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Episode: The Medicine of Suffering with Iya Tahirah Abubakr & Anita Sanchez - The Four Sacred Gifts Ep. 11
Description: Yoruba Elder Iya Tahirah Abubakr offers wisdom on the profound medicine of suffering and how we can transform personal and ancestral pain into a beautiful expression of creation.
This time on The Four Sacred Gifts, Anita and Iya discuss:
Iya’s upbringing as the daughter of a sharecropper and how indigenous ways of living offered wisdom beyond suffering
The beauty of village life in rural Mississippi—growing up connected to the land, nature, and community
The loss of outdoor play and imagination in today’s children, and how this disconnects them from nature and spirit
Iya’s transformative encounter with Native A...