Ep. 18 Healing Through Storytelling and Reconnection To The Sacred with Solana Booth

Lineage keeper, generational reconciliation and trauma healing advocate Solana Booth (of the Nooksak, Mohawk and Ts’msyan nations) shares her incredible earth-based wisdom on how we can return from the chaos and rigidity of trauma back to cohesion and harmony in body and soul. Indigenous peoples are the land stewards of original wisdom and sentinels of mother earth that hold the key to overcoming “the veil of insight” experienced by modern society in an increasingly fractured and disassociated way of life. We all carry generational trauma that is inherited from our ancestors. Storytelling is a powerful way to reconnect to the sacred within us all - a deeper knowing that is necessary for regenerative healing and growth, not just for native peoples but for all of humanity. Our ancestral lineage extends beyond our blood lines, to the entire human family,  to the plant and animal kingdoms and the land that nourishes us. Mother earth is our ally, and the the inherent order in nature can be modeled within ourselves to help us understand and embrace divine duality, recalibrate the relationship we have within and with each other, to reconcile insidious acts of violence and transform apathy to empathy. About Solana: As a historical trauma and generational healing expert as well as  champion of diversity, equity and inclusion, Solana Booth’s indigenous teachings, through traditional and contemporary storytelling, diversity training, conflict resolution and cultural presentations are incredibly powerful means to engender behavioral health and rehabilitation. She is the SeeQuilLouw Program Director at Advocates Of Sacred, whose mission is to champion, integrate and cultivate indigenous healing modalities.  She employs pre-perinatal psychology, somatic archeology, generational brain spotting, birth and death work, traditional art and her Positive Interconnectedness model.  She is also a leadership trainer for health care professionals in historical trauma and family recovery intensives, a documentary filmmaker, advisor to Decriminalize Nature National, and executive leader at the American Psychedelics Practitioners Association. As a traditional medicine keeper Solana is in the process of opening the Recover me in Wellness Center, with a focus on "Mother's Breath" otherwise known as plant medicines, first foods, breastfeeding, canoe and storytelling. Her three Indian names mean, “helping people from all over the world find their true road home” and “ancient medicine blanket” and “GOD”. Her direct lineage is from the one who sung the plants back to and for the people and to bestow “peace”. Her lineage is of the clan society and the creation stories which created the prayer songs and transformation of the people regarding our roles in our societies. Solana is enrolled into the Nooksack Nation of the Chief Sam George Family from Beatrice Anderson and Samuel George, White Owl House of the Wolf Clan and Chief Joe Ortiz from Mohawk of Bay Quinte where the Peacekeeper was born. Her Paternal association is Tsymsyan of the Violet Atkinson and William Booth Family, Raven Clan. She is a mother of nine and Grandmother of two baby girls. Learn more at https://advocateofsacred.com/ Follow on Instagram @advocate0sacred Subscribe to Solana Booth’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/teachersolana