01/26/2026
Public service announcement for elders, guides, mentors, facilitators, and teachers, etc.
If you are offering workshops, classes, ceremonies, plant medicines, or teachings rooted in African ATRs, Indigenous traditions, ancestral practices, or spiritual lineages, please be mindful of who you are taking on and who you are teaching.
Not everyone who is curious is meant to be shown or taught these practices.
Not everyone who wants access deserves it.
Some people are chasing titles, aesthetics, and clout.
They want to run before they’ve walked.
They want to teach before they’ve healed.
They want to represent traditions they’ve never committed to, never sat with, never been accountable to.
Our traditions are not trends.
Our medicines are not content.
Our customs are not something to be handed out for popularity, money, or validation.
There is real work required before someone is ready to carry these teachings and years of healing, discipline, humility, service, and consistent relationship with Spirit. If that foundation isn’t there, access should not be either.
Be selective.
Be protective.
Ask questions.
Trust your discernment.
Guard what was entrusted to you by your elders, your ancestors, and your lineages.
Everything is not for everybody and that’s not gatekeeping, that’s respect.
🕯️🌿
La Brujita 💋💅