Below is an honoring of the lineages, teachers, collaborators, and practices that have shaped and guided this work — through years of lived experience and study ❤️🙌
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🌳 Honoring Roots & Influences
This is an ever-evolving record of gratitude — many blessings to all the beings and lineages who have been part of this process, including those not named here 🧡
Lemlmtš · Gracias · Thank you 🙏
🌎 Wise and loving Earth, animals & plants, sacred water, and all the communities who guided this work.
🪶 Ancestors of this land and all our Indigenous relatives — for protecting the land, the waters, and the heart of the Earth.
🐚 All the original languages that have been kept and fought for.
🐾 Peanut, my dear companion and teacher.
🏡 My families & personal lineages: Cardinals, Junkersfelds, Cardozas, Fritzs, and Koerners.
Wisdom Teachers 🌟
Shout Outs
Alberto Ruz — leader of 🌈 La Caravana Arcoiris por la Paz; my five years in Latin America with the Caravan were the guidance and spark for this project.
Cliff Berrien — spiritual mentor in the Afrocene & anti-racism; collaborator in Emergent Dialogue; and friend in world art for healing and liberation — photo below
Karine Bell — spiritual mentor in multiculturalism & anti-racism; founder of Rooted Global Village; teacher in unlearning and community care — photo below
Kaila June Keliikuli — mentor & teacher in Somatic Groundwork — a life-giving practice where body meets ground.
Dre Castillo — mentor in spiritual leadership & anti-racism; humble community leader with deep integrity — photo below
Benji Headswift — mentor in singing, drumming, and local Indigenous history.
Carissa Heavyrunner — teacher in community grief work and how to create a more just & loving world — photo below
Greta Franklin Okomo — collaborator in cultural healing and new systems creation — photo below
More wisdom teachers 🌍:
Alejandra Balado, Sigrid Froinus, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Yogi Bhajan, Osho, Alana Shaw, Katie Heath, Tane Talalotu, Mark Morante, Sylvia Robert, Resmaa Menakem, Weena Pauly-Tarr, Barbara Holmes, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira Andreotti, Kai Cheng Thom, Thich Nhat Hanh, Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Bayo Akomolafe, Manish Jain, Supaman, Alixa Garcia, the deity...
Roommates 🏠
Shout Outs
Billy Pierce — gender & sexuality liberation & queer community love.
Madeline Finley & Ariel Brand — human love in chosen family.
Annie Sloniker — recent housing support.
Other roommates 🌈:
Gwen Nicholson, Tides Profeta, Allison Wilson, Rachel Haase, Skylar Tibbetts, Cyrus Gertz.
Influences & Collaborators ✨
Shout Outs
Colleen Cardinal — an incredible adopted Mama.
Lynsey Lagsalot — a main supporter and collaborator of this work: sex-positivity, polyamory, queer, decolonial, anti-racist love. Recent housing & stabilization support.
Valan Anthos — collaborator in drag, drag-wrestling, queer art, and land tending.
Melissa Pappas — support in the hardest time, without question.
Penélope Baquero — artistic collaboration and friendship.
Lynn Storm — artistic collaboration and sisterhood.
Jess Hassman & Christine Ohl — good friends my whole life.
Krystal Guay — generosity, anti-racism, & healing in friendship.
Thomas McClure — local, cultural education and collaborations in comedy
Loren Henderson — sharing art & healing, and teacher of cultural wisdom.
Duane Raider — friendship and recent housing & stabilization support.
Kate Wilburn — permaculture mentorship & anti-racism co-facilitation.
Bill Flanery — mentor in the art of dying
Charley Macorn — healing & collaboration in disability art, comedy, and drag
Sarah Aswell & Revival Comedy — incredible community support & healing through comedy
Liz Phillips — an incredible support for climbing out
Sheila Fritz — loving bio mama 💚
Mark Junkersfeld — a fantastic Uncle 🧡
Leil Cardoza — a wonderful brother 💜
Anna Fritz — a fabulous Auntie 🩵
Divit Cardoza — bio papa, art + financial support 💛
Kai the AI 🤖 — a truly incredible support in this process
Missoula Food Bank — support in the hardest time, with a welcoming environment
All Nations Health Center — an evolved organization I am proud to be a part of
More Friends & Collaborators 🌸:
Cleo Matlou, Mark Travis Rivera, Tyson Evanson, Matty Hancock, Kristina Boyd, Theresa McGeary, Nicole Dunn, Michael Beers, Jason Forges, Kelly Sellars, the Disability Community in Missoula MT, John Howard & Homegrown Comedy, Jordan Demander, James Johnson, all my beloved friends through Rooted Global Village 🌎, Fernanda Krum, Elena Glotova, Myrt Westfal, Jake Frankel, Rhonda Callison, Sue Silverberg, Nancy Siegel, Rosemary Policio & Sapphire Cabin, Julia Malich, Tina Oliphant, Naga Nataka, Sara Flanery, Donna Flanery, Ashlee Brandt, Dr. Kevin Dohr, Dr. Kevin Chin, tod@s mis amig@s de La Caravana Arcoiris por la Paz, Rocky Mountain Women’s Business Center, Hannah Hernandez, Nicole Hutto, Rita Billow, Kimberly Finley, Marcus Baker, Duende Juan Camillo, Juan, Nelly Gomez, Ramón Villegas, Marilyn y Ancestral Eats, tod@s l@s amig@s del Día de los Muertos 💀, Bobbi McNelly, Brian McNelly, Prairie Wolfe, Robin Chernoff, Rob Ryan & Decolonial Game Night, all artists who participated in House of Mysteries Drag Shows, Peter Leusch, Ann Campbell, Tyann Hermes, Brooks Priest, Jenny Montgomery, Courtney Von Linden, Antoine Paul, Sawyer, Jackie Nuttall, participants of Open Table Community Discussions, Erin Gael, Mudita Hinton, Heather Kronner, Linda Tawny, Curt Tweedy, Kat Werner, Omaur Keita, Kris Moon, Emily Lynn, Lawrence Lin, Pup, Alexis Baker, Matt Olson, Maria Zepeda, Matt Nord, Jenna Nord, Lizzi Juda, participants in Turning the Wheel, JoJo Phoenix & Groundswell, Missoula Contact Improvisation Community, Lindee Lee Keller, Freya Halland, James Johnson, Jackie Rapetti, Janell Heileman, Zach Robertson, Omaste, Natalita, Angel Rizzo, Kyle McAfee, Kelly River, Errin River, Sarah Anderson, Lee Rizzo, Kateena Marie, Peter Schaefgen, Joe Nickel, all artists who participated in Free System-Sistema Libre Album & Videos, Cherish Gile, Stacy Bobacy, Brook Harris, Josh Boyd, Daphne Boyd, Shawna Kelsey, Ben Valentine, Jake Johnson, Laura Finley, all my friends from Troy & State Line, Tricia Opstad, Adelade Avery, all participants in the Open Field Artists, Monroe + Siera + Bella + Wyatt + Christina & friends from Euphoria Wellness, and all the countless beings who have influenced 🌅 First Breath Framework (FBF) and my healing journey.
🌿 Practices, Teachings, Places & Lineages
This work is shaped by a wide web of practices, cultures, and lineages—learned through study, relationship, and lived experience.
Spiritual & Philosophical Traditions
Zen Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Hindu traditions (including kirtan and mythology)
Santo Daime
Red Road traditions
Latin American traditions
Plum Village Buddhist tradition
European paganism
Catholicism
Embodiment & Healing Practices
Kundalini & Ashtanga Yoga
Somatic Groundwork
Shiatsu
Massage and other bodywork practices
Laying on the Earth & Deep Listening
Contact Improvisation
Artistic & Performance Lineages
Theater of the Oppressed & Sacred Clown
Ritual Theater
Stand-up Comedy & Improvisation
Drag
West African dance & drumming
Salsa, Cumbia, Capoeira
Modern Dance
Voice, music
Cultural & Ancestral Influences
Hawaiian
South Korean, Japanese, Indian
Broader cultures across Asia
West African cultures (including Malinké & Yoruba)
Aboriginal
Seliš, Nimiipuu, Ktunaxa, Ql̓ispé, Niitsitapi, Apsáalooke, Chippewa Cree, Cheyenne, Diné
Broader Indigenous cultures across Turtle Island
Quechua, Aymara, Guaraní
Broader cultures across Latin America
Contemporary & Social Frameworks
The Afrocene
Kink
Relationship Anarchy
Thanks to the Cosmos and to Love 🌌
May we go forward in a good way, together 💚
Many Blessings
For all my relations 🙏
