#decolonizing wellness

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Sacred Rest is Resistance: Why Sunday Stillness is Ancestral Medicine in Mental Health Awareness Month

By Michele Judith Mitchell, Founder — Ubuntu Village USAMay 3, 2026 · Health & Wellness · Ancestral Wisdom & Spiritual Exploration It is Sunday morning. The light is soft. Somewhere, a kettle is on. Somewhere else, an alarm is going off because someone must answer one more email, finish one more load, and prove worthiness one more time. I want to ask you something, and I want you to sit with it…

Sacred Rest is Resistance: Why Sunday Stillness is Ancestral Medicine in Mental Health Awareness Month

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Domingos Alvares

Domingos Álvares was an 18th-century African healer and spiritual leader from the Kingdom of Dahomey who became a remarkable figure of resistance in colonial Brazil. Enslaved and transported to Pernambuco, he gained renown for his healing practices, which blended West African traditions with Indigenous and Christian elements, attracting a large multiracial following.

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Wellness Was Never Meant to Be a Solo Journey: Reclaiming Ubuntu in a World of Self-Care

In a world where wellness is a vast industry, the idea of care has shifted from connection and community to self-care. Instead, we see countless products, retreats, and apps that claim to help us transform, but often leave us feeling lonelier. The true spirit of wellness, which used to focus on shared responsibility and belonging, has shifted to one that promotes individualism. Ubuntu, a…

Wellness Was Never Meant to Be a Solo Journey: Reclaiming Ubuntu in a World of Self-Care