THE COMMON HEALING ORIGIN STORY
I align with the role of the Griot, or a traveling storyteller from West Africa maintaining a tradition of oral history.
My father being from Sierra Leone and my mother being European-American means I have family in different parts of the world as is the way of the diaspora family. Travel became a natural part of my life as I grew into adulthood and prioritized investing myself in learning through immersion to expand my perspective as well as understanding better where I come from.
I engage with image making, both moving and still, writing, collage, and sound to make sense of existence and preserve process. My studies brought me into consciousness as I explored Black feminism, healing, economic alternatives to capitalism, energy work, Pan-Africanism, revolutionary struggle, land stewardship, and the arts for freedom. All of these pursuits power my work in the world and inform my commitments when I travel.
I became really disillusioned by the emphasis on theory, the limited support for praxis, and the unprincipled behavior that seemed rampant in so-called liberation spaces that I found myself in during my early to mid-20s…
Filled with frustration and longing, I kept wandering in search of a political home that was expansive, spiritually aligned, and practical.
I was used to feeling squeezed into spaces where I didn’t fit but I thought since I was working with people who expressed seemingly shared visions, things would be different; however, I was wrong.
I noticed massive dissonance between the claimed principles of collectivism and care and the actual implementation in daily life. It was heady, high level, and exclusive in an unproductive way. I yearned for imagined futures practiced and built in the present.
When I came across the concept of world–building in speculative fiction, it hit me. If we could write ourselves into the story where we would otherwise be in captivity, displaced or disconnected and create a new reality, couldn’t we take this a step further and actually practice embodying these collective dream worlds? How might we consciously collaborate with our ancestors, the land, the built environment, and the people around us to find a more just time-space continuum?
LOVE FROM COMMUNITY
“Common healing is a revolutionary incubator for modern solidarity movements. Carefully co-created in the vision of Analise and influenced by the historical contexts of collective empowerment, cooperative world building, and social justice, these intersectional spaces build on a legacy of art, activism, and the art of activism. Grounded in grace ~ these gatherings hold our humanity and communal responsibility to manifest our most ethical collective future(s)~~~ mending the film between our inner and outer worlds, reminding us that healing is an act of devotion that must be made daily. The healing is to be made common.”
-CLAUDIA NAGY
When I was given my paternal grandmother’s name, Delphine, I inherited a legacy of cultural production and political organizing. I lived in London and continue to travel back often to hear the oral histories of my family from those who spent the most time with my grandmother. The more memories I gather, the more clear the assignment I was given in the name Delphine becomes and I have let it guide me around the world from New York to South Africa. I believe we all have a sacred role and every expression of my work is intended to stimulate cooperation on a subconscious level which requires we each claim our unique, intergenerational stories as they’re unfolding.
WHY I DO WHAT I DO
The first iteration of Common Healing was a popup healing center in South London where I was living.
We experimented with a sliding-scale model of affordability and a full timetable of classes, workshops, and treatments over the course of our 3 month tenancy at a brick and mortar in Nunhead. In divine timing, we closed the popup in February of 2020.
OUR TIMELINE ⬇
We began as a popup healing center in South London 2019 offering more than 300 wellness experiences
We transformed into an online learning space in 2020 offering multi-week courses with artists-in-residence
We turned inward to focus on our own healing and rooting in 2021
We reawakened in 2022 through Participatory World-Building immersions to practice interdependence
to end cycles of trauma and initiate cycles of healing from the self and the family to the world
ON A MISSION
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ON A MISSION ☾
WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER:
Our travel experiences are for culture keepers that want to connect across borders. We bring together intimate groups to retreat and immerse while seeding unity through reconnection with Earth and each other.
Get tailored recommendations or a full itinerary build. My team can book reservations from accommodation to transportation and exclusive experiences for research and itinerary clients.
My team manages all logistics for wellness practitioners, and creative entrepreneurs who want to host a retreat of mystic proportions. Let us handle the details so you can focus on what you do best - holding space.
We’re the perfect match if…
✓ You crave balance, seeking a way to step away from the demands of work and everyday life to truly recharge
✓ You’re seeking experiences that align with your values, particularly eco-consciousness and ethical spending
✓ You want to travel worry-free, knowing your accommodations, transportation, and activities are secure and thoughtfully planned
✓ Opportunities to meet like-minded individuals who share your curiosity and love for meaningful experiences excites you
✓ It’s time for enriching adventures that don’t feel rushed or overly complicated, allowing you to truly immerse yourself in the transformation on offer
