Tamira Cousett

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Elder Wisdom Invites us to Engage

As we withness global genoc1de and oppress1on and the violent legacies of colonialism, we must develop praxis for tending our inner landscapes so that we can offer that which is generative to our worlds. Now is the time to trust the wisdom of our grieving bodies, which signals that something is amiss in our worlds. Our responses to our current conditions must also come from the interiority of our inner landscapes, from those parts of ourselves that are unyielding to the brutality of colonialism, from the integrity of internal architectures shaped by the generational wisdom of our elders, ancestors, lineages, kin and future descendants.

Our bodies are ecological beings informed by our collective ecologies and ecosystems. As we practice trusting and centering the body's wisdom, we move into deeper layers of connection with these ecosystems. And invite whole ecosystems and layers of lineage to shape our responses and resource our liberation practices. What we practice and how we practice catalyzes change and transformation. Even amid great suffering, our world is a liberatory practice field, and we must practice. #ase #ecologicalbeing #ancestralwisdom #wisdomofthebody #trust #practice #elderwisdom #ancestralecosystems #fieldofpractice #liberation #love #curiosity #resource #ancestralassignment #descendantofradicalimagination #ritual #grief #hope #portal #grow #change #transform #explore #ancestors #elders #lineage #kin #descendants #joinus #community