Finding Refuge

Micky ScottBey Jones she/diva- the Justice Doula - accompanies people as they birth more love, justice and shalom into our world. As a womanist, contemplative activist, movement chaplain, certified Enneagram coach and trainer and nonviolence practitioner, Micky supports students, clergy, activists and everyday leaders in a variety of roles - speaker, writer, facilitator, pilgrimage guide, consulta...

Kennae Miller (she/her) was born in Frankfurt, Germany in a strong military family and was raised on Arapaho and Cheyenne Indigenous land (now known as Colorado Springs, CO) where her father completed his military career and her family planted their roots. While living in Colorado and being exposed to many different experiences and forms of art she discovered yoga as a junior in high school. Initi...

Mirabelle is in an intimate relationship with yoga as a breath-ing experience. She has been on this path of living yoga for 19 years, studying with swamis (monks) and teachers from the Sivananda Saraswati lineage, which traces back to Adi Shankaracharya.  She also studied Yoga and Yoga Philosophy from Mumbai University for 2 years. She has taught at yoga ashrams and studios in India, the USA,...

Tracee Stanley was introduced to the practice of yoga nidra in 2001. She immediately recognized it as a healing salve for the world and began to incorporate it into her life and her yoga teaching. She left her high-stress career as a Hollywood film producer to delve deeper into the study of the practices that were empowering and rejuvenating her, so she could share them with others. With over 20 y...

Ana is my nine-year old friend. She is an amazing spirit. She is a Cancer Sun, Gemini Rising and an Aries Moon. She loves the ocean and all things water. Ana loves to sing, draw, paint, camp and bake! This podcast episode came to be because Ana was in the car with me listening to my interview on another podcast. I thought she was asleep. After the podcast ended she said, “that was really good.” I...

Victoria Santos, MA, designs and facilitates group processes in communities, organizations, businesses, universities and schools. Her work is rooted in a far-reaching vision of human potential. Warm authentic presence, compassionate communication, commitment to social justice and racial equity, and lifelong learning are threads running through all of Victoria’s work. Victoria has a deep commitment...

Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer and soul activist. He is a master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures, and poetic traditions. Author of The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief; The Threshold Between Loss and Revelation, (with Rashani Réa) and  In the Absence of the...

Tamira is both a student and medium of ancestral and earth-honoring wisdom who is committed to centering personal wellness in service to greater cultural healing. She is the beloved grandchild of West African, British & Irish peoples with deep southern roots. Her Ori (destiny) and spiritual path have conspired to guide her towards studying emergent and embodied ancestral liberation and healing...

This is a special episode of the Finding Refuge podcast, in which Tristan Katz (they/them) and Lauren Roberts (she/her) interview me! Tristan and Lauren are both friends and collaborators of mine and I’m excited to share this conversation with you—a cross-over episode with their newly launched podcast, ALL THE F*CK IN: Showing up for social justice in your work. Tune in to hear about… - My career...

This is a special interview with my friend and fellow lover of honeybees, Karla Michelle Capacetti Quintana. Karla is a magical woman who weaves between the earthly plane and spiritual realms. Karla Michelle Capacetti-Quintana is a medicine maker, sacred beekeeper, and Earth steward. She is a student of sustainable agriculture, community food systems, yoga & Ayurveda, western herbalism, poetry...

Kelley is a creator, coach, yogi, community advocate and writer. She is passionately following the path that at times, calls her, pulls her and propels her forward. She is focused on wholeness and liberation. Individually and collective. That intention looks like a few different things for Kelley. It shows up as teaching yoga, working in community and holding space for others to connect to their o...

Shankari Goldstein is a Program Manager at the Mind & Life Institute. Trained in the lineage of Integral Yoga, Shankari has spent years connecting to breath, body, strength, movement, and energy. She is a Certified Yoga of Recovery Instructor, an Accessible Yoga Ambassador, Activist and a founder of The State of Union (Yoga) Address series, Shensara Yoga Festival, The Black Female Farmers Netw...

Tema Okun has spent over 30 years working with and for organizations, schools, and community-based institutions as a trainer, facilitator, and coach focused on issues of racial justice and equity. Dr. Okun currently co-leads the Teaching for Equity Fellows Program at Duke University, which works with faculty seeking to develop stronger skills both teaching about race and racism and across lines of...

I’m excited to share this interview with you—a conversation with a dear friend and beloved, Jeanine T. Abraham. Jeanine is a playwright, actor and producer founder of VisAbleBlackwoman productions. She’s been practicing the 8 limbs of yoga for 20 years and has been a health coach and JourneyDance Facilitator for over 10 years. She founded VisAbleBlackwoman productions in 2017 as a space to center...

This episode features a special interview with four of Michelle’s close comrades and colleagues. Michelle brought the team of Healing in Community facilitators together to hear about how they are tending their hearts at this time—Katie Veleta, Johnette Walser, Amy Burtaine, and Stephanie Ghoston Paul co-led an online retreat this past summer with Michelle, and they are reuniting for a special offe...

Welcome to The Finding Refuge Podcast! This podcast emerged from work based in the exploration of collective grief and liberation. It exists to remind us about all the ways we can find refuge during unsettling and uncertain times, and to remind us about the resilience and joy that comes from allowing ourselves to find refuge. Michelle C. Johnson, author, yoga teacher, healer, social worker, disman...