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I Will Read for You: The Voice and Writings of Jaiya John — 307 episodes
307. why we need empathy in our lives.
306. wildflowers praying at midnight. new book release.
305. can you live for your art.
304. we are the garden / somos el jardin.
303. bless you who set our people free.
302. sanctuary until sunrise.
301. rest feeds your revolution, part 2.
300. sacred conversation with delphine diallo.
299. rest feeds your revolution, part 1.
298. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 8: ceremonial life.
297. love the ones you serve.
296. in the house of your reckoning.
295. a golden sky covers you today.
294. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 7: spiritual life.
293. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 6: wholeness.
292. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 5: your freedom.
291. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 4: loving yourself.
290. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 3: sacred love.
289. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 2: your sacredness.
288. daughter drink this water audiobook chapter 1: arrival.
287. we change this world.
286. usurp my throne.
285. our grief is an ocean.
284. we hold you there.
283. a golden sky.
282. spark life.
281. sacred conversation with j.s. park.
28O. Love is life.
279. sacred conversation with nova reid.
278. Love is the oxygen of grace.
277. yohance maqubela discusses We Birth Freedom at Dawn with jaiya john.
276. layla f. saad discusses We Birth Freedom at Dawn with jaiya john.
275. thunder.
274. living miraculously.
273. sacred conversation with lalah delia.
272. your soul floating endless grace.
271. sacred conversation with rolla selbak.
270. sacred conversation with dr. jennifer mullan.
269. the beautiful ones have changed to light.
268. your mama's famous sour cream poundcake.
267. harvest.
266. sacred conversation with cole arthur riley (@blackliturgies).
265. sacred conversation with dr. thema bryant.
264. sacred conversation with layla saad.
263. when you are anxious about your audience.
262. sacred conversation with terence lester, ph.d.
261. sacred conversation with artist shelley bruce.
260. this is my sunrise prayer for you.
259. learn to fill your heart each day.
258. you may care for your legacy.
257. the strange language.
256. I am a painter.
255. last night in my sleep.
254. you are the candlelight.
253. bless you.
252. profound listening.
251. you deserve sacredness.
250. your soul wants peace.
249. may you spend the rest of your life.
248. sweet soul.
247. dr. thema bryant conversation: Her best-selling book Homecoming.
246. dr. thema bryant interview for my new book all these rivers and you chose love
245. last night in my dreams.
244. bless you.
243. all these rivers and you chose love.
242. glowing embers drifting (piano composition).
241. maybe love is not the problem.
240. all the purest things.
239. Your Brown Red Star.
238. A naked diaphanous figure.
237. IN THE SOFT NOOK OF AN OLD TREE.
236. JASMINE TEA.
235. GRIEF AND SOVEREIGNTY: SONALI FISKE INTERVIEW OF JAIYA JOHN
234. I'M GONNA MAKE YOU SEE ME (live keynote).
233. TODAY I WILL WRITE POETRY FOR YOU.
232. I SIT IN THE GARDEN.
231. A BLANKET OF MOONLIGHT.
230. I LEAD MYSELF (live keynote excerpt).
229. THIS HOME I AM (live keynote excerpt).
228. A MILLION GOLDEN BLADES.
227. I CALL YOU LEGENDARY (live keynote excerpt).
226. SHATTER THE GLASS PITCHER.
225. FROM FEAR TO FREEDOM: DR. THEMA BRYANT INTERVIEW OF DR. JAIYA JOHN
224. USURP MY THRONE.
223. ONE GLANCE FROM YOUR SOUL.
222. THIS MORNING I HOLD THE GOURD.
221. BLESS THE HEARTS OF THOSE.
220. A MORNING MANTRA FOR REMEMBERING.
219. SACRED IS THIS MOMENT.
218. ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD PEACE.
217. DEAR CARING ONE.
216. HERE'S THE THING ABOUT FEAR.
215. MAY YOU OPEN UP YOUR HEART.
214. WHEN YOU SPEAK A BOUNDARY.
213. YOUR BOUNDARY.
212. HUMAN KIND OR HUMAN CRUEL.
211. ALL YOUR LIFE.
210. TODAY I WILL WRITE POETRY FOR YOU.
209. FRAGRANCE AFTER RAIN (BOOK RELEASE READING).
208. A YOUNG BOY AND A SPARROW.
207. THE PALACE OF MY SOUL.
206. FEEL YOUR DEEP DESIRE FOR PEACE.
205. YOU WILL MEET A STRANGER.
204. I WANT TO BEHOLD YOU GROW OLD.
203. SHE LEFT THE PATH.
202. JOY LIVES IN EVERY MOMENT.
201. YOUR SOFT ESSENCE.
200. OH, HOW YOU WILL FLY.
199. COME BACK HOME.
198. GROW SOFTER.
197. IMITATE SKY TODAY.
196. DANCE IN MOONLIGHT.
195. YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO SUFFER.
194. TAKE YOUR FREEDOM.
193. KINDNESS IS A SUN FOR THE SOUL.
192. SOME GREAT POETRY.
191. PEACE IS THE FRAGRANCE YOU SEEK.
190. OUT HERE IN THE DESERT.
189. ONE MOMENT YOU ARE LAUGHING.
188. I PRAY FOR YOU.
187. YOU ARE A CRANE FLYING.
186. YOU WILL FLOWER AGAIN.
185. SHEBA.
184. SISTER STEW.
183. SHE WAS BORN THIS WAY.
182. BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING.
181. OSHUN.
180. WHY YOUR SPIRIT SINGS.
179. TOUCH EVERYTHING WITH MERCY.
178. TEND THE PLAINS OF GRACE.
177. A BRAND NEW PEACE.
176. AN OPENING IN YOUR SOUL.
175. MEND YOUR STORY.
174. SPRING IS A LIFE COACH.
173. WATER IN HER EYES.
172. THIS IS MY LOVE LETTER.
171. I AM NOT THIS MOMENT.
170. DON'T.
169. I MET A GOATHERD ONCE.
168. Dear Flower.
167. THE WORLD HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHANGING.
166. THE FIRST REVOLUTION IS TO REST.
165. I LOVE YOU.
164. A BIG BEAUTIFUL BREATH.
163. ALL YOUR SACRED NAMES.
162. HAY MILAGROS EN TUS OJOS.
161. IN HONOR OF EDUCATORS.
160. YOUR LIFE IS A RIVER.
159. I WADE DEEPLY.
158. INFINITE HEART.
157. CHOOSE GOOD WATERFALLS.
156. ONE TEACHER.
155. A MONARCH BUTTERFLY.
154. THE LIFE OF YOUR SOUL.
153. CALM TAKES PRACTICE.
152. INSIDE OF YOU IS A GARDEN.
151. Your Desire for Belonging.
150. Your Soul is a Perfect Fire.
149. Silence Was Your First Language.
148. Moon Is Our Mecca.
147. Your Feelings Know the Way Home.
146. My Soul is Beautiful.
145. The Greatest Concert of All Time.
144. Prayer of Choice.
143. Serenity Stew.
142. Flow Toward Goodness.
141. Milk and Honey.
140. Many Moons Have Passed.
139. Meditation by the River.
138. Peddler Meets Sojourner.
137. Desert Silence.
136. We Make This Love.
135. Go Naked.
134. Pouring Purpose.
133. Choose Good Waterfalls.
132. What Is Prayer.
131. An Apple On A Tree.
130. She Wakes Feeling Wild.
129. I Am A Bear.
128. We Need More Translators Of Soul.
127. What Does It Mean To Love Yourself.
126. Some Souls Express Their Beauty.
125. This Newborn Day.
124. Jasmine Tea.
123. Your Deep Desire for Peace.
122. Grateful.
121. Your Soul Floating Endless Grace.
120. There Lived an Old King.
119. Companionship of Your Own Soul.
118. Sacred is This Moment.
117. When Sunrise Sweeps Her Hopeful Robes.
116. Be the Wine Who Jumps Back into a Grape.
115. Seeds of Joy.
114. One of Life's Best Moments.
113. Wake and Be Warriors.
112. Softness is a Ceremony.
111. Beginning of Sunlight.
110. If You Must Smoke.
109. Run to Water.
108. You are a Miracle.
107. Fragrance After Rain.
106. She Woke Beneath Moonlight.
105. On Earth We Suffer.
104. Use Your Nocturnal Eyes.
103. A Peace Lives in Your Soul.
102. You are a Soft Thing.
101. Awe and Wonder.
100. Fulfillment of My Soul.
99. Lonesome.
98. A Shepherd Left His Home.
97. Every Soul is a Perfume Shop.
96. What is Love.
95. Bliss and Infinity.
94. Whisper Me in Moonlight.
93. Gentle.
92. When Love Blooms in You.
91. May Your Eyes See Only Beauty.
90. A Storyteller of Caramel Skin.
89. Self Love is a Garden.
88. Peace is in You.
87. When Your Soul Is Ready.
86. Wash Your Spirit Clean.
85. Does This Set My Soul Free.
84. The Life of Your Soul.
83. Your Ancestors Outnumber Your Fears.
82. Appraise Your Soul as Worthy.
81. How to be an Oasis.
80. Sky Speaks.
79. Feast Day.
78. Peace is a Prophet.
77. She Taught Her Sisters How to Weave.
76. Your Body is the Architecture.
75. You are Your Soul's Perfect Medicine.
74. A Rose Blows Across the Desert.
73. Should You Choose to be Moon.
72. Sometimes She Finds a Moment.
71. Sleep.
70. But First You Have to Pour.
69. Disrobe Your Love.
68. Choose Love.
67. Follow My Voice, Old Friend.
66. Today Be The Most Beautiful Thing.
65. Sipping Sweet Tea.
64. Comfort of a Rhythm.
63. Your Sacred Calling.
62. Calm is Your Divine State.
61. A Woman Spent Her Whole Life Looking.
60. What the Sky Wishes to Be.
59. There is a Chalice Called Joy.
58. I am Going to Tell You Now That I Love You.
57. Write a Poem Today.
56. Early Morning.
55. Ask a Hummingbird.
54. Grace is a Paradise.
53. You are Not Here to Imitate.
52. Ocean in a Jar.
51. A Fine Cup of Jasmine Tea.
50. Love is Life.
49. She Spreads Out a Soft Blanket.
48. This Cup of Friendship Spirit.
47. May Your Heart Take to The Trees.
46. Feast Day.
45. Fill My Soul With Sweet Water.
44. A Useful Man.
43. Your Revolution is Sacred and Holy.
42. One of Life's Best Moments.
41. Breathe Deeply, Dear Soul.
40. First Steps Toward Peace.
39. Daughter, I Am Going to Tell You a Secret.
38. You Have the Sacred Right.
37. A Soul Walked Into A Vase Shop.
36. It Was Always You.
35. Usurp My Throne.
34. Pouring Into Clay.
33. Rest Feeds Your Revolution.
32. Akamu: Legend of a Sea Turtle.
31. If I Have Said This Poem Before.
30. Love is Your True Planet.
29. Love's Flower is Always in Bloom.
28. Care for Your Sacred Stories. Part Four.
27. A Million Gold Blades.
26. Care for Your Sacred Stories. Part Three.
25. Your Soul is Rowing Across a Great Lake.
24. Love Like Love Loves.
23. Care for Your Sacred Stories. Part Two.
22. Care for Your Sacred Stories. Part One.
21. Removing a Splinter (What It Means to be a Revolutionary).
20. Father to Son: Ode to Black Boys.
19. Becoming Peace.
18. Sacred Lake.
17. We Used to Rest Together.
16. Would You Like to Hear an Epic Love Story?
15. Gather Your People.
14. Sunshine and Rain.
13. Nature of Freedom.
12. Worthiness.
11. Grandmother & Grandson.
10. Teahouse.
9. Nile River Woman.
8. Inner Peace.
7. Hope
6. Make Your Soul a Sunroom
5. Ode to Tenderness
Episode 4. Little Brown Girl & Your Name Is Not Exhaustion.
Episode 3. She Wanted Peace.
Episode 2. Here's the Thing About Fear.
Inaugural Episode: I Have Decided to Become a Tree.