Join us as we sit down with the one and only Yeye Luisah Teish. Not only a teacher, dancer, storyteller, and high priestess, Yeye Teish is also a prolific author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, her father was an African Methodist Episcopal  and her mother was a Catholic, of Haitian, French, and Choctaw heritage. Yeye Teish is an Iyanifa and Oshun chief in Yoruba tradition. Yeye Teish is one of the most well known Yoruba priestesses worldwide, who is celebrated internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker. She quite literally a legendary woman of great character and exceeding positive impact for this generation and all time.

In this Episode: Cutting open the path for our work Marie Laveau and spiritualism Growing up with psychic experiences War with Exxon and Monsanto Coming up as a young, black woman in the civil rights and black power era Repressed energy & memories coming out through dance  Healing women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, incest, sexual enslavement, battery, domestic abuse and surgical alteration Providing a safe space for people to have their memories Listening deeply Creating a cavalry of women dedicated to healing other women Taking back power Following the ancestors, New Orleans, Haiti, West Africa The journey to Iyanifa and priesthood Initiation to Oshun The stories of orishas are spiritual physics codified Indigenous traditions on the rise  Responisbilities and the delicate dance of elderhood Supplimenting the discoveries of the younger generations Rituals for the everyday sacred ​ Featured Plant Ally: Rue (Ruta graveolens) ​ Resources and Links: Yeyeluisahteish.com Marie Laveau Katherine Dunham Sacredwatersretreat.com ​ Music: Sister in Yellow by Omar Sosa, El Houssaine Kili, Gustavo Ovalles · Martha Galarraga, Sub-Z, Yassir Chadly Bullerengue para un Angel by Orita Cantora Water Drumming by Baka women of Cameroon Pour me Water by Mr. Eazi ​ Shout Outs: Yeye Luisah Teish Sacred Waters Retreat George Peterson Jr.