On the healing practice of braiding as a visual reminder for society featured at COP26UK
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On how I relate to braiding as a healing practice and a social practice that has become a visual metaphor and a call for union. This video was featured at the UN Climate Change forum at United Nations University during COP26UK
Braiding circles as a healing practice
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Often I’m asked about the braiding circles. It’s not easy to explain, because this ritual means so many things at the same time. It’s a healing practice that brings to light the invisible thread that braids us together, and that we often can’t see because life blinds us and tries to convince us that everything […]
We are one || A braiding ceremony
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Making visible the invisible thread that braids us all together. We are one.
Performance piece and poem: To a God.dess Unknown
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