Soulistic Healing: (Re)membering Black Women's Bodies

Abstract: Black women have the innate power to heal debilitating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual trauma resulting from slavery, colonization, poverty, and abuse by reclaiming and reconnecting to the power of spirit. We are in the midst of an age of enlightenment, which is seeking to unveil hidden inconvenient truths about how systemic oppression rooted in racism, sexism, and capitalism is destroying the planet, in particular its Black and brown inhabitants. As the atrocities are exposed and truth is revealed, Black women have a clearer lens in which to unveil and articulate the roots of our oppression. We are discovering that our exploitation has been sustained by ideologies that keep us separated from and in constant conflict with the source of our innate power—Spirit. And thus, African American women are rediscovering the power to heal our bodies by reclaiming a connection back to our indigenous spiritualities.

Presenter bio: Kimberly J. Davis is a spiritual teacher, scholar, activist, life coach, and master healing practitioner. She is the founder of Journey to Wholeness Center, a holistic healing and wellness center. Kimberly is a PhD candidate in Philosophy and Religion with a concentration in Women’s Spirituality at the California Institute of Integral Studies. It is Kimberly’s mission to be a conduit of love, truth, and healing, while advocating for the healing and empowerment of women who embody generational wounds as a result of internalized oppressions.

Affiliation: California Institute of Integral Studies