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"Supporting the medicines of the earth and the people who carry them." "Supporting the medicines of the Earth and the people who carry them."

Our mission is to provide a platform of support to indigenous leaders, teachers and wisdom keepers of various plant medicine lineages & traditions. This platform will focus on the education of the different spheres of plant medicine: Science, Spirituality, Culture, and Indigenous Perspectives. We aim to create opportunities of dialogue about safe spaces, responsible use and best practices. Together we advocate for access and legal use of plant medicine as part of our birth right as human beings.

23/07/2025

We just opened the path for the Bandeira de Oxalá tour with a beautiful ritual in Maryland — a powerful beginning, filled with blessings and reminders of why we walk.

We opened in faith, under the guidance of Oxalá, the one whose flag we carry. His presence called us into peace, alignment, and trust in something greater than ourselves — a necessary grounding for what’s to come.

This opening came in the divine timing of Oyá, who reminded us that change moves fast when it’s time, and that the winds may be strong — but they always carry transformation.

We called on Ogum to march ahead of us, to open the roads, to bring clarity, discipline, and the strength to walk forward in order. He is the warrior that helps us organize not just our path, but also our purpose.

And as we navigate the waves of this work, Iemanjá cools our heads and softens our hearts, so we don’t lose ourselves in the movement — but stay steady, anchored in care.

We also called in the joyful wisdom of the Baianos and the playful guidance of the Marinheiros, who reminded us to laugh, to sway, to sing, and to let this boat move with grace and molejo as we walk.

To those who returned from last year — thank you for holding the thread.
To those just arriving — welcome. This is a path of study, but also of joy, body, rhythm, and depth.

To all the friends and supporters of the altar — every gesture matters. Every offering helps hold this container.

Next stop: Nevada City.
We keep walking — with faith, order, and joy.

Axé.

10/07/2025

Voices that have been silenced. Histories that were erased. Truths that were never taught.

Knowledge isn’t just power — it’s healing.
Listening, amplifying, and honoring these perspectives is part of how we begin to repair.
It’s how we confront the narratives we inherited and choose a different future.

To shift the narrative, we have to first acknowledge where we’ve failed —
as individuals, as institutions, and as a society shaped by colonialism and systems of domination.

This is part of a much larger process.
Of reckoning with the past,
making space in the present,
and choosing a different future.

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08/07/2025

✨ Bandeira de Oxalá in Maryland — moments from last year’s gathering ✨

Rooted in the traditions of Umbanda and the wisdom of the forest, this altar brings together song, prayer, and devotion to the Orixás — spiritual forces of nature, ancestors, and resistance.

Umbanda was born in Brazil from the meeting of Indigenous, African, and European spiritualities — a powerful response to colonization, slavery, and forced conversion.
It is a tradition of resilience. Of healing. Of harmony between worlds.

We return to Maryland July 19 & 20, walking this sacred path together once again.
Axé to all who walk in reverence and remembrance.

03/07/2025

There’s something happening with rapéh that’s worth pausing to look at.
A medicine once carried with deep prayer, rooted in tradition, is now being passed around in casual spaces — often without context, without relationship, and far from the cultures it comes from.
It’s not always from a place of harm. Sometimes it’s curiosity. Sometimes it’s excitement. Sometimes it’s people trying to help others find grounding or peace. But good intentions don’t always mean right relationship.

These days, it’s easy to find rapéh online. To buy kuripes and tepis like spiritual accessories. To serve and to receive casually in “rapéh circles”. It’s also easy to fall into overuse — spiritual compulsion dressed in ritual. Reaching for rapéh not from reverence, but from habit. From avoidance. From the need to feel something. And when the sensation fades, instead of turning
inward, many go looking for stronger blends — rather than deeper alignment.
Slowly, something sacred becomes familiar.
Then familiar becomes casual.
And casual becomes consumption.

I share my story for those in that in-between space — those who are unsure if they’re still in
sacred relationship, or if they’ve crossed into escape, dependency, or excess. It’s an invitation to reflect on how we’re engaging with something that was never meant to be used this way.

Right relationship is personal. But it’s also collective. Because how we walk with these
medicines shapes the culture we create
around them.

Rapéh (and to***co) can open you. It can teach you. But it can also trap you.

So ask yourself:
🍃 Do you use rapéh every day?
🍃 Can you go more than 3 days without it?
🍃 Do you carry it with you everywhere, just in case?
🍃 Is your nose often irritated or stuffed from it?
🍃 Are you reaching for medicine… or avoiding just sitting with yourself?

My relationship with rapéh continues. More spacious now. Less frequent. More honest. More private.

I hope this reflection supports you in your own process — and serves as a reminder that
sacredness and meaning aren’t in the tool or the medicine itself, but in how we walk with it.

01/07/2025

The altar is moving. The tradition is alive.
Bandeira de Oxalá is an itinerant altar rooted in the sacred traditions of UMBANDA — a spiritual path born in Brazil, weaving together African, Indigenous, and Spiritist lineages.

This altar calls us into practice — through ritual, music, and embodied study.
A living ritual space. A call to remember.

We don’t gather to watch.
We gather to work.
To sing. To offer. To remember.
To call on the Orixás — sacred forces of nature and spirit.

Whether you’re reconnecting with ancestral memory or arriving with curiosity, all are welcome in reverence.

📍Tour Dates
July 19 & 20 — Maryland
July 26 & 27 — TBD
Aug 2 & 3 — San Diego, CA
Aug 9 & 10 — Los Angeles, CA
Aug 16 & 17 — Santa Clarita, CA
Aug 23 & 24 — Brooklyn, NY
Sept 6 & 7 — Upstate, NY

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See you soon on the road.

20/06/2025

Healing isn’t just personal.
It’s political. Historical. Collective.

As we walk these sacred paths, we must also include the stories that are often left out —
the stolen, the enslaved, the displaced.
We must include the ancestors who didn’t have the privilege of healing in peace.

Juneteenth reminds us: freedom was never given. It was fought for.
And healing that doesn’t reckon with history risks becoming just another form of erasure.

If your healing rests on someone else’s oppression, it’s incomplete.
If your awakening avoids responsibility, it’s not real.

Let’s not just take the medicine.
Let’s honor the histories it carries.

17/06/2025

Plant medicine is having a global revival. 🌿
But what often gets left out of the conversation is the history — and the harm — that still lingers.

Decolonizing plant medicine isn’t about using new words on old systems.
It’s about repair. Accountability. Right relationship.
With the people, the land, and the medicines themselves.

This is the work we are committed to walking, with humility and respect.
Because healing is not neutral. Healing is political. Healing is collective.

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01/05/2025

At Earth Medicine Alliance, one of our core missions is to create bridges between cultures, and that means listening deeply to the Indigenous Peoples, whose wisdom, spirituality, and connection to the Earth are essential for our collective healing 🪶

Participating in Indigenous-led gatherings, healing circles, and cultural talks is more than an act of solidarity, it’s an act of remembering who we are.

It’s a chance to learn from those who have walked in harmony with nature for generations.

These spaces allow us to:

✨ Deepen spiritual connection

✨ Support cultural preservation

✨ Amplify voices that have been silenced

✨ Protect sacred land and Indigenous rights

If you feel the call to walk this path with respect and openness, join us. Attend. Support. Share. Grow.

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