Through their work with Team Naturaleza, Elisa and Monica are creating a space where the Hispanic/Latinx community can gather, learn about the environment bilingually, and gain a sense of belonging in the outdoors. In this episode, Elisa and Monica talk about what brought them to their work, and their experience spending a week at Holden. 

Team Naturaleza is one of the recipients of offerings collected at Holden this summer. You can learn more and support them with a donation on their website: https://www.teamnaturaleza.org/

Meet Team Naturaleza with Elisa Lopez and Monica Valle

"My work is about being embodied, about being connected; whole."

Maya Mineoi 三根生 真矢 (they/them) comes from a lineage of gardeners, community organizers, and musicians. They are a somatic therapist with a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. Maya brings ancestral values of creativity, attentiveness, and slowing down into sessions. With play and gentleness, participants will attune themselves to their surroundings and their needs for freedom, connection and rest. Maya uses movement, touch, psychosomatic education, imagery, breathwork, and stillness to help each nervous system embody presence. Based on the work of Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Brainspotting, Maya encourages individuals and collectives to tap into the wealth of information in each bodymind.


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Being Embodied with Maya Mineoi

You're A Player

Violence Of That Rhythm

Violence Of That Money

Violence Of Her Hood

Triumph

Trapped By Your Heartbeat

Trapped By My Body

Trapped By His Baby

Trapped By Her Cadillac

Thrill Of Cash

Thoughts Of My Lady

Thoughts Of My Game

Thoughts Of His Luck

Over the course of 50 years now, Holden Village has been transformed from a copper mining town to a vibrant place of education, programming, and worship. It has been a rich journey of faith. Holden welcomes all who seek contemplation and community in the remote wilderness of the beautiful Cascade Mountains. We invite people of all ages to come and experience our rhythms, which inspire and equip travelers for a sustainable life of faith outside the Village. And we continue to listen to and reflect on our story and history as we seek to discover our place in God’s creative mission in our world.

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