Yaqui Rodriguez: Healing Justice and Awakening to her Spiritual Path

In this deep and enlightening conversation, Vanessa Codorniu engages Yaqui Rodriguez in a discussion about spirituality, healing, and ancestral wisdom. The episode illuminates the non-linear journey of self-discovery and the embodiment of spiritual practices into everyday life. Yaqui Rodriguez shares her upbringing drawing from folk Catholicism where spiritual practices were normalized in day-to-day life. Continuing the narrative, Yaqui elaborates on her spiritual awakening around her mid-20s, leading her to explore various belief systems and subsequently face life's challenges. Finding Kundalini yoga and integrating personal healing experiences into her path, Yaqui emphasizes the importance of aligning with one's self. The conversation also touches on breaking ancestral patterns, embracing ancestral gifts, and the concept of healing justice, as defined by Kara Page, highlighting the holistic response to generational trauma and oppression. Takeaways: The journey to spiritual awakening and healing is non-linear, individualized, and can involve various explorations and struggles.   Ancestral patterns, such as martyrdom and people-pleasing, can be recognized and broken to embrace a life of self-worth and alignment with personal values.   Mediumship and other ancestral spiritual gifts can be reclaimed and integrated into one’s life after overcoming fear and societal stigma.   Healing justice addresses the impact of oppression on bodies, hearts, and minds, connecting individuals to their ancestral lineage and holistic healing practices.   Investing in oneself is an essential step towards spiritual development and realizing one's full potential. BIO: Yaqui is the descendant of farmers and folk healers from the central mountain region in the Dominican Republic. Through the exploration of her own emotional and spiritual growth she found her sacred path. Dedicating the past 13 years to study, she has completed more than 40 trainings with diverse teachers of different modalities in the healing arts. Her work is rooted in remembrance, healing intergenerational trauma, reconnecting to ancestral practices, the wisdom of the self and the earth.  Currently, she co-leads National Healing Justice programs with non profit organizations and is pursuing certification in Integrative Psychedelic Therapy integrating Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Indigenous Wisdom and findings from modern consciousness research. Links: www.yaquirodriguez.com www.yaquirodriguez.com/recuerdoretreat     Timestamp Summary 0:00:02 Introduction to Yaqui Rodriguez and her background     0:01:38 Discussion on Yaqui 's upbringing and spiritual experiences 0:04:11  Yaqui 's first spiritual emergence and exploration of different belief systems 0:06:05 Discovering Kundalini yoga and pursuing leadership trainings 0:08:07  Yaqui 's hesitation to invest in herself and considering Reiki 0:10:01 Making a promise to herself to pursue spiritual work 0:11:03 Non-linear journey and importance of individual paths 0:12:14  Yaqui 's involvement in a national healing justice program 0:12:39 How Yaqui s work led her to start her own business 0:13:27  Yaqui Rodriguez shares her journey in the fitness industry and healing her relationship with her body and weight 0:14:43  Yaqui integrates spirituality into her work and transitions into her own spiritual business 0:16:07  Yaqui  starts working part-time in a nonprofit organization and begins bringing healing work into the nonprofit space 0:17:06  Yaqui  gets her first opportunity to work with a national organization and co-lead healing justice work 0:19:19  Yaqui  discusses breaking ancestral patterns, including martyrdom and early motherhood 0:22:58  Yaqui  leans into her ancestral gifts of answering the call and embracing her mediumship abilities 0:25:16  Yaqui  encourages listeners to trust themselves and follow their hearts 0:26:30  Yaqui  shares her contact information and website for further connection