chi(nyere)
she/dey/chi

I am a healer, community researcher, writer, and somatic explorer currently based on Lenape land ("Brooklyn, NY"). I am the continuation of a lineage that bridges the United States' South and the Global South. Born and raised in North Carolina and Florida, I carry deep roots in Texas and am of Igbo heritage. #FreeTheLand #AbolishBorders

 

Coming from a long line of doctors, medicine makers, educators, and spiritualists, I bring forth the embodied knowledge carried for generations into all aspects of both the community projects and healing work that I do.

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As a healer, I am trained and initiated into energy healing traditions through my longtime mentor and friend, Selome Araya, as well as Black African-American and Igbo cultural spiritual practices that are both passed along and reside in me. My offerings are grounded in these lineages in both practice and lens. I have officially offered my services to others for the last 9 years. I honor all faith practices that those who work with me bring into our co-created space.

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As a community researcher and independent scholar, I am a doctoral candidate in Critical Social Psychology with a focus on participatory action research, healing justice, Black madness studies, decolonial Black feminism, and oral history. The majority of my work utilizes narrative and art-based research practices to understand how marginalized genders of color heal, resist, and locate where they hold the stories and pains of institutional violations in their physical and energetic bodies. As a research doula, I have supported communities of color, youth, women, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and politicized prisoners in learning, developing, and carrying out their own research projects aimed at social change.

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I look forward to contributing this perspective to our shared work and healing. I welcome research collaborations and healing work for individual clients (for group circles, please reach out to inquire).