Your Story Medicine Jumakae

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Spring Washam. Considered a pioneer in bringing mindfulness-based meditation practices to diverse communities; Spring Washam is a well-known teacher, healer, and visionary leader based in Oakland, California. She is the author of A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage and Wisdom in Any Moment and The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. Spring is one of the founding teachers at the East Bay Meditation Center, an organization that offers Buddhist teachings with attention to social action and multiculturalism. She is a member of the teacher’s council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, offering teachings on Buddhist philosophy, Insight meditation and loving-kindness practices. Spring is also the founder of Lotus Vine Journeys, a one-of-a-kind organization that blends indigenous healing practices with Buddhist wisdom for transformative retreats in South America.






Main Topics Discussed:


Discipline and consistency as devotionIs Ayahuasca an intoxicant?: Incorporating plant medicine into Buddhist practicesBecoming a bodhisattvaHow Harriet Tubman is leading us to liberation todayLiving on a diet of dharma





Learn more about Spring Washam:


Visit her website: www.springwasham.com


Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/springwasham






If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Jayda Shuavarnnasri, aka “Sex Positive Asian Auntie”, a Queer Southeast Asian sexuality and relationship educator. She works to liberate folks from sexual shame by creating space for authentic conversations about sexuality, relationships, identity, and healing. She is also the co-producer of Don’t Say Sorry podcast, which centers the experience of Southeast Asian women navigating relationships, mental health and sexuality.


Main Topics Discussed:


How Thai and Buddhist culture influences sexual expression in womenUsing sensuality to reach liberationHow to fall in love without falling into a co-dependent patternDefining “solo polyamory”Getting clear on what intimacy means to us

Conclusion: We all could learn more about what intimacy means to us. We can’t just be pouring from our overflow. We also need space to deepen our well. Without stillness, we eventually end up pouring from a shallow cup. In what ways are you making the space to dig deep so that, when we pour, we’re not just operating from a place of service, from a desire to deepen our relationship with ourselves.


Action Integration: To choose silence is to choose oppression. Show up as a badass ancestor in the making and shift the story for your future lineage.


Learn more about Jayda Shuavarnnasri:


Visit her website: www.auntiejayda.com


Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jayda_kissed






If you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Hello future ancestors!!


Welcome back to Your Story Medicine, episode one of season 3


If you are new to my work, welcome. I am June also known as Jumakae - which is a combination of my first, middle, and last name.


My medicine is supporting future ancestors like you with finding clarity in your message and confidence in your speaking so that you can share your story, grow your legacy, and heal generations before/after you.


And as your dedicated life doula, I hold space for the contractions that arise in your body as you begin to birth a new story for your life.


I am just returning from my first ever sabbatical, where I completely shut down my calendar for the past six months to explore this question of “Who am I when I’m not in service?”


Episode Highlights:


Phone or flight? Disconnecting from technology to reconnect with my medicineLessons learned from being stuck in Peru during a political lockdownIntegrating from my first ayahuasca experience in the jungles of Costa RicaUnderstanding what it means to be bodhisattva

I have some incredible guests that I’m excited to bring on this season, where we will dig deeper into plant medicine, ancestral healing, and entrepreneurship as sacred activism.


You don’t have to be an entrepreneur btw, but at least can be mindful of the individuals and resources that are available to support you with being rooted in times of change.


We are retiring my 12 week signature program, Roots to Rise, to birth other sacred offerings that are going to require more of my time and energy, such as my own retreats, ceremonies, and workshops.


Instead, I am only running ONE mentorship program this year, Bud to Blossom, which is my six month mastermind to support changemakers, visionaries, and healers with scaling their existing offerings. This is especially helpful for those who already have a service, such as a private therapy, consulting, or coaching practice, and are now wanting to expand their medicine to include retreats, speaking, and workshops while learning how to get paid for it. People are craving in-person experiences now that the pandemic has eased out, so let’s make that transition together. I also love working with educators and professors who are ready to teach their wisdom outside of formal institutions while creating a sustainable model to make that happen.


We are in the process of unlearning to learn, while divesting resources to where it is we choose.


And while I can help people with creating a profitable and ethical business plan, what’s most important to me is that we FEEL abundant beyond the numbers in our bank account.


I’d rather financial abundance be the byproduct of us living in alignment and integrity with our values.


And if you’d like a taste of what this can look like, then sign up for my upcoming free upcoming workshop on “How to Birth Your Sacred Offerings,” happening on Thursday, March 16 where I’ll teach you how to create a blueprint of possibilities that’s aligned with the seasons of nature - which has allowed me to take winters off cuz I just notice that my body doesn’t like to work at that time.


You’ll also get a replay to my last two workshops, How to Connect with Your Ancestors and Finding Clarity in Your Medicine — and all of these are going to be available until Bud to Blossom begins at the end of April.


So if you are in the season of receiving support to water the seeds you’ve been planting, then I invite you to apply to Bud to Blossom which will be the only way to work with me closely this year.

Hello future ancestors,


I know it’s been a while - but I definitely have some updates on life and so many things that are unfolding, or better yet, unraveling.


As many of you know, I started Your Story Medicine with a deep curiosity about how to connect with my ancestors especially as someone who was born and raised in the United States, away from my parents’ homeland and the kind of village support they were raised with.


In my previous solo podcast episode I announced that I would be taking a sabbatical for the remainder of the year to tend to my wellness and to reconnect with my own ancestors.


My intention was to return to Thailand to study with Homprang, the traditional midwife that originally taught me womb healing when I was propelled into this path after being fired from my nonprofit job in 2017, and I was so excited to be a student again. The last time I had been back to my motherland was before Your Story Medicine was even birthed which happened at the peak of my Saturn Return five years ago.


You can listen to my first episode ever to hear more, since this is what essentially sparked my path into ancestral reclamation and entrepreneurship. I essentially created the very space I needed at that time of my life, in a predominately white industry that was abundant with cultural appropriation and misrepresentation.


I thought that returning to Thailand this time would be a way for me to be reminded of my medicine, but spirit clearly had other plans for me.


And In this past month, my life has taken a very different turn.


Main Topics


Tasting my own bitter medicineNarratives that repel us from allowing love and abundance inResourcing my nervous system from the ways it has been interruptedConnecting with my ancestors through my elders

Your story medicine is a small family business, and I thank you for being a supporter, whether you've listened to this podcast or have been a client that has trusted me with your stories.


In the meantime, I invite you to subscribe to our email list if you're not on it yet by going to yourstorymedicine.com where you'll be the first to know about my return and upcoming offerings, or follow me on Instagram @jumakae where I'll rarely be posting nowadays.


May you find the resourcefulness within you, and may you remember that by simply existing in this moment, you are already your ancestors' wildest dreams come true.


Until next year!


Download my free guided meditation on how to connect with your ancestors  bit.ly/ancestorinthemaking

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Janelle Ross and Jasmine Amirah. In 2020, the two longtime friends founded Sol & Sound, a Los Angeles-based sound healing festival for the culture featuring a live DJ set, immersive sound bath, afro-ecstatic dance, breath work, live music performances, BIPOC marketplace, and more!






Main Topics Discussed:


Defining “sound healing”Providing entrepreneurial opportunity to the BIPOC communityBuilding a business with social impactGetting clear on your vision for lifeDeciding whether to monetize your event or initiative

Learn more about Sol & Sound:


Visit their website: www.solandsound.com


Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/solandsound

In this episode of Your Story Medicine, I welcome Melissa Ruiz, the founder and visionary of Melissa Ruiz Empowerment, a soulful business coaching powerhouse that mentors mystical offbeat entrepreneurs to start and scale their business through a spiritually universal lens. Through her coaching programs, she empowers spiritual entrepreneurs to step into their leadership and pour their knowledge back into their own networks, with a large focus on the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities.






Main Topics Discussed:


Why refusing to focus on the end-result almost always leads to greater successHow to stop being a slave to every now moment and achieve freedomSeeing money as a tool that you can use to leave a legacyThe magnetic power of authenticity in all that you doWhy releasing your need for control leads to a better life

Learn more about Melissa Ruiz:


Visit her website: www.iammelissaruiz.com


Follow her on Instagram: www.instagram.com/iammelissaruiz