Nos Quedamos - 1st annual Melrose Spring Equinox Healing Celebration - March 18, 2023 ~ 2pm-5pm

 

An Afternoon of Family Fun & Spiritual Healing in Melrose Commons. Saturday, March 18, 2023 ~ 2pm-5pm Yolanda García Park Melrose Avenue & E 159th St, The Bronx Join us for the 1st annual Melrose Spring Equinox Healing Celebration—connecting the Melrose ans South Bronx community with nature while celebrating its life-affirming, rejuvenating, and restorative qualities! Download Flier | Download Banner While alternative healing methods and self-care are becoming more visible in the mainstream, there is still a stigma associated with engaging in such practices in communities of color–despite the fact that many of these organic-based and natural medicinal practices were created and used by our indigenous ancestors for a millennia. This holistic gathering begins to demystify organic forms of spiritual stress relief and mental grounding solutions from aromatherapy, meditation and sonic vibration alignment, among others. The celebration is composed of two interactive activity sessions: "Family Story Time" and "Holistic Healing." Book Reading: Author Karla Mayenbeer Cruz reads “The Adventures of Pepita Morales at City Hall: The Fight to Save El Jardin” — A warm-hearted and enthusiastic story that follows Latinx Council Woman Pepita Morales on her journey to save a beloved community garden from being destroyed. Bronx-native and Taíno storyteller Bobby González reconnects to our roots through storytelling. Stories are a legacy passed down by the elders to keep the flame of the spirit of a people burning bright. Through poetry and storytelling María Aponte will engage the audience in positive healing through the spoken word on the importance of discovering your inner spiritual self to celebrate change and accepting the new. Nos Quedamos’ Environmental Justice Youth Team will conduct an environmental resilience demo that will focus on cooking with herbs and other succulents found and grown in regional community gardens. Master-teacher Zayda Rivera will utilize the gentle healing techniques of Reiki, which uses spiritual energy for balancing, healing and harmonizing all aspects of a person’s body, mind, and spirit to help ease stress, pain, discomfort, and distress in a community group session. This meditative exercise of The Healing Dome will be facilitated by José Ortíz (aka Dr. Drum) utilizing sound/vibration listening stations designed for relaxation, the release of stress and elevated mental wellness, harnessing the medicinal properties of sonic and kinetic energy as an alternative therapeutic method for healing.  Weather forecast for Saturday: "Sunny and up to 52 degrees!" For more information, contact Edwin Pagán (event program curator) at epagan@nosquedamos.org or 646-853-8159. Click or Scan below for full event details. Event Info Page Click Map for directions.