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What an honor to have shamanic artist Dayle McLeod on the podcast! We explore so many topics including the part that spirituality played in Dayle's life growing up as the only colored, queer person in her community and how her spiritual practice feeds her artistic practice. We also tackle many topics surrounding decolonizing our spirituality (and our minds!) as well as appropriation of indigenous culture. Dayle tells us about her spiritual awakening which involved using indigenous medicine, ayahuasca, and how that led to her shamanic calling. How does our shadow play a part in decolonization? What's the healer's sickness? Where does the term "shaman" come from? What does the concept of "No Harm" mean as we work for decolonization of our spirituality? Pull up your brooms and join us!
Colored Documentary: https://coloreddocumentary.com/
Dayle mentions these in the episode:
LandBack Movement: https://landback.org/
Matriarch Movement: https://www.matriarchmovement.ca/
Here's the article I mention "5 things you can do to decolonize"
https://www.afsc.org/resource/5-things-you-can-do-to-decolonize
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CREDITS
My dad wrote the lyrics to my theme song, and we sing it together at the beginning.
Thanks to my husband for his contributions.
Thank you to our guest, Dayle McLeod.
Original Broadcast: 8.20.21
Shamanic Artist, Death Doula & Qi Gong Instructor
Dayle McLeod is a shamanic artist (Actress, Musician and Author), Death Doula & Qi Gong Instructor. Born in rural Alliston, Ontario, Dayle was the only coloured, queer person in her community and survived her childhood by connecting with the arts, singing in church and performing in community theatre.
She is now an award nominated actress that can be seen on Amazon’s ‘The Expanse’, the CW’s ‘Burden of Truth’ & ‘The L.A Complex, and D.W Waterson’s ‘That’s My DJ’ to name a few. She is a talented songwriter/singer with a story-telling Folk Album called ‘In Bloom’ whose music has been featured in multiple films and tv shows such as CBC’s ‘Kim’s Convenience’ & Mary Harron’s ‘Charlie Says’.
Dayle is the author of 'The Big Dream; My Terrifyingly Beautiful Shamanic Initiation into the Arts' a memoir chronicling what it was like to be called to Shamanism. She is the founder of ‘The Big Dream Project’, nurturing and connecting emerging BIPOC talent with established artists in the film industry.
