About this Event
Thea Monyeé´ is an experienced marriage and family therapist who creates transformational spaces & opportunities for change and joy. She is known as a well-being decolonizer and Oya priestess in the Ifa tradition, committed to creating opportunities to expand and exhale, with a primary focus on Black/Marginalized bodies.
In addition to appearances on HBO, OWN, FOX SOUL, and THE RED TABLE TALK, she is the host of Shaping The Shift Podcast, founder of MarleyAyo, and The Blacker The Brain: A Mental Health Decolonizing Campaign, Conversation, & Cohort, co-host of Dem Black Mamas Podcast, and co-creator of The Free Joy Experience. She is the author of Murmurs Of A MadWoman and Blood & Bajareque. She has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, NPR, and KTLA discussing COVID-19, race, joy-centered healing, and mental health.
After years of experience as a marriage and family therapist specializing in diversity and decolonization of mental health, as well as her experience as an artist, podcaster, and writer, Thea Monyeé shifted her focus to joy education and advocacy as a path of self and collective liberation through her company MarleyAyo. From The Blacker The Brain, to Shaping The Shift Podcast, to Hold Us Sacred Retreats, her work consistently centers the co-creation of sustainable healing and liberation practices rooted in joy and connection.
This special event is one of our most intimate offerings of the year. First, it takes place in the city Thea calls home. If you know her, she is a proud Los Angelena and a fierce advocate for the natural beauty and layered possibilities and challenges the city holds. Los Angeles is a deep part of her roots, and that energy will be felt through this offering.
Second, it is being hosted on the land of dear friends and family, the stewards of Greenstone Farm & Sanctuary. Within the shelter of these elder trees and sovereign soil, we will discover and reimagine what it means to be (Black), Wild, & Loved.
In this context, (Black) definitely and primarily refers to Black bodies, but it also includes forms of othering that can make one question if the society one belongs to can/will ever love us in our wildest, (Black)est state.
Rooted in joy practice and supported by grief tending, Joy Emersion LA is a day of nourishment, intimacy, and bold questioning is sure to change us all towards more authentic forms of living, loving, and being loved.
The agenda includes nourishing meals and refreshments, as well as a series of spacious opportunities of intimate engagement, reflection, connection, and release. There will be time for connecting with yourself, and time for connecting with others. The day will be full of takeaways, memories, and most of all, a sustainable joy starter set for anyone who desires to create a life where joy is their metric.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Greenstone Farm and Sanctuary, Terrace 49, Los Angeles, United States
USD 600.00
