Your Healing Nature Brenda Beza
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- Society & Culture
Your Healing Nature features Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) who are reclaiming the outdoors to heal individual and/or collective trauma. The guest storytellers on this podcast include sponsored athletes, conservationists, outdoor educators, founders of for- and non-profits, urban farmers, creatives and so much more. These innovative, heart-centered individuals redefine the outdoors, the outside, in a way that diverges from what mainstream America has thought of as “the great outdoors.” Through their root stories, you will begin to hear varying perspectives on our need to redefine the outdoors in a way that is inclusive of our multiple intersecting identities and the way we experience the outdoors via our neighborhoods and/or access to public land. My promise to you? You will leave with seeds of inspiration and tools that guide YOU back to "Your Healing Nature."
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Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
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EP 10: Kenya & Michelle Jackson-Saulters
Kenya and Michelle are the founders of the Outdoor Journal Tour, a hybrid health organization that combines the healing benefits of the Great Outdoors with introspective journaling and mindful meditation. They are headquartered in Atlanta, GA and the creators of international outdoor wellness phenomenon #wehiketoheal. Most recently, they’ve spearheaded their Mindful Minutes program, a nationwide challenge designed to encourage more mindfulness in our everyday lives.
In this episode, we discuss Kenya and Michelle’s root stories, the lessons they’ve learned as entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, their definitions of “real healing,” the rewards and challenges of centering mindfulness and JEDI in the outdoors, the Nature Meditations Deck and so much more!
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Music: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"
To follow the Outdoor Journal Tour:
Website: www.outdoorjournaltour.com
IG: @outdoorjournaltour
Facebook Group: The Outdoor Journal Tour
Twitter: @tweetODJT
Chronicle Books: Nature Meditations Deck
https://www.chroniclebooks.com/products/nature-meditations-deck
You can also purchase via ODJT website:
https://www.outdoorjournaltour.com/nature-meditations-deck/
ShoutOut Atlanta: Meet Kenya Jackson-Saulters
April 27, 2021
https://shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-kenya-jackson-saulters-writer-spiritual-coach-outdoor-enthusiast/
Meggan Waterson: Divine Feminine Oracle Deck
https://www.megganwatterson.com/the-divine-feminine-oracle -
Episode 9: John Tateishi
John Tateishi is the former National Executive Director of the Japanese American Citizens League and author of Redress: The Inside Story of the Successful Campaign for Japanese American Reparations.
At two and a half years old, John was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans who, at the outbreak of WWII, were forced from their homes in the western states and imprisoned in America’s concentration camps. With his family, he was sent to the so-called Manzanar Relocation Center in the Eastern Sierras, one of ten American concentration camps in which Japanese Americans spent the war as civilian prisoners of their own government without ever having been charged with any crimes.
In this episode, we discuss John’s root story, spending his formative childhood years as a prisoner at Manzanar, how traditional Japanese cultural values impacted the healing of the Japanese American community, his role in leading the fight for Japanese American reparations and so much more.
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Show Notes
You can learn more about John Tateishi here:
https://www.johntateishi.com/
You can purchase Redress here through Heyday Books:
https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/redress-the-inside-story-of-the-successful-campaign-for-japanese-american-reparations/
Manzanar National Historic Site:
https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm
About the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
(National Archives)
https://www.archives.gov/research/japanese-americans/hearings
President Reagan’s Apology: Signing of HR 442
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcaQRhcBXKY
Letter of Apology from President George W. Bush
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/japanese_internment/bush.cfm
Milagros Phillips, Cracking the Healer’s Code
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Episode 8: Sonya & Necota Staples
Necota and Sonya Staples are the founders of Staples InTents and Black People Offroading, an Atlanta-based camping, adventure travel, and lifestyle bloggers. Their mission is to increase diversity in the outdoor adventure travel community by redefining the typical imagery associated with the outdoor adventurer.
As college sweethearts, Sonya and Necota have always had a passion for travel and adventure, but after several years, found themselves in a challenging place in their marriage and discovered camping as a way to say yes to each other and yes to the world. The discovery of camping led them to overlanding, where their passion for outdoor adventure rejuvenated their love for each other and gave them a common purpose while allowing them to play to their individual strengths and grow closer together.
In this episode, they share their collective root story, how Mother Nature helped them save their marriage, their transition from corporate life to entrepreneurs and outdoor advocates, why representation matters, and so much more!
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Music By: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"
To contact Sonya and Necota:
IG: @staplesintents
IG: @blackpeopleoffroading
Twitter: @staplesintents
Website: https://staplesintents.com/
YouTube: Staples InTents
The New York Times Articles
“2020 is the Summer of the Road Trip, Unless You’re Black”
By Tariro Mzezewa, June 10, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/travel/road-trip-black.html
"Road Tripping While Black: Readers Respond"
By Tariro Mzezewa and Tacey Rychter, June 25, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/travel/road-tripping-while-black-readers-respond.html
Staples InTents YouTube Video
“Ultimate Self-Care: Solo Camping”
By Necota Staples, February 28, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH2p8ByBJo4
Workshop: Camping & Overlanding While Black
November 21, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Fs4ZYQc0Q
Overlanding: A Quick Rundown of What It Is, and Why it’s Cool.
November 20, 2020
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Episode 7: Kam Redlawsk
Kam Redlawsk is a disabled industrial designer, artist, advocate, traveler, writer and speaker. She’s also a Korean American adoptee. She has been an advocate for the rare disease and disability community for 14 years. In this effort, she uses art, writing, travels and tools that connect us as humans. She has lived with GNE Myopathy, a rare muscle-wasting disease, for over 20 years. Kam loves taking road trips, observing Nature, scavenging for art destinations and concocting exploration plans.
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Kam Redlawsk's Contact Information
IG: @kamredlawsk
IG: @chairdevils
Twitter: @kamredlawsk
Website: https://www.kamredlawsk.com/
Kam Redlawsk: Limitless Sides to Outside
https://www.rei.com/blog/travel/kam-redlawsk-limitless-sides-to-outside
Parks Project Documentary Short: Kam Redlawsk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SiHMRd51HY
Creating Art Through Adversity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLybWNd9i8w
Rare Diseases
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/gne-myopathy/
Despite Calls to Improve, Air Travel is Still a Nightmare for Many with Disabilities
NPR, Nov. 9, 2021
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1049814332
Air Carrier Access Act
https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/passengers-disabilities
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
https://dredf.org/news/publications/disability-rights-law-and-policy/where-prejudice-disability-and-disabilism-meet/ -
Episode 6: Richard D. Garcia
Richard D. Garcia is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Alma Backyard Farms. Richard studied at St. John’s Seminary College and has extensive experience in pastoral ministry inside juvenile halls and prisons. As a pastoral minister, youth advocate, and urban farmer, Richard knows how growing food is a transformative way of bringing people together. Since completing an M.A.in Pastoral Theology at Loyola Marymount University, Richard incorporates principles of restorative justice into urban farming.
In this episode, Richard shares his root story, his family connection to the outdoors, fulfilling his calling via urban agriculture, how ALMA Backyard Farms is addressing trauma and bringing community healing, and so much more!
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Music by Black & James, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)."
Website: https://jamesandblack.org/ IG: james.and.black
To learn about Alma Backyard Farms . . .
IG: @almabackyardfarms
Website: https://www.almabackyardfarms.com/
Books
Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Dawn B. Mabalon, Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong
Other sources . . .
Homeboy Industries
Website: www.homeboyindustries.org
http://homeboyindustries.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/media_kit-Bio-Father-Greg-FINAL-7-2-12.pdf
Rethink Outside: Blue Sky Funders Forum
https://rethinkoutside.org/
California EnviroScreen
https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-30
City and Community Health Profile: Compton
Published by the LA Public Health Department, June 2018
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/ohae/docs/cchp/pdf/2018/Compton.pdf
How A Predatory Real Estate Practice Changed The Face of Compton
By Ailsa Chang, Jonaki Mehata, Christopher Intagliati, NPR, May 5, 2021
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/05/993993572/how-a-predatory-real-estate-practice-changed-the-face-of-compton
Articles/Blogs
Potli Blog: Alma Backyard Farms on Reclaiming Lives, Repurposing Land, and Reimagining Community, May 18, 2021
https://www.potlishop.com/blogs/the-drip/alma-spotlight
Los Angeles County’s Forgotten Farming History (PBS)
February 7, 2019
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Episode 5: Shelma Jun
Shelma Jun is a filmmaker, rock climber, outdoor advocate, and founder of Flash Foxy and the Flash Foxy Climbing Festival. In 2017, Shelma was named one of 40 women who’ve made the biggest impact in the outdoor world by Outside Magazine. In this episode, Shelma shares her root stories, navigating her Korean American identity in the outdoors, the barriers that exist for women and the gender queer community in rock climbing, Flash Foxy’s ever-evolving mission and vision, and so much more!
IG: @_yourhealingnature
Email: info@yourhealingnature.com
Music by: James & Black, "Everyday (Walking in Sunshine)"
Photograph of Shelma Jun taken by Francois Lebeau.
To connect with Shelma . . .
IG: Shelmatic
IG: heyflashfoxy
Facebook: Flash Foxy
Website: https://www.flashfoxy.com/
Documentaries
Within Reach (2017)
https://youtu.be/-NsBqB21RPo
The Moment: Shelma Jun (2018)
https://youtu.be/pYHPRUqtTTs
Garmin: Women of Adventure (2018)
https://youtu.be/EpudpgnerZ4
Do Better Together (2019)
https://youtu.be/0TDhBWywpf0
Duality (2019)
Duality: Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ngyRDE6Z0
Finding Space: Shelma Jun (2021)
https://youtu.be/XKdWxCXwxRw
Articles & Blogs by Shelma Jun
"How Gender Affects Your Experience at the Climbing Gym," Sept. 13, 2016
https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/opinion/how-gender-affects-your-experience-climbing-gym/
"Accept & Adapt: Women in Climbing," September 13, 2016
https://www.climbing.com/people/women-in-climbing-accept-and-adapt/
Duality: Blogs
https://blog.arcteryx.com/%EC%9D%B4%EC%9B%90%EC%84%B1-duality/
"Are you a climber?" Blog
https://blog.arcteryx.com/are-you-a-climber/
Other Recommendations
Books on Intersectional Feminism
Here’s a starting point for your research:
https://iwda.org.au/10-new-old-books-for-intersectional-feminist-readers/
Camping in Korea
Asia Society: The Geography of the Koreas
https://asiasociety.org/education/geography-koreas
A Guide to Camping while Biking in Korea
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