FREE TALK
Nourishing Parents
an Equinox Ritual for
Renewal and Reconnection
Receiving ancestors through the love and care of children.
Our Invitation
Parents, educators, and anyone who loves and cares for children are invited to join for a free, public ritual this Equinox. Amidst the many current challenges, ancestors continue returning to Earth as their precious and demanding little selves. How well we receive them is a daily test of our character and an opportunity to nurture the world to come.
Our intention is to hold a nourishing space that celebrates your service and helps you to directly access even greater support. We honor that there are myriad ways to participate in the dynamics of parenting and care for children more generally.
People of all backgrounds and life experiences are warmly welcome to join. Children are warmly welcome too, and the focus will be primarily on the adults present. This offering aims to be inclusive with respect to ancestry, gender, geography, and diverse kinds of families.
The Equinox Ritual
In our shared time Daniel and three co-leaders (bios below) will weave 90 minutes of teaching, song, prayer, and experiential practice with the ancestors and supportive powers.
There’s no expectation to participate by voice or video, and the recording will be shared afterward with all those who sign up. Our time will be resourced by others in the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network.
The Practitioners
Dr. Daniel Foor
Dr. Foor lives with his wife Sarah and their two young daughters in Western North Carolina, homeland of Cherokee peoples. He is a licensed psychotherapist, doctor of psychology, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is an initiate in the Ã’rìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and has studied with teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel is currently enrolled in an immersive two-year training in pandemic parenting. For more on his background, see the full bio here.Â
Sarah Foor
Sarah Foor, MFT has served as a counselor in public schools, hospital settings, and intensive family therapy. She completed a Hakomi Method two-year training, has worked as a massage therapist, and is an initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yorùbá-speaking West Africa in the lineage of Olúwo Fálolú Adésà nyà . Prior to becoming a mother of two amazing girls, Sarah made several pilgrimages to Nigeria, and her people are settlers to North America from the British Isles, Germany, and France. Her offerings are rooted in respect for the body, the feminine, and the natural world. For more info: www.samarahealing.com.
Adrián Villaseñor-Galarza
Adrián Villaseñor-Galarza, PhD is passionate about human transformation in service to the living Earth. He devoted his PhD research to the confluence of Eastern liberation teachings and the human-nature connection, resulting in an elemental framework for self-discovery, healing, and sustainable action. His ancestors are primarily from the Iberian Peninsula (Spanish & Portuguese) and pre-hispanic México (Nahua, Purépecha, and Nahua-OtomÃ). Adrián’s service is rooted in his direct experiences with wisdom lineages that he’s honored since his teens. Gracias a su legado bi/poli-cultural, realiza su trabajo y servicio en Español e Inglés. For more info see: www.living-flames.com.
Jamari Michael White
Jamari Michael White is a spiritual healer, teacher, ritualist, and Christian mystic. He supports parents and aspiring parents in understanding and caring for the souls of their children as the founder and director of Soul Stewards. He envisions a world where from the beginning of life, all children and people feel freedom and possibility in their creation and complete harmony with their soul. His people are from Ohio, Georgia, D.C., Virginia, Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, and South India. To connect with him visit:Â www.soulstewards.org
Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network
This professional network of ritualists, healers, and educators includes over 100 ritualists currently in training to guide ancestral healing services and over 50 certified practitioners (link here for Practitioner Directory). With speakers of over 20 languages and residents of as many nations, those in the Network bring an international sensibility, awareness of systemic oppression, and commitment to cultural healing. For this public 2022 equinox ritual for honoring parents and caregivers, all in the Network have been warmly invited to join if moved and to entrain with the ritual co-leaders to help anchor the larger ritual vessel.
