S2 Ep5: Healing Traditions
Sep 13, 2021
In part one of this two part episode Devan Williams, a proud indigenous woman of the Squamish Nation, talks with Chris about her family’s resistence & resilience in post confederaion Canada. She tells of the healing and hope that they bring in keeping cultural traditions of the Squamish nation alive. Next full doula and body based trauma treatment specialist, Amy Hoare Nassare joins the ELC murmations as our first contributer. Amy shares lessons from flowers about impermance, resilience and the container that allows fruition.
This episode was was recorded just weeks before before the first discovery of the umarked graves at former residential schools in Canada. Be sure to join us for episode 6 and “Healing Traditions: Part Two” as Devan speaks about how traditional practices have come to the fore as people of the Squamish and other indigenous nations face these recent events.
TOPICS:
Interview with Devan Williams
- Shukw’um, spiritual bathing and traditions of the Squamish Nation and how they were passed on in Devan’s family
- Residential school
- Canoe
pulling
- The continuum of
desire
- Desire and the femme
body
- Scarcity, belonging and
safety
- Reclaiming desire from a
sexuality-only construct
- Reconnecting after
COVID
- Desire practices
Amy Hoare Nassar, Contributor
- Lessons from Flowers
LINKS:
Amy Hoare Nassar
www.itsyoubaby.ca
ELC Patreon Page
https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective
Aisha Edwards
https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness
Kaila June
Chris Morita Clancy
https://www.embodiedbiotensegrity.ca
“Icy water swims a cool trip for many in Squamish” Squamish Chief Article by Jennifer Thuncher
She Summits
https://www.shesummits.org/post/nature-entwined
https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/films/film/?id=5fb5724bcdeda9003703f69f
Truth and Reconciliations calls to action
Indigenous Canada MOOC