The commercialization of self-care has created a distance between people and authentic healing traditions. Yet within African and Caribbean cultures lie centuries-old practices that offer profound ...

Echoing into the future to affect subsequent generations, our ancestors’ lives shape us in insidious ways. Here, we explore how to heal our ancestral wounds. The sins of the fathers are visited on ...

A profound and searching exploration of the herbs and land-based medicines of Lebanon and Cana'an--a vital invitation to re-member our roots and deepen relationship with the lands where we live in ...

Sixteen years ago, Jen West's life changed forever. She was at a family wedding reception when her mother, 48, was dancing and suddenly collapsed from cardiac arrest. From that moment on, West became ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct errors regarding the renting of the unit out of which MiraSoul operates, the ownership of their families’ earlier businesses and the location and ...

Experiences from one’s childhood and their parents’ and grandparents’ childhoods build on each other to create a unique perspective. This is especially true of traumatic experiences. Traumatic ...

Through simple formulations and a story rooted in healing, the brand invites people to slow down, simplify, and rediscover what their skin has needed all along. In a world full of noise and excess, ...

Olayami Dabls founded the MBAD African Bead Museum in 1994 to reintroduce African culture and healing into the Detroit ...

The "Soultry Sisters" will host their third annual Summer Soulstice celebration this weekend in Carlsbad, a health and wellness festival by and for queer people of color. In Carlsbad’s New Village ...

“Black Friday” May 19, 1780. Detail from Pictorial Quilt (1895-1898) by Harriet Powers (1837-1910) Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Public Domain Imagine yourself at a family reunion. Aunt Sadie ...

In contrast, ancestral skincare traditions were built on nourishment rather than correction. For centuries, cultures around the world used animal fats and whole oils to protect skin from harsh ...