Sankofa

“Se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenkyiri” Akan loosely translated to mean, '“It is not taboo to go back for what you forgot or left behind.”

As a practitioner it is important to me to remain true to my skills and acknowledge the wisdom of the teachers, wisdom holders and ancestors that have come before me. Below I have listed where I have been a student and gathered much of my studies and wisdom of various healing modalities. Although the training or programs may be listed here, I do not recommend all of these trainings or training schools as a result of my personal training experience there.

1. Pentacostal Assemblies of the World

2. Pikes Peak Community College, Criminal Justice

3. Community College of the Air Force, Medical Technician and Logistics Plans and Operations

4. Honolulu Community College, Public Relations

5. Hawaii Yoga Institute, 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training

6. Reiki Level 1

7. Holy Cow Yoga, Gentle Yoga with Ursel Harmon

8. Restorative Yoga, Sacred Chill West

9. Restorative Yoga for Race-Based Trauma Injury, Dr. Gail Parker

10. Trauma Informed Yoga, Jennie Dickson Mills

11. Sanskrit, Marcy Braverman Goldstein

12. Race and Resilience, Michelle Cassandra Johnson and Kerri Kelly

13. The Art of Skillful Facilitation: Presencing Race, Gender and Collective Healing, Michelle Cassandra Johnson, Stephanie Ghoston Paul and Tristan Katz

14. Communal Consultation for Black Bodies, Resmaa Menakem

15. Accessible Yoga

16. Yoga Nidra, Chanti Tacoronte-Perez and Tracee Stanley

17. Skill in Action, 300 hours, Michelle Cassandra Johnson

18. Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Level 1

19. School of the Sacred Wild, Herbal Apprentice Marysia Miernowska

20. The Shakti School, 300 hours Ayurveda Wellness Coach, Katie Silcox

21. Yoga Prasad Institute, Prasad Rangnekar