Revolutionary Mystic

In episode 10 Lauren Davis (she/her), of Sui Generis Magicka, a Diné (Navajo) multiracial performance artist & Chaos Magician, talks with Mētztli all about their craft in this particularly aptly timed *spooky season* episode. Sharing about all of her expressions through the Dark Arts, flesh suspension rituals, her origins in bellydance (how she met Mētztli!), channeling spirits & entities through Butoh, performance rituals with Coven of Ashes, offering collective care via public sound healing & exorcisms with the Dark Ambient Sound Bath, and her new venture crafting ritual supplies for Left Hand practitioners, and more! Follow, subscribe, listen and give the Revolutionary Mystic Podcast a 5 star rating from wherever you listen to podcasts! You can connect with Lauren, her projects & support her work here: Coveofashes.com IG: @covenofashes PayPal: [email protected] Darkambientsoundbath.com IG: @darkambientsoundbath PayPal: [email protected] Sui Generis Magicka(site pending) IG @suigenerismagicka PayPal: [email protected]

In episode 09 Tea, a Black American Blitch, artist, storyteller, creatrix and half owner of The Black Gold Lenormand chats with Mētztli all about the Black history & divine inspiration that lead to the creation of The Black Lenormand Deck, a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign, the importance of Black divination decks, speaking of Black experiences to Black folks & Black representation in the spiritual community, her growth within today’s social justice environment, moving into self-employment & co-business ownership with her disabled brother, Ian! Read more about Tea, Ian & support their work, visit grandmababyapothecary.com and follow them on Instagram. Subscribe & listen to our show on every major podcast listening platform.  

In episode 07 Mētztli Alexandria is joined by featured guest, Dr. Jennifer Mullan Psy.D, a Queer Black Latinx clinical psychologist, speaker and writer focused on creating dialogue to address how mental health is affected by the trauma of oppression and systemic inequality particularly the well-being of Queer Indigenous Black Brown People of Color (QIBPOC). Mētztli and Dr. Mullan discuss the future of therapeutic spaces for Black and Brown folks, capitalism fatigue on social media platforms, honoring and accepting psychic experiences as valid within the therapeutic field and much more! Subscribe to our show on every major podcast listening platform. 00:02:07 We Meet Dr. Jennifer Mullan, talk about her childhood background, roots as an activist and organizer, and how that all comes together in the therapeutic realm. She also discusses connecting therapy, trauma, and oppression to spiritual ancestral ways of knowing. 00:06:34 Discussing shared Catholic backgrounds as well as “hidden” ancestral spiritual traditions in our families. Unpacking and healing the ways in which our ancestral ways have been buried by colonization and reclaiming them for our generation. 00:13:22 Growing up as “psychic kids” in a colonial setting and now being being able to be heard in ways that we weren’t as children. Being able to address psychic experiences with a therapist and the shift that is happening around that. 00:20:58 “Capitalism fatigue” and why sleeping and slowing down can feel scary due to generational trauma. Recognizing generational patterns of over-working and choosing your own care over self-sacrifice as a way to serve the collective community. 00:32:01 Honoring the days where “we just can’t.” Changing the idea of what colonized self-care looks like vs what rest really is. Rest is resistance. 00:36:40  Taking back and normalizing ancestral ways of connecting and communing with spirit and with the land.  Creating spaces for that to be shared and honored in the therapeutic setting. 00:45:19 Choosing friends and partners who can really embrace and encourage the fullness of your gifts and your being. Healing familial relationships that have been harmed due to ingrained anti-blackness and colonized oppression.  00:57:19 Learning what channeling messages looks like from a decolonized lens. Healing connection to intuition through reviewing your psychic story as a healer.  01:02:13 Coming into your own as an individual and a psychic healer and accepting that you are doing it in the way that is most authentic to you.  01:09:35 Interviewing your therapist and what future Black and Brown therapeutic spaces might look like. 01:15:16 Moving through social media’s expectations as an oppressed person and how it denies your human experience. Dealing with feelings of “never enough-ness.” 01:25:04 Handling bullying, hate mail and resistance to your message and dealing with individuals attempting to derail you. Consent for holding space for someone and paying for labor. 01:32:32 People pleasing as a form of colonization. Consciously considering an intersectional perspective when coming to someone for advice or healing especially Black and Brown caretakers, healers, and organizers.  1:36:46 Jennifer discusses calls to action for decolonizing therapy or decolonizing in a therapeutic way for black and brown folks and white allies. 1:48:02 How to connect with and support Dr. Mullan’s work @decolonizingtherapy 

Megan Alexandria is joined by featured guest, Mohawk Greene, a Black Queer harm reduction and drug policy educator. They discuss the colonial, anti-Black politics underlying the cultural stigma of drug use, addiction and treatment, recreational use, the importance of drug testing, Mohawk’s work with Dance Safe NY and so much more! Listen to the podcast from just about every platform!  

In episode 05 Megan Alexandria is joined by featured guest, Lauren Leavell, a bi-racial Black femme *inclusive* fitness model, instructor, personal trainer and Instagram influencer @laurenleavellfitness. They discuss controversial hot topic “body positivity”, placing the emphasis on movement and feeling good instead of weight loss and “gains”, creating accessibility and safer spaces for Women of Color in fitness, and so much more! Listen to the podcast from just about every platform! 00:00:51 – We meet Lauren, talk about her identity, her focus on movement and not weights, and the desire to make her classes accessible to people who really need them. How living in a diverse place doesn’t mean that the people are integrated. 00:09:35 – The need to create spaces where Women of Color can workout comfortably without the pressures of fitness community’s expectations from their bodies. Figuring out how to take body privilege out of the workout we need. 00:20:29 – Why it’s important to actively seek out clients of Color by making our work accessible and friendly to the people who need them. 00:28:54 – How Lauren broke out of the traditional fitness mindset and found a new path for herself. 00:34:16 – Saving your energy for the important things, but also accepting that not every moment needs to be occupied with productive tasks. Remembering not to force your body to meet other people’s fitness standards. Try different things to find out what fits your body’s unique needs. 00:48:31 – The joy of seeing a body on instagram that looks like yours and how it helps you accept your natural shape. 00:55:33 – How survivors of domestic violence perceive the touches that are accepted as normal in fitness classes. Why asking permission to touch someone’s hair is still entitlement. 01:12:01 – The importance of having Women of Color touch our hair. Why we need the good touches to heal us of bad experiences. The trust and comfort that must be established so Black and Brown women can get the medical attention they need. 01:23:52 – Where can you find Lauren?