Follow Up Resources
Self-Care Salons
These are supporting resources for participants in CompassPoint's Self-Care Salons. Please respect any fair use and copyright for any of the resources below.
Program Dates
- May 29, 2020
- June 17, 2020
- July 15, 2020
- August 19, 2020
Basic Self-Care Resources: General things to stay healthy
- Personal Things To Do
- Staying Grounded: Healing Resources for BIPOC Organizers
- Meditation App: Shine
Immune Boosting Recipes:
- 50 Dandelion Recipes
- Four Thieves Vinegar
- Weeds You Can Eat/Brew for Teas
- Camphor Use
- Lysine and Olive Leaf Extract
Apothecaries:
Plant Medicine:
Session 1: [May 29th]
Pre-work
- Read Harriet's Squad: Black Women Using Ancient Healing Methods as Resistance
- Read Reimagining Post Pandemic Normal -- Learning from Indigenous People
Session 1 Additional Resources
- Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People by Kelsey Blackwell (Arrow Journal)
- Blackhaustion: The Overwhelming Fatique of Being Black in America by Randi B
- Self-Care as a Political Act by Ferron Salniker (East Bay Express)
- Ancestral Resistence: Offerings and Practices by Francisca Prchas
- Video: Dr. Joy DeGruy Jefferson (8 min)
Session 2: [June 17th]
Pre-work
- Read: Indigenous Practices of Self-Care by Veralucia Mendoza
- Read: Earthing study
Session 2 Additional Resources
- The Transformative Power of Practice by Ng'ethe Maina and Staci Haines (from Racial Equity Tools)
- The Fifth Sacred Thing, Starhawk, 1993
- Energy Management Reflection Tool (Attached)
- Traditional vs. Western Care
- Video: Northwest Tap Connection Tribune
- Genesis Healing Institute
Session 3: [July 15th]
Pre-work:
- Watch: Happier than Billionaires
- Watch: Living off the Grid--Ghana
- Watch: Chinese Couples' Shuffle
Slides: Self-Care Session 3
Session 4: [August 19th]
A Day with Practitioners -- Bios