La Cura

Parte 2: Politica de Territorio y Medicina

Season 1: Esta es la Segunda Parte de la conversación con Mimi Salvador sobre la política de su territorio en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana, la cosmovisión de su gente y la medicina.  En este capítulo Mimi nos comparte su pensamiento sobre el Ayahuasca que viene de la cosmología de su gente y el hecho de que ahora esta siendo usado por estadounidenses y europeos fuera y dentro del territorio.
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La Politica de Territorio y La Medicina

Season 1:  La Cura's FIRST episode in Spanish! Este es el primer episodio de La Cura en español! Esta es la primera parte de una conversación de dos partes con Mimi Salvador Lucero, joven Kichwa de la área de la Amazonia Ecuatoriana.  Mimi nos comparte sobre su comunidad de su pueblo originario indígena, Kichwa, su Cosmovisión, la lucha política y espiritual por su territorio y el futuro del planeta en acuerdo a su tradición. 
 
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Death Midwifery

In conversation with Boston based Boricua and Death Midwife, Luana Morales we explore our relationship to death spiritually and emotionally, the influence of the medical industrial complex on our self-determination after death, and that of our beloveds, and the funeral industry's elitist history.
Luana will tell us what her powerful work of death midwifery entails and how to make the best choices around our transition and that of our loved ones. 

Elevating Our Ancestors, Elevating Ourselves

Ancestors are complicated.  Some of them we knew, loved immensely, and miss daily. Others we knew and their memory causes pain, and we hope to never repeat their mistakes again in the world.  Either way, they inevitably live in us and in our families' costumbres, personalities and behaviors.  Should we honor and elevate them all irregardless of their character? If so, how? 
In this episode, we speak to Jose Rodriguez, "Agboola" about his ancient West African spiritual tradition of Ifá--which has made its way to every corner of Latin America from Chile to Colombia, Brazil to Cuba--and about what it means to praise the ancestors. We talk about why it is profoundly important, not only for their spirits, but for our own character, elevation and evolution here in the world as individuals and as a collective.

Healing Our Bodies with Food

The world might disagree on a lot. One thing is for sure--we all love food! From filling up our bellies with our delicious traditional dishes to treating our corazoncitos, physical pains, and illnesses with our ancestral ingredients, food is central to who we are and what we do. In this episode we are in conversation about the energetic and nourshing healing capacity of food with Julio Medoza, Chef and owner of The Ital Trap, a mobile and pop-up food concept that specializes in tropical plan-centric cuisine and Chef Maria Parra Cano, owner and mami-prenuer of Sana Sana Foods, a plant based movement aimed at healing our community through food.

Flower Essence Medicine for the Heart and the Spirit

We use the essences of flowers in many forms as a people, from our abuelita's manzanilla teas to the curadera's esencias floridas also known as tinctures, flowers have served our bodies and hearts for generations.  In this episode we converse with Flower Doctor, Organizer and Masters In Family Therapy, Guadalupe Rocio Chavez about her path as a Flower Essence Healer in Los Angeles tending to formally incarcerated people and their families through the healing power of flowers.  She will teach us about transforming grief, anger, melancholy and restoring a sense of connection through the power of "plantitas". 

Is Therapy Only for the Locos?

Increasingly, Latinx people are more open and actively seeking counseling and therapy as a source of healing. At the same time, many in our familias still believe it is only for the "locos" or the "blancos", but the root of this belief is not unfounded. The history of psychology has been used as a tool of white supremacy for centuries. We will talk to Cristalis Capielo Rosario, Ph.D and Professor at Arizona State University about her journey and her culture shock after moving from the island of Puerto Rico to the U.S. South, loving psychology while still navigating racism and sexism as a student, and her passion to create culturally grounded theory and practice in the field. Also listen to great advice form Dr. Capielo Rosario on what to look for in a therapist and how to best exercise your own agency!

Healing Our Communities

Let's talk healing! Healing is a word that is becoming increasingly popular, but what does it really mean for so many of us in the Latinx community? In this episode, spiritual and political leaders Manuela Arciniegas y Manuel Criollo engage in the polemic about what we are healing from, and what awaits us on the other side of transformation. Our traditional healing practices have been critical to our own survival and continued presence as Latinx people.  We will converse about how our culture, traditions, stories, and remedios continue to sustain us and nourish us even in the midst of all the world's brokenness and despair.