Ra Mendoza's guest appearances

Ra Mendoza

Irresistible (fka Healing Justice Podcast)

Sarah Sophie Flicker

Roshi Joan Halifax

Stacey Abrams

Alice Wong

Phillip Agnew

Kazu Haga

Alicia Garza

Katie Loncke

Nora Samaran

Serena Lukas Bhandar

Tricia Hersey

Lucién Demaris

Amita Swadhin

Fhatima Paulino

Prentis Hemphill

OwlTail

Teresa P Mateus

Welcome to part 2 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Teresa P Mateus, &amp; Ra Mendoza join us to talk about Indigenous reclamation, IndoLatinx identity, mujerista / womanist / queer theology, and practical acts to decolonize spiritual practice. Download the corresponding practice about reclaiming our names to learn an activity from AnaYelsi that can be a meaningful tapping into lineage and ancestry for a group. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. Download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about POC-centered spirituality. Our final episode in this three part series will release this June. --- 🚀  Help us get to Allied Media Conference in Detroit!   🚀 We’re teaming up with Tonic Podcast to make healing justice media to share with you at the AMC. Can you chip in to our shared travel fund to get us there? www.gofundme.com/hjamc --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests all come to us via the Mystic Soul Project. The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism &amp; healing. More here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez is an IndoLatinx mujerista working to create and agitate her way through the latin diaspora. She has been working as a faith-based community organizer for a decade and her experience both in interfaith and multi-issue organizing has provided her a unique understanding of the complex work involved in bridge-building and unifying diverse people around a shared purpose. Follow her work at https://browneyedamazon.com/ Dive into Teresa P Mateus &amp; Ra Mendoza’s bios at https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board --  JOIN THE COMMUNITY: We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a single gift at our one-time donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org  Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, &amp; @hjpodcast on Twitter   Please leave a positive rating &amp; review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference!   THANK YOU: Content editing by Blake Chastain Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM Intro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien All visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Welcome to part 2 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Teresa P Mateus, &amp; Ra Mendoza join us to talk about Indigenous reclamation, IndoLatinx identity, mujerista / womanist / queer theology, and practical acts to decolonize spiritual practice. Download the corresponding practice about reclaiming our names to learn an activity from AnaYelsi that can be a meaningful tapping into lineage and ancestry for a group. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. Download episode 26 to hear from Mystic Soul about POC-centered spirituality. Our final episode in this three part series will release this June. --- 🚀  Help us get to Allied Media Conference in Detroit!   🚀 We’re teaming up with Tonic Podcast to make healing justice media to share with you at the AMC. Can you chip in to our shared travel fund to get us there? <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/hjamc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.gofundme.com/hjamc</a> --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests all come to us via the Mystic Soul Project. The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism &amp; healing. More here: <a href="https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us</a> AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez is an IndoLatinx mujerista working to create and agitate her way through the latin diaspora. She has been working as a faith-based community organizer for a decade and her experience both in interfaith and multi-issue organizing has provided her a unique understanding of the complex work involved in bridge-building and unifying diverse people around a shared purpose. Follow her work at <a href="https://browneyedamazon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://browneyedamazon.com/</a> Dive into Teresa P Mateus &amp; Ra Mendoza’s bios at <a href="https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board </a>-- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.<a href="http://www.patreon.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/healingjustice</a> or giving a single gift at our one-time donation link here: <a href="https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb</a> Sign up for the email list at <a href="http://www.healingjustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.healingjustice.org </a> Social media: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram @healingjustice</a>, <a href="http://fb.me/healingjusticepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook</a>, &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hjpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hjpodcast on Twitter  </a> Please leave a positive rating &amp; review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference! THANK YOU: Content editing by Blake Chastain Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the <a href="http://www.coalroom-mke.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COALROOM </a>Intro and Closing music gifted by <a href="http://www.hotdadlabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danny O’Brien </a>All visuals contributed by <a href="http://josiah.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josiah Werning</a>

29 Indigenous Reclamation -- Mystic Soul (AnaYelsi Velasco-Sanchez, Ra Mendoza, & Teresa P Mateus)

Jade Perry

Color

Welcome to part 1 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Mystic Soul co-founders Teresa P Mateus, Ra Mendoza, and Jade Perry join us in a self-facilitated conversation to talk faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this collaborative series publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism &amp; Healing Practice.” Download the corresponding practice (25 Practice: Grounded Breathing) to join Teresa in a guided breath exercise. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift at our brand new donation link here: https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests are the three co-founders of the Mystic Soul Project: Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, and Ra Mendoza. Read their incredible individual bios at https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism &amp; healing. This mission is inclusive and centering of the margins of the margins - which includes centering queer &amp; trans voices of color. Read more about their mission here: https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us --  JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at www.healingjustice.org  Social media: Instagram @healingjustice, Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, &amp; @hjpodcast on Twitter   This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.patreon.com/healingjustice or giving a one time gift here https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb  Please leave a positive rating &amp; review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference!   THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM Intro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien All visuals contributed by Josiah Werning And a HUGE thank you to Whitney Spencer, who was the on-the-ground sound technician in Chicago supporting Mystic Soul in their first time delving into podcasting. Thank you, Whitney, for being an amazing audio tech!

Welcome to part 1 of a 3-part collaborative series between the Mystic Soul Project and Healing Justice Podcast! This week, Mystic Soul co-founders Teresa P Mateus, Ra Mendoza, and Jade Perry join us in a self-facilitated conversation to talk faith origin stories (including Christianity, Catholicism, and Indigenous traditions), the work of bridging worlds, what it means to be POC-centered in approaching spirituality and activism, and grieving appropriation of POC ancestral traditions. You can look forward to the next two installments of this collaborative series publishing once every few weeks, with upcoming topics including “Indigenous Reclamation” and “Contemplative Activism &amp; Healing Practice.” Download the corresponding practice (25 Practice: Grounded Breathing) to join Teresa in a guided breath exercise. Practice episodes always publish on Thursdays. --- We need your help to fund this volunteer project! Please help cover our costs by becoming a monthly sponsor at www.<a href="http://www.patreon.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/healingjustice</a> or giving a one time gift at our brand new donation link here: <a href="https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb</a> --- ABOUT OUR GUESTS Our guests are the three co-founders of the Mystic Soul Project: Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, and Ra Mendoza. Read their incredible individual bios at <a href="https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/staff-board</a> The Mystic Soul Project is creating spaces that center the voices, teaching, practices, and wisdom of People of Color at the intersections of mysticism, activism &amp; healing. This mission is inclusive and centering of the margins of the margins - which includes centering queer &amp; trans voices of color. Read more about their mission here: <a href="https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mysticsoulproject.com/about-us</a> -- JOIN THE COMMUNITY: Sign up for the email list at <a href="http://www.healingjustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.healingjustice.org </a> Social media: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram @healingjustice</a>, <a href="http://fb.me/healingjusticepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook</a>, &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hjpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hjpodcast on Twitter  </a> This podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at www.<a href="http://www.patreon.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/healingjustice</a> or giving a one time gift here <a href="https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://secure.squarespace.com/commerce/donate?donatePageId=5ad90c0e03ce64d6028e01bb</a> Please leave a positive rating &amp; review in whatever app you are listening - it all makes a difference! THANK YOU: Mixing and production by Zach Meyer at the <a href="http://www.coalroom-mke.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COALROOM </a>Intro and Closing music gifted by <a href="http://www.hotdadlabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danny O’Brien </a>All visuals contributed by <a href="http://josiah.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josiah Werning</a> And a HUGE thank you to Whitney Spencer, who was the on-the-ground sound technician in Chicago supporting Mystic Soul in their first time delving into podcasting. Thank you, Whitney, for being an amazing audio tech!

25 Mystic Soul: People of Color Centered Spirituality (Teresa P Mateus, Jade Perry, & Ra Mendoza)