Discussion of ancestors - who are they? And, how do we feel about them - positive and negative. What is their role in our lives today?

What is the body?

Our bodies are animated by the same force that moves tides, creates lightening and opens a flower.

A woman who meets herself is ungovernable. She doesn’t need saving. She starts changing things. Without that inner compass, people get blown around like leaves in the fall. Jailbirds in Flight, Nicole Daedone, p. 273.

Mastering the powers of an elder is a process that takes place slowly over years at the harsh school of life where the storms of trials and tribulations, of pain and suffering solidify and make sacred the mind, the body, and the soul of the person. - Malidoma Patrice Some, Wisdom of Africa.