Global Medicine Review

Dr Kokayi has the opportunity to speak with two practitioners of the Yoruba tradition, one a holistic health practitioner, Darmone Holland, and the other an Assistant Principal of a NYC school. Both are involved with Ijo Orisa Yoruba Church, a Yoruba organization offering services and counseling to the community at large.   Discussion revolves around cultural technologies designed to assist people with mental health issues and other everyday problems. The difference between Western medical approaches to mental health and African cultural approaches is highlighted. Mental health for African Americans is also explored in the context of Western mainstream society.

 

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Dr Kokayi has an opportunity to speak with Dr Steven Farmer a shamanic practitioner about his understanding and use of this discipline. Dr Farmer is a retired psychotherapist who has become adept at using the shamanic trance state to employ the help of spirit guides in the healing of others as well as using consciousness altering techniques in soul retrieval to assist individuals experiencing post traumatic stress and other psychological disorders. Dr Farmer’s latest book Earth Magic provides a good overview of the field of shamanic practices and more information about his work can be found at Power Animals

 

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Dr Kokayi interviews the world renowned Qi Qong master Robert Peng. They discuss his initiation in to the healing arts which took place in a remote monastery in China after the Cultural Revolution. Mr. Peng had to undergo a 100 day fast of which at least fifty days was water alone. He describes the physical transformation that took place in terms of his energy. Dr Kokayi and Mr Peng discuss his current work in the New York City area, particularly with cancer patients. Dr Kokayi first met Mr Peng at a meeting at Yale Medical School where he energized a dollar bill and broke two chop sticks in half with the bill!

 

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Dr. Kokayi takes advantage of the first day of summer solstice to focus on the power of meditation and how we can use this special time to sow the seeds for what we would like to manifest over the next six months. He explores our ability to create something that carries our essence. Also shared through an audio tape Dr. Kokayi shares how affirmations and its languaging are key ingredients to our success in using these spiritual technologies.    Listener calls.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Amnest

 

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GMR guest Dr. Henry Frank talk about how voudon has served the African people and how it’s been maligned in recent years. Dr. Frank describes voudon’s genesis in Haiti with focus on the Hatian revolution.

They go on to discuss the spread of voudon throughout the world, and how it has been misinterpreted as a form of sorcery or witchcraft. Dr. Frank stresses that voudon is a religion and the object of voudon is benevolence.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: I spread my mat, I sit in comtemplation

 

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Dr. Kokayi and his guests discuss an upcoming conference on Indigenous African Spiritual Traditions. Dr. Nelson talks of the foundation principles that she’s incorporated in her own life and work in relation to all of the study that she’s done – including Kah Ab Bah which is the idea to achieve harmony in the physical, emotional and mental body. Dr. Foster discusses her inspiration and her hopes for the conference which includes allowing people to learn about a number of African spiritual heritages.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Who are you, who am I?

 

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Dr. Kamau Kokayi and his guest, Skip Lackey, talk about the distinctions that make the healing technology called “The Journey” unique. Mr. Lackey discusses the origination of “The Journey”. He also cites some examples in which this particular healing technology was successful. The Journey comes out of the work of its founder Brandon Bay and represents a spiritual technologycapable of reversing physical pathology an addressing emotional pathology.  Lay people learn and use this technology.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: The Journey

 

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Dr. Kokayi and his guest, Devya, discuss prayer and meditation and how both add to one’s spiritual growth and development. Devya also talks about breathing practices in relation to stress management.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Funny how the human mind works

 

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Dr. Kamau Kokayi’s guest Reverend “Kahu” Fred Sterling discuss PEMS: Physical, Emotinal, Mental, and Spiritual healing. A psychic channeler and visionary Reverend Sterling goes on to talk about what is needed for signature cell healing to be successful.  Signature cell healing is a non invasive touch healing experience which focusses the energy on the “signature cell” or God Cell, which lies in the pineal gland.  This all important cell holds the memory of our cellular perfection and our original life blueprint.

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: Let me see if I’m hearing you correctly

 

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Ted Andrews is the guest and the reactions to Hurricane Katrina and the real issues underlying this, global warming, to which the government has failed to properly respond, are addressed. According to Andrews there has to be a balance and a dynamic exchange of information including feedback from the living planet.   The program includes discussion on our metaphysical connection to the animal world and understanding the significance of animals to our life, learning to speak with them, the meaning of animal totems, energetic uses of animal feathers/parts and the guidance animals can offer to our lives.   The need to have a stronger connection with nature and how to go about doing this is discussed.   

Faybiene Miranda’s Poem of the Week Title: I want to learn your language

 

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