ReBloom Footnotes
1 You can head to rebloomtogether.com/coaches to find a list of trained and certified ReBloom Coaches.
2 The mycelial network is a worldwide underground web of the roots of mushrooms. It’s a key communication and nourishment source for plants and trees. I highly recommend the movie Fantastic Fungi (watch.fantasticfungi.com) to learn more.
3 The concept of a Natural Blueprint of Health was taught to me by Brigit Viksnins, and taught to her by Anna Chitty, founder of the Colorado School of Energy Studies.
3a Remember, you can be guided through the Soul Seed Coherence Practice for free at rebloomtogether.com/coherence.
4 If you or a client are dealing with chronic pain and sense it may be trauma related, I suggest reading the short, illustrated book Pain is Really Strange by Steve Haines. It demystifies chronic pain in a very helpful way.
5 Image originally learned from Brigit Viksnins Alchemical Alignment training.
6 Image originally learned from Brigit Viksnins Alchemical Alignment training.
7 Image originally learned from Brigit Viksnins Alchemical Alignment training.
8 For more on developmental trauma, check out Nurturing Resilience by Kathy Kain and Steve Turrell.
9 Concept developed from Nurturing Resilience by Steve Terrell and Kathy Kain.
10 You can find my first book, Secret Bad Girl, at rebloomtogether.com/
11 I learned about the toric field from Brigit Viksnins, who learned about it from Anna Chitty.
12 Learn more about M’Kali-Hashiki at fiercepassions.com
13 Big thanks to trauma specialist Emily Aube for her support and insights on narcissism and the nervous system, developed from her studies with Stevel Terrell. Learn more about Emily’s work at https://emilybeatrix.com/
15 Insight developed in thanks again to Emily Aube.
16 I first learned about opening an energetic ritual space with the seven directions in the book Celtic Magic by D.J. Conway.
17 Connect with Bear and all their brilliance at bearcoaches.com
18 Informed by informational interviews with Emily Aube.
20 Chakrubs are sex toys made from natural crystal that bring a sense of sacredness to your playtime. These beautiful, hand-crafted tools are created with the intention of opening oneself up to the healing properties crystals provide.” In other words, magical crystal dildos. Head to chakrubs.com to check ‘em out.
21 The Womanizer, despite it’s... well, interesting name... is quite the experience. Use it for next-level clitoris stimulation and orgasms. womanizer.com
22 A 2020 study in the Environmental Research Journal found that microplastics are being found in apples and carrots due to the root systems picking up the microplastics from rainwater. https://www.bbc.co.uk/ newsround/53195056
23 Dan Siegel is one person who’s talked about the dance between the me and the we. He calls it “mwe.”
24 If you’re seeking greater sense of belonging—to yourself, your lineage and community—my friend and colleague Becca Piastrelli does awesome work around that, as well as hosts a beautiful podcast called Belonging. Learn more at https://beccapiastrelli.com/
25 If you struggle with your ancestral lines and are ready to do deep, profound work with your ancestors, I’ve done beautiful, loving ancestral imaginings with Tele Darden, who studied with my teacher Brigit, and is one of the most skilled practitioners I’ve worked with. Connect with her at nourishresilience.com.
26 If you'd like to be a part of Elydé's magic, she also hosts online groups that facilitate a remembrance of your original medicine (no matter your people's lineage). You can find Elydé on Instagram at @groundedwomb or at groundedwomb.com.
27 A phrase popularized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., referencing a global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. (thekingcenter.org)
28 adrienne maree brown writes and talks a lot about the fractal nature of change, which I’ve been alluding to throughout this section, in her book Emergent Strategy and other works.
29 I highly recommend Resmaa Menakem’s seminal book, My Grandmother’s Hands, that explores the embodiment of racialized trauma in the US, as well as body-based practices for racialized post-traumatic growth and somatic abolitionism.
30 A super intense three-hour Holocaust film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg.
31 Thank you Dema Al-Kakhan for being my forever Semite Sister across borders and bloodlines, and for sharing stories of your Palestinian lineage with such tender love and devotion. I will stand with you and your people for all of time.
32 Thank you Kelsey Gustafson for traveling to your homeland and recollecting your people’s songs, dances, laments, and wild poetic joys. Feeling the Celtic traditions rebloom in you melts something frozen in my heart. Kelsey teaches and guides post-traumatic growth through embodiment, myth, art and coaching at kelseygustafson.com/. She’s a certified ReBloom Coach and an incredibly powerful space holder if you’re seeking your own embodied homecoming.
33 Thank you Ann Nguyen for sharing your radiant lineage stories with me, for inviting me into your powerful and brave decolonial journey, and for being an ever-present pillar of love and togetherness in my life. Ann teaches and guides sexual and sensual healing, awakening and empowerment for women of color at theannnguyen.com. She’s a certified ReBloom Coach who emanates joy, pleasure and the possibility of being fueled by your most orgasmic superpowers for the sake of our collective liberation.
34 Thank you Elizabeth DiAlto for being a queen of cultivating safe spaces to learn, grow, heal and embody. And for being such a key learning-friend to me over the years. Witnessing your reconnection to your Puerto Rican lineage has been life-giving. If you’re seeking a place to move your body in sensual, healing, invigorating ways, check out Elizabeth’s online movement studio at wildsoulmovement.com.
35 Thank you, Brittany Pollard, for sharing the depths of the journey you're on to remember and reclaim your roots. I'm honored to witness your process. You can learn more about Brittany's work holding healing space for the Black community at https://brittanypollard.com/.
36 Thank you Jennifer Sterling for sharing the beauty and depth of your lineage with me, for being a steady source of authentic healing for Black and Indigenous women, for providing such powerful care inside the ReBloom community. If you are a BIWOC seeking gentle, embodied support around systemic trauma, Jennifer offers powerful dance/movement psychotherapy and holistic nutrition support at thebodyfullhealingproject.com.
37 I first heard this phrase from Andréa Renae Johnson in an interview we did for one of my courses. Check out their work at andrearanae.com.
38 This is something Bear Hébert and I have talked about extensively, both informed by a collection of decolonial thinkers and feelers.
39 Episode 115 of For The Wild: On Pleasure as Birthright with adrienne maree brown.
40 You can learn more about Assana Rae Halder and her powerful work at instagram.com/erotic.earth.embodiment/ or assanarae.com.
41 A a metaphor master Integral Coach Chela Davison came up with for me in our life-changing and long-term work together.
42 Hat tip: Audre Lorde’s famous essay and book, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House.
43 I first learned this Tree of Life breath from Rabbi Tirzah Firestone’s audiobook, The Woman’s Kabbalah.
44 Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger
45 Nurturing Reslience by Kathy Kain and Stephen Terrel.
46 This is a core concept of cranial sacral therapy, again taught to me by Brigit Viksnins in Alchemical Alignment.
47 Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger
48 Brigit Viksnins, Alchemical Alignment via her pre- and perinatal trauma resolution studies.
49 developed from teachings by Brigit Viksnins.
50 This concept and the corresponding way of working with it was taught to me by Chris Dierkes, a very talented soul reader and guide. Learn more about working with Chris at chrisdierkes.com/.
51 Valiant resources is another tool I learned from Brigit Viksnins in Alchemical Alignment.
52 If you or a client is wanting to learn more about mindfulness, I highly recommend the work of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. He has a free Plum Village app with ample meditations and talks. His renowned book Peace is Every Step is also a powerful place to begin.
53 I highly recommend Resmaa Menakem’s book, My Grandmother’s Hands, for more in-depth guidance on working with collective trauma, specifically as it relates to race.
54 Google Karpman’s Triangle of Drama to read all about this lovely arrangement.
55 The reverse roles of Karpman’s Triangle of Drama.
56 This process was inspired by a similar process developed and shared with me by Tada Hozumi around relational community agreements.
57 Some containers, like sexological bodywork, sexual surrogates or tantric healing, include genital touch, sex and/or romance in the healing dynamic from the beginning. For those containers, an even more thorough ethical contract should be co-created from the onset of the work.
58 These identity questions are developed from the Adaway Group’s Inner Circle identity wheel learned via their excellent unlearning program called Whiteness at Work. I highly recommend learning from them at adawaygroup.com.
