Becoming Dragons: Contemplative Practices for Transforming Toward Wholeness with Ericka EchavarRia and Maria Hamilton Abegunde
In this episode, we talk conjuring, contemplative emergence, and embodying justice. We explore the challenges of higher education and how contemplative practices can support us in remaining aligned with who we are and move us toward wholeness. This spacious episode also includes a practice, alongside laughter and inspiring reflections.
Guests
Ericka Echavarria, JD LMSW, is a dedicated and experienced contemplative leader with a strong focus on building capacity and resilience in social justice workers. Her work centers on supporting transformative change within social justice workers, thereby promoting more mindful, embodied, and justice-focused service to reduce harm to vulnerable communities.
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Maria Hamilton Abegunde – Abegunde – began studying and practicing Contemplative Practices over 40 years ago and continues to integrate them in her research, writing, teaching, and service to multiple communities. You may read her contemplative writings in the Journal for the Liberal Arts and Sciences, North Meridian Review, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, ASHE: Ritual Poetics in African Diasporic Expression, and Black Joy Unbound. She is a Black Earth Institute, Cave Canem, Ragdale, and Sacatar Fellow. Abegunde is a faculty member in the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University.
Show Notes
Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education: Narratives Toward Wholeness, Eds. Michelle C. Chatman, LeeRay Costa, and David W. Robinson-Morris.
Flash of the Spirit: African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy, Robert Farris Thompson