In this episode I talk with Christian Totty (she/her) from LOAM Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine about working with the breath as it relates to liberation and decolonization. Christian is of Black and Cusabo ancestry. She was born, raised, and currently resides on the traditional homelands of ​Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), Shawandasse Tula (Shawanwaki/Shawnee) and Myaamia (Miami) relatives in the NW Ohio region. This episode's community shoutout goes to the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust. Resources mentioned during our conversation include: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor and Decolonization is Not a Metaphor by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang. You can also check out Christian’s resource library on her website and @christiantotty on IG for more info. Other BIPOC and Queer breathwork practitioners Christian recommends are Chauna Bryant and Jennifer Patterson of Corpus Ritual. For more info on my work and how to support this show visit linktr.ee/jameepinedahealingarts.
