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The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastReal Coffee, Real Talk with Micknai ArefaineMicknai Arefaine (she/they) is a cultural organizer, educator, chef, and birthworker. She is the owner of Za Gualay Consulting, where she works with organizations that are looking for deeply transformative and holistic experiences that center justice, equity, belonging, healing, and dismantling the systems of oppression. She designs and facilitates experiences that help empower collaborators to dream up and co-create alternative ways of living, laboring, loving, shaping spaces and time, and inhabiting the land together. She enjoys cooking for her business Habesha Flavor, organizing with the BlaQ Qiln Collective, talking to plants, strolling around Baltimore, and nerding out on science...2023-05-0555 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastFinding Fam Fam with Ka-Bang LauronKa-Bang Lauron, @ka_bangbang, (all pronouns) is a disabled, queer, genderfluid, mixed race filipinx multimedia artist with a love for book arts, print, and decolonial art. They graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 2020 with a degree in Feminist Studies and Art, and currently work as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. Their work centers around personal narrative, queer temporalities, and ethnic studies. They have a special love in their heart for camping, martial arts, and their pet snake Chumby.This episode’s community shoutout goes to Ka-Bang’s good friend Travis Jones! He and his family have recently fallen on hard...2023-04-0650 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastFight like a F*g with Cuán McCannCuán Sabino McCann (he/him), @bmorebata, is a white trans person of Irish and Italian descent, a big old homo, and a teacher of Irish martial arts. He's a certified Level 4 Coach in the Doyle family style of bataireacht ("BAH-tair-acht"), a traditional Irish martial art where folks use walking sticks (known as shillelaghs) for community defense. Cu teaches in-person classes through Bmore Bata in DC & Baltimore (and soon, online classes worldwide!). His classes center trans & queer folks but are open to all who fight at our side. Cu trains under Bernie Leddy, the founder of the F...2023-03-0750 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastBlood, Smoke, Fire, and Trees with Rebecca NunziatoRebecca Mendoza Nunziato (she/ella/ya) is a Xicana master's of divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School, and co-organizer of the Harvard Nahuatl language group. She is a graduate of the University of Oregon with experience working in community organizing, advocacy, education, and storytelling in Denver, Colorado. Broadly, Rebecca's scholarship centers Indigenous philosophy and religion, specifically how rituals create kinship among humans, plants, animals, ancestors, and land in the Americas. Her focus on Mesoamerican and Chicanx cosmovision is guided by decolonial methodologies. Over the summer, Rebecca was a Research Fellow in the Pre-Columbian Studies program at Dumbarton Oaks with...2023-02-0544 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastPlay and Possibility with Ryookyung KimThis might be one of the most playful conversations I have ever had - an absolute delight. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as me.@party.noodles (they/them) is a celebrant, a shapeshifter, often in a transition of sorts.류 [ryoo] means: to stay, to be with, to leave behind (a message, a mark), to accept (a gift), to allow to grow.경 [kyung] means: fortune, blessing, wealth, auspicious, good luck, ceremony, celebration.They currently support humans whose very existence disrupts the status quo by way of celebration that honours thei...2023-01-0653 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastThat Which is Most Powerful Inside of Us with Joy Tabernacle KMTJoy Tabernacle-KMT (@tabernaclelife), she/they/opulence, iz a Hoodoo, healer, mother, artist, ceremonialist, spiritual teacher, liberation mystic & opulence. She iz a guide to intense, passionate, powerful, Beings that carry big, wild, beautiful, mojo, medicine & magic that requires deep support, radical witnessing, courageous choice and resonant clarity for expansion and expression. This episode’s community shoutout goes to @lovingblacksinglemothers - check them out and send some love!2022-12-0752 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastDeep Connection, Home, and Family through Collective Movement with Justina Grayman@justinagrayman (she/her) is an artist who studies practices and processes for designing beautiful spaces of deep connection, home, family. With a BA in Psychology from Stanford University and a PhD in Psychology and Social Intervention from New York University, Justina’s studies have always centered on understanding how we communicate with each other in ways that build power, connect, and mobilize us. Justina is currently developing @Raw_Movement. Justina’s ultimate mission is to collaboratively create / transform entire communities into spaces of deep, divine connection. This episode’s community shoutout goes to @party.noodles. Check them out an...2022-11-0841 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastDiscernment, Reclamation, and Navigating the Apocalypse with Richael Faithful@richaelfaithfulfolkhealer (they/them/theirs) is a Black conjurer, folk healer, shamanic practitioner, and culture worker rooted in DC and Virginia. Since initiation in 2015, they have supported thousands of kindred, ancestors, and spirits in spiritual direction, energy medicine, divination, as well as magic and death doulaship. Their work has been featured in Colorlines, The Root, and other platforms. Richael weaves their mysticism into other work around healing justice strategy, conflict transformation, movement lawyering, and community organizing.This episode’s community shoutout goes to @acorncenter4freedom. Check them out and show them some love!2022-10-0949 min
The Grief Glimmers podcast#149 Starting new healing chapters with Jamee PinedaHey everyone, happy equinox! I hope you're doing okay and welcoming the shift into a new season. For this episode I was delighted to speak to Jamee Pineda again, who was also on episode #106. He is such a generous and kind guests and we covered a lot of ground, for example:
Integrating pandemic lessons & centring public health
Finding new ways to practice hilot and Chinese medicine in community
Creating peaceful daily rhythms
Looking to nature when we're thinking about our work and purpose
https://www.jamee-pineda-lac.com/
https://www.patreon.com/JameePinedaHealingArts
I am a hilo...2022-09-2345 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastQueering and Reclaiming Birthwork with Anna BalagtasAnna Balagtas (she/her) is a Queer + Pinay femme radical birthworker, educator, facilitator, energy worker, and pleasure advocate. Anna is the founder of @pocketdoula and supports emerging birthworkers in radicalizing their practice through heart-centered mentorships, facilitations, and community organizing. She houses her practice under the decolonization of birthwork and transformative queer care. Her deepest joys come from witnessing her communities thrive through community care, mutual aid, and abolition work.This episode’s community shoutout goes to Anna’s mentees: Tasha (@nexuscommunitycare) and MaryAnne (@ating.kamay). Consider joining my Patreon to support this podcast and captioning. Sala...2022-09-1030 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastThe Medicine of Story and Sailing with Clarinda TivoliClarinda (she/her/hers) is the founder of #thematriarchalbusiness and course educator of the new Decolonizing Business unit at MBU, Clarinda Tivoli is a child of Oceania - an iTaukei and Samoan woman and mother, born in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa, now living in the occupied Kingdom of Hawaii.Moved by the liveliness of Pasifika indigenous revival, Clarinda grows and evolves her personal business model and teachings from cultural wisdom about health, abundance and sustainability. Returning to the values and practices of many indigenous cultures in regards to land, economics, society and politics, Clarinda works actively to s...2022-08-1143 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastSacred and NOT Alternative with Rev ZionarrahRev Priestess Zionarrah (@thehoelistichealthcoach), The H.eaven O.n E.arth H.O.E.listic Health Coach is an ordained minister, founder of Taste and See Heaven on Earth Ministries, ancestral medicine keeper and holistic health coach, and educator, Bringing Heaven to Earth by Honoring Heaven Within,Educating at the intersection between science, spirit, sex & sensuality, Their practice centers Afro-Indigenous Pleasure Based Hoelistic Healing & Expressive Artistry through the Activation of Ancestral Cellular DNA with Mystical Nourishment, Sexological Shamanism, Creation And Play. They specialize in holistic, functional nutrition, intuitive somatic bodywork, hypnotherapy...2022-07-1344 min
Decolonize EverythingAncestral Traditions with Jamee Pineda Healing ArtsIn this episode Rebecca is joined by Jamee Pineda for a conversation about ancestral healing, traditional medicines, and decolonial approaches to remembering and reclaiming knowledge and practices for collective liberation. Listen for insights about food, fractals, and an invitation to reject ideas of "purity" while embracing decolonial pathways for wellness in daily life. Support Jamee and QTBIOC healing on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/JameePinedaHealingArtsAbout JameeJamee is a hilot binabaylan, acupuncturist, and Chinese medicine practitioner. With the combination of his lived experience and training, his go...2022-06-221h 05
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastResearching Mental Health in the Diaspora with Joanna LaTorreJoanna La Torre, LCSW (they/she/siya) is a gender / queer multi-ethnic Filipinx scholar activist from occupied Ohlone territory in California’s Bay Area. She is a PhD student at the University of Washington’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute and is working on a culturally-embedded intervention for substance-misuse at a Native-American residential boarding school. Mx. La Torre’s research focuses on the movements of decolonizing Filipino/x/a’s in diaspora, disproportionate mental / health burdens of queers and people of color, and community-driven healing initiatives. Joanna’s clinical practice centers on work with children and families, particularly teens and young adul...2022-05-1646 min
Beauty as a BirthrightS1 Ep5 — Is Beauty Taking Up Space?The last episode with Jamee Pineda, LAc, MPH (Ep 4 Is Beauty the Power of Desiring One Self?) leveled up our understanding of this evolving concept of beauty. In this episode, Tamsin and Paige share deeply personal stories about taking up space as a form of reclaiming their beauty from toxic abusive relationships to complex family dynamics.
Show Notes
Elemental Archetypes offers Daoist facial analysis consultations and Yangsheng guidance to reclaim beauty through self-cultivation.
Yang Face is a line of undiluted, unappropriated luxurious Chinese Facial Tools from a direct source.
Thank you to Diana Ho for the pre...2022-05-0334 minBeauty as a BirthrightS1 Ep 4 — Is Beauty the Power of Desiring One Self?Jamee Pineda, LAc, MPA a Hilot Binabaylan, Chinese Medicine practitioner based in Baltimore, Maryland, and host of The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast talks about beauty as a powerful form of desirability, liberation, resistance and sometimes, even danger. His multidimensional identities as a Tagalog, second generation immigrant, autistic, queer, non-binary/trans person has shaped his understanding of beauty as an intimate ritual practice of desiring himself.
Key Points
The power of desirability
Beauty as an adornment
The (in)visibility of beauty
Taking up space as a form of beauty liberation
Pretty politics
Ritualizing makeup, fashion and skincare
Sho...2022-04-211h 07
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastNavigating Eating Disorder Recovery with Alex PCW: eating disordersAlex P. (they/them/dems) is Seattle-based and so Cali raised, doing healing and community organizing. Alex identifies as a Queer xicanx and they are not fucking with the gender binary. In this episode you’re going to hear Alex talk about their ancestral medicine and their journey recovering from disordered eating. This episode’s shoutout goes to Alex’s Filipino crew, but more specifically:@anakabayanseattle@gabriellaseattle@malay.seattle@migranteseattleCheck them out and show them some love!2022-04-1634 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastFalse Scarcity & Colonization: How Non-Compete Clauses Disrupt Medicine with Jamee PinedaHave you ever heard of a Non-Compete Clause? In this episode I discuss what that is and why this replication of colonial values does NOT belong in medicine. This episode’s community shoutout goes to @Decolonizing_Fitness. Decolonizing Fitness is an incredible educational resource for coaches, trainers, studio owners, and anyone who is interested in unlearning toxic fitness culture. Decolonizing Fitness as a practice is about providing a supportive environment to individuals who have historically not felt welcomed in fitness spaces i.e. BIack people, people in larger bodies, people with disabilities, people with chronic pain, people over the ag...2022-03-1825 min
The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast(Part 2) Resisting Colonization in Delivery and Postpartum Care with Kalei'okalani Matsui CW: sexual assault, domestic violence, medical traumaKalei'okalani Matsui (she/her,in Hawaiian language, 'o ia / kona are non-gendered pronouns) is a Black, Japanese, Chinese, and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) woman born and raised in Wai`anae, O`ahu and residing now in Des Moines, Washington. She is a proud descendant, wife, and new māmā. Kalei is the Ra’atira of Huraiti Mana, a Polynesian Dance Troupe practicing cultural empowerment through lessons in ‘ori Tahiti, hula, and lei. Kalei explores her multicultural identity and intersectionality through the lens of her ancestors as she continues her deeply person...2022-02-1637 min
The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast(Part 1) Resisting Colonization in Delivery and Postpartum Care with Kalei'okalani Matsui CW: sexual assault, domestic violence, medical traumaKalei'okalani Matsui (she/her,in Hawaiian language, 'o ia / kona are non-gendered pronouns) is a Black, Japanese, Chinese, and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) woman born and raised in Wai`anae, O`ahu and residing now in Des Moines, Washington. She is a proud descendant, wife, and new māmā. Kalei is the Ra’atira of Huraiti Mana, a Polynesian Dance Troupe practicing cultural empowerment through lessons in ‘ori Tahiti, hula, and lei. Kalei explores her multicultural identity and intersectionality through the lens of her ancestors as she continues her deeply person...2022-01-1736 min
The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast"I'm autistic!?" with Jamee PinedaThis episode is just me sharing about discovering that I am autistic, structural barriers to diagnoses and care, and how that overlaps with decolonizing medicine. The community shoutout goes to Audacious Autistics Podcast. They have a wealth of educational content about autism by autistics so check them out and consider joining their Patreon. To support The Decolonizing Medicine Podcast and to find out more about my work go to linktr.ee/jameepinedahealingarts.2021-12-1831 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastBringing it Back to the Land with kuwa jasiri Indomelakuwa jasiri Indomela (the one/elle/beauty) engages in international writing and speaking opportunities that affirm People Of Heritage (Of Colour). As an intersex, Ghanaian-Cuban the one is immersed in their Ancestral traditions, liberation and rest. The one is also the Founding Steward of Artistic Apothecary and currently resides on Taino territory, Borikén (Puerto Rico). In this episode we discuss the 7 types of rest, spirituality, and our connections with nature. If you are interested in learning more and supporting kuwa jasiri’s work you can find the one on Patreon. Our community shoutout goes to the Indigenous Dine Sup...2021-11-1945 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastBody Liberation is a THING with Tiana DodsonIn this episode Tiana Dodson (she/her) and I talk about diet culture, our bodies, and how capitalism and colonization shape our relationships to them. Tiana is a fat, queer, biracial (Black and Chamorro), parent. Her work as a Body Liberation Coach and Facilitator destroys the belief that you have to be skinny to be happy and healthy, loveable, or worthy. Through her work with the Fat Freedom programs, she guides people feminine-of-center to reconnect with their bodies, destigmatize fatness, and learn about the harms of health being a measure of worth...all while finding how they can live...2021-10-2054 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastDecolonizing Recovery with Carolyn ColladoIn this episode I talk with Carolyn Collado (they/them), the founding steward of Recovery for the Revolution. They are a queer, non-binary Afro-Taino neurodivergent human in long-term recovery. They believe recovery from a decolonized, anti-oppression lens can point the collective towards liberation. We cover a lot of different topics in this conversation including what it means to be embodied, tips on how to practice embodiment, and why AA isn’t for everyone. Our community shoutout for this episode goes to La Conextion and Sober Black Girls Club. Check them out and send them some love!2021-09-2032 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastDecolonizing Breathwork with Christian TottyIn 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 Ev...2021-08-2233 min
Joy Church EugeneLoki | SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS | Pastor Jamee PinedaFind more at joyeugene.com !2021-07-2441 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastDecolonizing Yoga for All Bodes with Pooja ViraniIn this episode, I ask Pooja Virani (she/her) about her journey with yoga, her ancestral practice, and what it means to decolonize it. You can find out more about Pooja’s work on her website at www.poojavirani.com or on Instagram @poojaviraniyoga. This month’s community shoutout goes to Jesal Parikh and Tejal Patel, co-hosts of the Yoga is Dead Podcast. Tejal also created ABCD Yogi to connect people with South Asian instructors. Show them all some love! For more info on my work and how to support this show visit linktr.ee/jameepinedahealingarts.2021-07-2324 min
The Intersectional Fertility PodcastJamee Pineda: Decolonizing MedicineJosie talks with Jamee Pineda, a hilot binabaylan, acupuncturist, and Chinese Medicine practitioner, whose practice is informed by his identity as a queer, trans, non-binary, Tagalog person living in the US. Josie and Jamee talk decolonizing food, honoring ancestry, paying reparations, and building a safer queer community as practitioners of ancient medicine. In this episode, Josie uses the terms bison and buffalo interchangeably. They are referring to American Bison.Visit the Intersectional Fertility Website to find your Whole Self Fertility Method™ element, and learn more about our offerings.Follow Jonas on Instagram.2021-07-0645 min
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastValuing Ancestral Medicine Practitioners with Julz BolinayenIn this episode, Julz Bolinayen (they/them) and I discuss what it means to value practitioners of ancestral medicine. You’ll also hear a bit of ear candy from Full Moon in Scorpio, a musical collab between Kimmortal and Julz. This month’s community shoutout goes to herbalist and birthworker, Ale Abreu (she/her) of Canoe Journey Herbalists. For more info on my work and how to support this show visit linktr.ee/jameepinedahealingarts.2021-06-2432 min
Queer Circle PodcastS2E10: Decolonizing with Jamee PinedaWelcome back to the Queer Circle Podcast where queer healers come to the mic to share their journeys and what they'd tell their younger selves. Today's guest is Jamee Pineda (he/him/siya). He is a queer, nonbinary, trans person with Tagalog and Chinoy ancestry living on Piscataway Territory (Baltimore, MD). He practices Hilot and Chinese medicine in virtual formats which include classes, workshops, and on-on-one sessions. Jamee graduated with an MPA from The Evergreen State College in 2008 and a MAcOM from the Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine in 2015. He was initiated into the practice of hilot at the...2021-06-011h 02
The Decolonizing Medicine PodcastWelcome to the Decolonizing Medicine Podcast with Jamee PinedaThis is the inaugural episode of the Decolonizing Medicine Podcast. I'll be introducing myself, the work, and answering questions from community about this podcast. I'll also be highlighting No Justice No Pride. Please check out their work and show them some love. If you'd like to support this podcast via Patreon or for more information about my work visit: https://linktr.ee/Jameepinedahealingarts. 2021-05-2624 min
The Grief Glimmers podcast#106 Decolonizing Medicine through Food with Jamee PinedaHey everyone, I'm so happy to share this episode with you - a true joy to record. I hope you'll enjoy it too and check Jamee's work out below. Here is what we talked about:
How Jamee came to the healing arts and how the pandemic has changed his work
What decolonizing medicine means to him and why stinky food matters so much
What gateways to ancestral connection we can explore
The magic of food as ritual, as healing, as a practice of reclamation
There is a content note for colonial violence roughly 20 to 28 minutes into this episod...2021-04-1344 min
Joy Church EugeneBe A Little Crazy | Pastor Jamee PinedaA message from Jamee Pineda, pastor of Joy Church in La Paz, Mexico.
"The Meaning of Life from a Crazy Person": https://youtu.be/2vYCWbZIM4M
Find more sermons at joyeugene.com!2020-02-0339 min
Everyday Acupuncture PodcastAcupuncture and transgender health concerns • Jamee Pineda • EAP076Most of us think of gender as something that is rigid and fixed. But in the transgender world the boundaries are more fluidic. In this episode we explore not just the particular health concerns, issues with access to the healthcare system, and challenges arising from discrimination and misunderstanding of the transgender community, but also take a look at how gender can be much more fluid and flexible than many of us imagine it to be. If you are part of the transgender community you'll find some helpful information here about how acupuncture and Chinese medicine can...2018-01-0548 min
Everyday AcupunctureAcupuncture and Transgender Health Concerns • Jamee Pineda • EAP076Photo by Nicolas Ladino Silva on Unsplash
Most of us think of gender as something that is rigid and fixed. But in the transgender world the boundaries are more fluidic.
In this episode we explore not just the particular health concerns, issues with access to the healthcare system, and challenges arising from discrimination and misunderstanding of the transgender community, but also take a look at how gender can be much more fluid and flexible than many of us imagine it to be.
If you are part of the transgender community you’ll...2018-01-0547 minEveryday Acupuncture PodcastAcupuncture and Transgender Health Concerns • Jamee Pineda • EAP076Photo by Nicolas Ladino Silva on Unsplash
Most of us think of gender as something that is rigid and fixed. But in the transgender world the boundaries are more fluidic.
In this episode we explore not just the particular health concerns, issues with access to the healthcare system, and challenges arising from discrimination and misunderstanding of the transgender community, but also take a look at how gender can be much more fluid and flexible than many of us imagine it to be.
If you are part of the transgender community you’ll...2018-01-0547 min
Everyday Acupuncture PodcastAcupuncture and transgender health concerns • Jamee Pineda • EAP076Most of us think of gender as something that is rigid and fixed. But in the transgender world the boundaries are more fluidic. In this episode we explore not just the particular health concerns, issues with access to the healthcare system, and challenges arising from discrimination and misunderstanding of the transgender community, but also take a look at how gender can be much more fluid and flexible than many of us imagine it to be. If you are part of the transgender community you'll find some helpful information here about how acupuncture and Chinese medicine can...2018-01-0500 min