The Werk
The Werk
Laura Chung and Brittany Anderson
THE WERK Season 3 Episode 05: Liberation is Our Birthright With Syntyché Francella
57 minutes Posted May 31, 2022 at 5:00 am.
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Syntyché Francella is a medicine woman and yoga therapist. Through Dehya Yoga, she offers group yoga therapy classes for BIPOC bodies.   A trained diplomat and educator with over two decades in the field, she believes in the healing power of intuition, movement and community. Syntyché is trained in a range of modalities; from kundalini and yin yoga to trauma-informed therapies and practices which empower folks to embody freedom daily.   In This Episode:
  • Syntyché shares the significance of the year 1999 and the intuitive hits that led her toward her self-discovery and healing journey. 
  • How the pandemic helped her to slow down and listen to her inner guidance which eventually led her to create BIPOC only yoga spaces.
  • The signs and synchronicities that led Syntyché to know that yoga and healing were a part of her purpose and path. 
  • Understanding BIPOC only healing spaces. Why healing spaces where BIPOC can show up as themselves are necessary 
  • Syntyché recommends books that helped her in healing intergenerational and racialized trauma. 
  • Syntyché describes "freedom feelings."
  • How the practice of sitting with discomfort can create greater ease in everyday life
  • She shares her ongoing journey towards liberating herself and living in her own sovereignty. 
  • Part of her journey towards herself was finding out about her ancestry in Africa. 
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