MEET MEDICINE WOMAN, KOA MIKAELAH
Koa Mikaelah is a third generation Latinx Medicine Woman of indigenous Venezuelan and Taino ancestry. Her teachings come from elders in the lineage of Curanderismo, Shamanism and Breathwork. She focuses her offerings on what she calls “Spirit Medicine” and believes that self healing is an act of radical activism.
Koa’s grandmother Maria Lourdes Morillo, known spiritually as "La Montes" lived her life traveling the world as a curandera (spiritual healer). She became famous throughout Latin America, Europe and eventually the US during her career, having a book written about her life as a healing artist. During her life she mothered nine children, six of them women. Among the youngest of the nine was Koa's mother Rosie. Rosie was born highly intuitive with clairvoyant abilities and mothered Koa, born naturally empathic, clairsentient, and with a deep rooted connection to the Spirit World.
Throughout Lourdes's life the ancestral healing traditions and teachings from both Ancestors and Spirit were passed down generation by generation throughout the women in her family that felt called to the medicine path. These ancestral teachings are sacred and maintained today with utmost honor and respect in Mikaelah's work, passed down through three generations of Medicine Women in her family.
Koa believes we are all healers and that when we set aside our egos and listen deeply to our guidance, Spirit will deliver the medicine path we need to heal. Helios and Solene is the vessel for this medicine to be shared, if you are here, welcome. She can’t wait to journey with you.
Womb and Ancestral Healing Drum Journey
Please join us for a virtual drum journey as we journey into the Spirit world to explore the stories of our ancestors we carry within our living bodies. This ceremony will focus on the womb space and entering the void that is the second chakra. We will talk about the relationship between ancestral trauma and the womb, and why this occurs. We will also cover practical tools for maintaining a high-level energetic hygiene to ensure we journey from a rooted heart space.
Entering the womb space is entering the void, and so in doing so there may be a variety of emotions that can feel overwhelming, perhaps even draining. Sometimes they belong to us, sometimes they don’t, this is something we will discuss in the class. We like to encourage participants in this ceremony to be present with what surfaces and know that they are the drivers of their own journey, so they can go as deep or as shallow as they may like. We will share beforehand tips and tools to stay grounded, and safe within our bodies while journeying. We will also share post-journeying tips for further grounding and clearing of residual energy.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
If possible please have a candle lit and an altar set up with items that feel like allies for journeying, grounding, and support. Dress comfortably and bring something to cover the eyes. A journal and pen is useful for reflection.