Scope of Practice
My scope of practice and range of care:
As a result of dominant culture and its class system, the work I do is real and has been certified as training programs, for a complete list of these schools, educators and trainers please (see here). For our time together, my work and engagement with you is within the credentialing and licensure of the specifically named therapeutic practice and is not to provide diagnosis, cure or treat either physical medical illnesses nor mental health but is considered information for educational purposes, spiritual and community practices. To honor you as a participant and myself as a provider, in the event your care requires more than what is within my scope of practice, you will be referred to a vetted physician or mental health provider. For additional therapeutic practices such as massage, cupping, or acupuncture you will be referred to vetted providers.
What makes this framework and approach different than other approaches:
Together we will engage the whole body concept from Ayurvedic and African ancestral practices. In Ayuerveda, the sister science to yoga, the belief and understanding is that we are made of and created of the earth and as such we are one with nature and all things are divine. These combinations of our make up provides us with a baseline known as our prikriti- or our constitution. This is identified as vata, pitta, or kapha dosha, each of us are made up of all of the doshas- what we call tridoshic, but when out of balance one may be more prevalent than others.
In Ayuverda our human experience is consistent of the 5 layers of our makeup, respectfully named our koshas- or layers. These five koshas are our mental body, physical body, mental body, emotional body, spiritual body. Because of the koshas, the approach of healing is addressed by acknowledging and addressing the whole person concept. Our time together will be done by addressing and acknowledging the whole person concept- customized for each individual person.
My approach is decolonial in its theory, method and application including the unpacking and results of caste systems and oppression in the embodied practices. All of this work is supported by both evidence-based and experience-based research and science, with the caveat and understanding of even the harmful and oppressive nature of science.
This approach is not…
Within Indigenous healing modalities (which all of my skills are derived from) the power dynamic is decolonial in practice. Where MOST modern healing practices do not name the lineage nor Indigenous wisdoms they come from which is a practice of colonization in itself. Colonialism is often being told someone or something else has your answer or the power to resolve your condition. The heroic tradition of healing, is when someone or something offers to save you, one-pointed leadership, a magical or trendy remedy that ONLY one specific person has, or exercise shame/guilt for not being enough or sticking to a specific regiment. This method is often evidence but also experience based. The scientific tradition is when someone or something provides a white pill or test results which hold the power and or proof for WHY to take specific action, this is evidence-based research often. The capitalist system is where money creates power dynamics over land, people, energy and creativity so monetary exchange is required to play or be well. This method is typically based on human psychology and status quo.