Tamira is an ancestral medium, song carrier, and ritual facilitator specializing in supporting folks with remembering pathways of ancestral connections. Her practices are rooted in ecosystems of Love and Black liberation theologies and informed by her initiations into Afro-Brazilian earth-honoring traditions and West African Ifa Òrìṣà tradition. She enjoys co-weaving communal containers of curiosity, connection,…

Afua Bromley, L.Ac., is owner of Acupuncture Saint Louis & Wellness Center, a holistic multi-specialty clinic in Saint Louis, MO, where she practices Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine. In addition to her private practice, Bromley worked at CHIPS (Community Health-In-Partnership Services), a multi-specialty clinic for uninsured and underinsured individuals in north St. Louis from 2000-2012…

Tiara Burtin is an artist, birth doula, dance instructor, naturopathic herbalist and yoga teacher. She has taught healing, performing and visual arts in Belize, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Orleans and St. Louis. A creative by nature, Tiara explores the many ways to use art in service of mental, spiritual and emotional wellness. Whether she’s focused on…

Shanina Carmichael is a Master’s Degree level Social Worker with a degree from The University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration. She is a certified yoga instructor trained to provide stress management and wellness tools to individuals, communities, and organizations.

Alecia Deal has 15 years of experience in grassroots organizing and advocacy for social, racial and educational equity. She is one of the Co-Founders of Village of Moms, a community-based organization dedicated to literacy empowerment and educational success in urban, African American communities. Alecia’s work with Black moms and families in St. Louis focuses on…

Ordained minister, chaplain, and life coach, Rev. Regina Gray holds a Masters in Divinity from Eden Theological Seminary where she specialized in chaplaincy care. Known by many as Mama Regina, she has touched much of the pain that exists in humanity with courage and believes that we must be willing to encounter the pain so…

Carolyn Griffeth is a spiritual counselor, soul guide, dream worker, grief tender, and intuitive ceremonialist who has served since 2016 on the ministry team of Spirit Rising.  Her loving, all-embracing presence creates a profoundly sacred space that infuses all her offerings including: women’s liberation groups, grief rituals,  ceremonies for personal and collective healing, one-on-one spiritual mentoring,…

Rev. Gabrielle NS Kennedy is a native North St. Louisan, pastor of Buren Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and interim Executive Director of Faith HEALS. She operates her ministry in the areas of health equity, healing practices and liturgical leadership. Rev. Kennedy has nearly 15 years of non-profit experience and 17 years in commercial and…

Dr. Billie Mayo, a retired educator, is a Senior Consultant and former co-owner of Educational Equity Consultants, an organization committed to dismantling racism in public education and to building the capacity of individuals, schools and organizations to address racism in ways that enable all people to reclaim their inherent intelligence and nobility. She spent 23…

Lyndsey Scott is an artist and ritual-maker devoted to priestesSing the Heartland (literally and figuratively). She catches and weaves sacred music to empower earth-based spiritual consciousness and gathers soul circles that use Song and sacred listening to decompose oppressive scripts that get in the way of our freely living the Love that we are.