Episodes

  • Join T. Aisha Edwards and Kaila June Keliikuli in this special release and the closing episode of Season 3. Season 3 is a year long exploration with the experience and force of forgiveness. In this conversation, we talk about rhythm changes, fractals of the Mother Wound, what it means to be a good ancestor, forgiveness over lifetimes and how ELC slow podcasting is becoming a breathing space. The episode includes a listener contribution from Lady J who is an autistic, queer, non-binary artist, activist and parent. They offer a story, poem and somatic practice collectively called: A Journey & Arrival to Sharing Somatic Self-Pleasure.

    Episode Links:

    ELC Patreon Page
    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    T. Aisha Edwards
    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June Keliikuli
    https://www.kailajune.com/

    Dare Carasquillo and Death Practice Group
    https://www.animistarts.art/the-death-practice-group

    Amy Richards and the SquarePeg Podcast
    https://squarepeg.community/podcast/

    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    https://youtu.be/0SFRvnC7hnk

    Lady Justice Love
    https://wildladymouth.com/

    Lady J’s links:

    Sex Positive Event
    https://www.dancenakedcreative.com/

    Tricia Hersey (aka the Nap Bishop) Rest is Resistance
    https://thenapministry.com/

    Tara Brach, Learning to Respond Not React
    https://youtu.be/ymPF0q7U5oM

    Vedim Zeland's Transurfing
    https://chengeer.medium.com/transurfing-of-reality-in-a-nutshell-a73b162fff85

    Late-diagnosed Autism community
    https://www.autastic.com/

    The Emerald podcast, The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized
    https://open.spotify.com/episode/3e5bkfY8mCsdhb9H39dHmy?si=9c642dab757d4df7&nd=1

    Clarissa Pinkola Estés & Caroline Myss, Intuition and the Mystical Life
    https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C811625

    Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Crone Series: Seeing in the Dark
    https://www.clarissapinkolaestes.com/bio.htm

    bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27091.Teaching_to_Transgress

    Audre Lorde, The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38598541-the-master-s-tools-will-never-dismantle-the-master-s-house

    Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know
    https://www.stephaniefoo.me/

  • Aisha and Kaila expand on the discussion about neurodivergence begun in episode 3. We discuss neurodivergent diagnosis, affirmation, trauma healing, disability justice and cultural inclusion. Aisha also intimately explores the impact of autism in xer own family.


    Topics

    Kaila and Aisha give a life update Aisha gives more information about the DSM diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and how it differs for AFAB, gender variant and BIPOC folks Aisha gives information about the Spectrum Circle as a affirming diagnostic tool What is masking? How does it relate to belonging and trauma? Why it is important to differentiate between trauma and neurodivergence Interaction of perfectionism, social justice and neurodivergence and non-inclusion in movement spaces Aisha and Kaila discuss the article Neurodivergence is Dead, Now What? They explore lack of inclusion on the neurodiversity movement Aisha talks about the ADDRESSING model to explore intersectional identity and exploring marginal vs privileged identities Aisha talks about xer brother’s battle with autism Aisha shares references for people questioning if they are on the spectrum


    Links

    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/

    Amy Richards and the SquarePeg Podcast

    https://squarepeg.community/podcast/

    Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

    https://psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

    Masking

    https://www.healthline.com/health/autism/autism-masking

    Twilah Hiari Article - Neurodiversity is Dead, Now What?

    https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/04/neurodiversity-dead-now-what/

    ADDRESSING Model

    https://www.unthsc.edu/students/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/Addressing-Framework-and-Overview.pdf

    Aisha’s Emergence Community Coaching Space

    https://www.fullflightwellness.com/emergence-login

    Autastic Online Community for later in life diagnosed folks on the Spectrum

    https://www.autastic.com/

    Dr. Nick Walker - Neurodivergent Somatic Experiencing Provider

    https://neuroqueer.com/



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  • In this special episode, ELC partners with the SquarePeg Podcast, hosted by Amy Richards. Square Peg gives autistic adults the opportunity to hear the lives and stories of other autistic adults. In her conversations, she explores life, love, work, health and relationships with later in life diagnosed folks identifying as femme, trans or nonbinary. Aisha and Amy explore Aisha’s own story of being diagnosed autistic and exploring how this has shaped xer own experiences of rupture and repair.

    TOPICS:

    Aisha talks about the process of xer diagnostic experience

    The moving of grief post diagnosis

    Masking, meltdowns, OCD and aloneness

    Double Empathy Problem

    Neurodivergent masking friendships

    The embodiment of neurodivergence

    Intergenerational neurodivergence and childhood trauma

    Healing as an autist

    Energy management over time management - melt downs at work

    Self employment and authenticity

    Self care practices for energy management

    Rupture and repair in friendships

    Trauma embodiment in neurodivergent identity trauma

    Unmasking and authenticity in relationships

    The unmet needs of the undiagnosed

    The invitation of messy - unwinding OCD

    LINKS:

    Squarepeg podcast: https://squarepeg.community/podcast/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/squarepeg.community/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/squarepegautism

    Coaching and Design Business site: https://amyrichards.wales/

    Amy Richards -Creating the Foundations Workshop Series!!

    This is my live workshop series - 6 weeks of group Zoom workshops for late diagnosed autistic adults. Come with me on a journey of self discovery around work, fulfillment and figuring out what you want, what you actually need as an autistic adult, and where to start.

    https://squarepeg.community/thrive/



    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/






  • This brief episode is a follow up for episode one. In it, Aisha shares a poem inspire by an encounter with a hummingbird and offers a somatic practice for working with the activation of rupture.



    LINKS:



    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/



  • Kaila and Aisha return for another season of ELC, sharing ELC’s changes over the hiatus. introduce the seasonal theme for 2022 Forgiveness. Together the two somatic educators explore the anatomy of forgiveness, foreshadowing the topics addressed throughout Season three.

    Return after a long hiatus and continuing slow podcast Goodbye to Chris Introduction of the theme of forgiveness and why Presence in the multiplicity of right now Surprise! Aisha is autistic!! What does that mean? Kaila’s architecture shift Anatomy of forgiveness - Rupture and repair, process, belonging, resistance or withdrawal Tracking the energetic field Of course, forgiveness is an emergence Questions for the community

    www.autastic.com - affirming resources for folks who are diagnosed with or suspected of being on the spectrum later in life; QT/BIPOC resources available

    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/






  • In part two of Healing Traditions Devan Williams, a proud indigenous woman of the Squamish Nation, shares cultural and traditional history and the impact of residential school for the indigenous people of Canada. She asks us to learn the true history of Canada as a first step to creating positive change for the next generations. You are doing just that by listening to ELC's episodes Healing Traditions parts one and two. Thank you.

    If you are so inspired, please take yet another step, by sharing these episodes with others and/or by learning more. You’ll find links for learning and resources in our show notes below and on the ELC Patreon supporters page.

    More from Devan:

    Ha7lh Skwayel (Good day)
    Devan Williams kwi en snas (My name is Devan Williams)
    Tina7 chen tl’a Skwxwu7mesh uxwumixw (I am from the Squamish village)
    Skwxwu7mesh-ulh (Squamish Nation)
    An wenaxws en skwawlen (I am proud of who I am [where I come from)

    I was told to always remember who I am, where I come from; to be a steward of the land and protect Mother Earth.

    I am honoured to have the opportunity to use my voice and share our Indigenous culture, history and stories. I love giving back to my community and I am always looking for new ways to help create positive change for the next generations.

    My previous leadership initiatives that I was a part of as a Indigenous Ambassador include working and volunteering with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Bid, the Vancouver 2010 Olympics Opening Ceremonies and Reconciliation Canada. As well, I also volunteered on the Squamish Nation Budget and Finance Committee as the Deputy Chair, the Cutting Barriers to Employment and Training Association (CBETA) as a Board Directory, SPIP Suicide Prevention Intervention Post-intervention Committee Member, and the Native Indian Football Association Board Member and Alumni. One of my other passions that I have been involved in is with Minerva BC Learning to Lead where I volunteer as a Den Mother, Mentor and Coach for young girls helping them build and tap into their leadership skills.

    I7xw ten sekwitl’ (All my relations)
    Chen kwen men tumiyap (Thank you all)

    TOPICS:

    Calling on cultural traditions for healing and peace for the lost children and residential school survivors. Today’s youth Residential schools in Canada The Indian Act Saving and sharing cultural traditions Hope for the future

    LINKS:

    “Icy water swims a cool trip for many in Squamish” Squamish Chief Article by Jennifer Thuncher

    Nature Entwined Film

    Truth and Reconciliations Calls to Action

    Indigenous Canada Online Course

    ELC Patreon Page

    Aisha Edwards

    Kaila June

    Chris Morita Clancy

  • In part one of this two part episode Devan Williams, a proud indigenous woman of the Squamish Nation, talks with Chris about her family’s resistence & resilience in post confederaion Canada. She tells of the healing and hope that they bring in keeping cultural traditions of the Squamish nation alive. Next full doula and body based trauma treatment specialist, Amy Hoare Nassare joins the ELC murmations as our first contributer. Amy shares lessons from flowers about impermance, resilience and the container that allows fruition.

    This episode was was recorded just weeks before before the first discovery of the umarked graves at former residential schools in Canada. Be sure to join us for episode 6 and “Healing Traditions: Part Two” as Devan speaks about how traditional practices have come to the fore as people of the Squamish and other indigenous nations face these recent events.

    TOPICS:

    Interview with Devan Williams

    Shukw’um, spiritual bathing and traditions of the Squamish Nation and how they were passed on in Devan’s family Residential school Canoe pulling
    The continuum of desire
    Desire and the femme body
    Scarcity, belonging and safety
    Reclaiming desire from a sexuality-only construct
    Reconnecting after COVID
    Desire practices

    Amy Hoare Nassar, Contributor

    Lessons from Flowers

    LINKS:

    Amy Hoare Nassar

    www.itsyoubaby.ca

    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/

    Chris Morita Clancy

    https://www.embodiedbiotensegrity.ca




    “Icy water swims a cool trip for many in Squamish” Squamish Chief Article by Jennifer Thuncher

    https://www.squamishchief.com/in-the-community/icy-water-swims-a-cool-trip-for-many-in-squamish-3352360

    She Summits

    https://www.shesummits.org/post/nature-entwined

    https://vimeo.com/483651712

    https://whistlerfilmfestival.com/films/film/?id=5fb5724bcdeda9003703f69f

    Truth and Reconciliations calls to action

    https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/british-columbians-our-governments/indigenous-people/aboriginal-peoples-documents/calls_to_action_english2.pdf



    Indigenous Canada MOOC

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada?utm_source=gg&utm_medium=sem&campaignid=13440968592&utm_campaign=12-Indigenous-Canada-Alberta-CA&utm_content=12-Indigenous-Canada-Alberta-CA&adgroupid=130160700424&device=c&keyword=university%20of%20alberta%20indigenous%20canada&matchtype=b&network=g&devicemodel=&adpostion=&creativeid=526589477720&hide_mobile_promo&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-NaJBhDsARIsAAja6dMlz4qDMWKiQnc6FdzYF2qmi0HxtGlQbquxS5QJLLoUXYFwXW0FiA4aAik2EALw_wcB





  • In this conversation, Aisha explores following embodied pleasure as the rhythm that agitates for wider social change with YaliniDream and Adaku Utah, two brown queer justice-focused, body-centered transformers of community.

    TOPICS

    Defining desire from the body - its connotations, dualities and realms of existence How we become separated from embodied desire and the returning to body intimacy Desire in a queer body, brown body, first generation body Discerning desire from compulsion Moratorium on the damage narrative: Complexity of desire at a community level - balancing accountability for harm with safety, resilience and the abundance of belonging Unwinding generations of colonial harm from the body to discover pleasure Practices of cultivating pleasure, play and desire

    ELC Patreon Page https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/

    Chris Morita Clancy https://www.embodiedbiotensegrity.ca

    Adaku Utah http://www.adakuutah.com IG: @solarbliss

    YaliniDream http://www.yalinidream.com
    IG: @yalinidream

    Rae Johnson

    https://raejohnsonsomatic.com/

    UN Climate Report

    https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports

    Eve Tuck

    http://www.evetuck.com/

    Tamil Sovereignty

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_nationalism

    Allison Schieler - Contortionist

    http://www.allisonschieler.com/

    Kinesiology

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiology

    adrienne maree brown - Pleasure Activism https://www.akpress.org/pleasure-activism.html





  • Aisha reads from xer blog essay, The Orgasmic Organismic Yes. The essay explores the nuances of a blended YES-NO, the state when our sense of embodied pleasure becomes disorganized by obligation and pain. Xe explores how to cultivate unblending the two, supporting the possibility of embodied pleasure again. After the reading, Kaila guides a somatic practice to discover the felt-sense of pleasure and embodied yes.

    TOPICS: Gestalt Therapy Theory Trauma physiology and the disembodiment of embodied YES Safety as the baseline for a clear YES and a clear NO Blended YES-NO patterns Follow the sparkles The value of “I Don’t Know” Explore your embodied yes

    LINKS:

    Original Essay Gestalt Therapy Jaak Panksepp Janina Fisher Pat Ogden Peter Levine Rae Johnson Embodied Social Justice Resmaa Menakem My Grandmother’s Hands adrienne maree brown ELC Patreon Page Aisha Edwards Kaila June Chris Morita Clancy
  • Summer 2021 theme on ELC is Desire. We weave this somatic concept throughout each conversation, practice and exploration for this season. In this conversation, Aisha, Kaila and Chris attempt to reclaim desire as a concept associated with hedonism and mindless sexuality as western culture defines it. Together, we create a new working somatic definition for desire with range and nuance that invites the plurality of its light and shadow aspects.

    Topics:

    How cultural norms shape how we understand desire

    Desire as generative creation

    The continuum of desire

    Desire and the femme body

    Scarcity, belonging and safety

    Reclaiming desire from a sexuality-only construct

    Reconnecting after COVID

    Desire practices

    Links:

    ELC Patreon Page

    https://www.patreon.com/emergentliberationcollective

    Aisha Edwards

    https://campsite.bio/full_flight_wellness

    Kaila June

    https://www.kailajune.com/

    Chris Morita Clancy

    https://www.embodiedbiotensegrity.ca

    Jaak Panksepp

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65e2qScV_K8



  • In this conversation between Kaila June and Aisha Edwards, we explore concepts of ease and slow as precursors for creativity and are inspired by the pace of nature. We introduce Emergent Liberation Collective as a “slow podcast” and talk about the changes we’ve experienced since putting out our first season. As a practice for cultivating generative rest, Kaila guides a Somatic Groundwork practice on yielding and tuning into the support of Earth.

    TOPICS:

    Slow podcasting as a focus for ongoing seasons at ELC Changes since our first season Lessons from the land about time Micro vs Macro Rest Ritual as a tool for macro rest Somatic practice in yielding

    LINKS:

    ELC Patreon Page

    Join our email list

    Aisha Edwards

    Kaila June

    Chris Morita Clancy

    Malidoma Patrice Some, Ph.D - Dagara Elder and Scholar

    www.ancestralevents.com https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/explorations/teachers/malidoma-patrice-some/books
  • “Ancestral liberation is the process of helping our unresolved ancestors to heal the patterns on the level of lineage that keep them stuck, allow them to become true well luminous ancestors and deepen our ability to engage and connect with them as positive forces in our lives so we can transform what has been a burden for us into a powerful blessing.” - Langston Kahn

    Aisha and Langston discuss:

    What is ancestral reverence, healing and lineage repair BIPOC-specific needs for ancestral healing What if you’re a child of colonization? Lineage repair for those with lineages in conflict How ancestral repair brings peace, belonging and intimacy in your own life

    Extended Patreon Interview

    Finding your ancestral purpose through ancestor reverence and healing Working with troubled spirits in your lineage Energy boundary practices for daily living!! Insight about destructive energies/entities Initiations into growth

    Links and Contacts

    Connect with Langston

    Langston’s Recent Offerings: Energy Body Mastery Course www.langstonkahn.com Instagram @LangstonKahn Twitter @LangstonKahn Facebook Lanston.Kahn

    Buy Langston’s book!

    Deep Liberation: Shamanic Teachings for Reclaiming Wholeness in a Culture of Trauma

    More

    Last Mask Center ELC Patreon Page T. Aisha Edwards Kaila June Magdalena Weinstein Chris Morita Clancy

    Contributors

    Holland Andrews music
  • A story and a somatic grounding practice as invitations to enter into your body for support and intuitive guidance.

    CONTENT

    Story: Chris explores trust as an embodied sparkle that, if followed, leads one right where they need to be. Enquiry: The language of your body: What are your sign posts? Somatic Grounding Practice: Magda offers a practice to connect our body with the earth.

    LINKS:

    ELC Patreon Page T. Aisha Edwards Kaila June Magdalena Weinstein Chris Morita Clancy

    CONTRIBUTORS

    Holland Andrews music
  • Welcome to the Emergent Liberation Collective and our premier episode in this winter season February 2021. Every story has a beginning, this is ours. Follow our journey that began the week of George Floyd’s killing in May of 2020, and unfolded through the seasons of the global pandemic inside a vulnerable process of discovering trust. How do we move and create together at the pace of trust? How do we welcome generative conflict? How do we trust in our ancestors? What is our language of self knowing? Trust is required of all the fragments to live into the whole, to live into the promise of emergence. And we are learning.


    TOPICS:

    Finding a pathway to healing racialized trauma with a somatic imagining Discovering our tensegrity in Adrienne Marie Brown’s Emergent Strategy Systems theory and the emergent property Murmuration and following the sparkles Our vision of the somatic way


    LINKS:

    ELC Patreon Page T. Aisha Edwards Kaila June Magdalena Weinstein Chris Morita Clancy Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Marie Brown My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem

    CONTRIBUTORS

    Holland Andrews music