participants on how to journal via writing prompts, questionnaires, wellness information, activities and exercises to inspire participants to think, feel and grow.
This 7-week course is especially designed to reflect on challenges experienced by melanated people such as value and worth, cultural code switching, exhaustive caregiving and self-advocacy.
Identity and Community
Recreating Your Narrative
Recreating Your Narrative
Identity in Community explores cultural humility, trauma-informed resilience practices and the examination of our stories and holistic wellness needs individually and collectively, especially as melanated folks. Participants will be assigned reflection homework to better understand their stories more meaningfully.
This 8-week course will apply personal narrative, practical application, facilitated group dialogue, interactive exposure and mindfulness practices to strengthen relationships for self and others.
Recreating Your Narrative
Recreating Your Narrative
Recreating Your Narrative
There is a Zimbabwean Proverb that states, “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” What story is being told about you – and is it time to Recreate Your Narrative? As we change, transition, and evolve, so does our story.
This 7-week course will aid participants in reflecting on narratives as powerful tools to understand where we’ve been, where we are now and where we’re going. Dialogue and narration facilitation will support the mindful and meaningful (re)writing and (re)telling of participant stories.