Read & Register For Our Upcoming Events
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1. Indigenous Sisterhood Vibes
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts an Indigenous Sisterhood circle to provide spiritual women the opportunity to connect and build with their sisters. They have a sacred space to discuss the issues, challenges, & problems that are specifically impacting indigenous women. They will address the role of racism, sexism, misogyny, capitalism, classism, toxic femininity, & other political ideology that have traumatized indigenous women. They will address the consequences of exposure to these negative factors: subjugation & oppression of females; hatred & animosity amongst females; rivalry &; jealousy, and low self-esteem & self-sabotaging behavior. They will learn to appreciate their positive attributes as indigenous females: spirituality; love; intelligence; creativity; strength; resiliency; courage; compassion; empathy, and leadership. They will have the opportunity to share their life stories, dreams, goals, & success. Emotional support will be provided. They will engage in different spiritual & cultural activities.
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2. Indigenous Spiritual Support Group
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts a spiritual support group providing indigenous people the opportunity to be part of a sacred space to share their spiritual journey & experiences; express their thoughts & ideas relevant to their spiritual practices; discuss their concerns, challenges, & problems that hinder their spiritual growth; understand how religious racism & colonialism negatively affected indigenous spirituality; find answers to their spiritual questions; explore spiritual topics; gain spiritual & emotional support, and receive spiritual resources, guidance, & advice.
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3. Indigenous Spiritual Gathering
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts a monthly spiritual gathering for the indigenous individuals who are seeking to be part of a soul tribe. Our goal is to provide the opportunity for spiritual indigenous people to meet, connect, & vibe with each other. This program is part of our goal of building a sustainable spiritual community to make spiritual activities, resources, & support available for practitioners of indigenous spirituality: Voodoo; Shamanism; Animism; Taoism; Buddhism; Hinduism; Christ Consciousness, & others. During our monthly gathering we use of some of the following spiritual tools: prayers & chants; silent & group meditation; ritual & ceremony; yoga & body movement; smudging & energetic healing; sound bowls & frequency; grounding & alignment; sunbathing & sun gazing; spiritual dancing & drumming; ancestral & spirit channeling, and light language activation. Other spiritual services are provided for a reasonable fee: spiritual consultation & counseling; psychic reading & tarot card coaching, & more.
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4. Conscious Party & Open Mic
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts a conscious party & open mic session. We invite all positive artists, music lovers, & energize dancers to come be part of this great occasion. We play all the genre of music from conscious musicians. We will have live performances by special guest local artists, rappers, & poets. There will be an open mic segment for anyone who is inspired to share their voice or talent (they must sign the waiting list). We will definitely dance and flow to the sounds of our favorite songs. There will be interactive dance activities and creative expression is encouraged. Opportunity is provided for networking, collaboration ventures, and improvisation between artists. We are a smoke, drug, & alcohol free program. We will not allow the use of these products in our sacred environment.
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5. Art Galley Viewing
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts a special art gallery that includes hundreds of pieces of indigenous artwork from different parts of the world. We exhibit artwork that has spiritual & cultural significance. Each art piece is a representation of the artist’s energetic essence and becomes part of the collective spirit of Ujima Spirit Temple. Lakou Especial is home to hundreds of ancestral spirits who embody each artwork: mask, sculpture, painting, figure, heads, wood carving, & pottery. The majority of these artwork are authentic pieces that originated from Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Asia, India, & other locations. The artwork represents many unknown & familiar indigenous tribes: Incas, Aztec, Dogon, Igbo, Yoruba, & others. We provide art lovers the opportunity to visit our sacred indigenous art gallery to experience the powerful creative energy, cultural majesty, & ancient traditions of indigenous people. The art curator will provide a guided tour for only one hour which includes the following: interpretation, spiritual implication, and social application of the artwork. The origin of the artwork & artist are unknown. The focus is on the artwork and not it’s unknown historical content. The art gallery tour is only by appointment and donations are welcome. No one is allowed to touch the artwork. No smoking, alcohol, or drug inside Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial.
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6. Film & Documentary Viewing
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts a film & documentary viewing. We have hundreds of films from different genre available to be shown. This activity is not just for entertainment, but primary for educational purposes. We provide the opportunity for indigenous spiritual people to come together to watch films that provide spiritual enlightenment, important messages, valuable life lessons, & inspirational information. Also, we have hundreds of lectures and documentaries from various scholars in diverse fields to include the following: spirituality, metaphysics, alien agenda, racism, & other topics. After watching the film or documentary a group conversation will be held to discuss the important points. Participants will share their views & opinion concerning the content of the film or documentary.
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7. Camp Fire Meditation
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial hosts the Camp Fire Talk. This is a very special activity for the spiritual indigenous community to share a very intimate moment by an outdoor bonfire. This occasion is a very spiritual moment designated for the following: meditation, prayer, breath work, chanting, humming, visualization; & manifestation. Participants sit in a circle around the fire pit and quietly engage in their own spiritual process: releasing negative emotions; alignment & grounding; reciting positive affirmation, & connecting to the divine. We are going to do energetic cleansing, sound healing, & moon rituals.
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8. Open House & Networking
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial is available for spiritual & cultural socialization. Participants can meet & greet to network with each other. They can discuss creating business partnership, artistic collaboration, & engage in community projects through Ujima’s volunteering program. They can help with maintaining the temple’s garden or yard. Participants can access the different resources at the temple. They can use the outdoor space for yoga, meditation, relaxation, recreational play, or exercising. The indoor is available for group interactive activities: meeting; book reading; listening to music, dancing, or watching documentary. Participants can reserve the event space for special programs. Participants can bring food to cook or prepare for collective consumption. The temple food can be obtain for a small donation. Everyone work to keep the temple clean & orderly.
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9. Mobile & Online Library
Uijima Spirit Temple created an on-line & mobile library to provide information to indigenous people who are seeking knowledge. We want to enrich their learning experience and stimulate their intellect by providing access to materials from various knowledgeable scholars. This collection of work provides a comprehensive database of life changing information. There are scholars dealing with metaphysical and spiritual concepts; documenting indigenous history from ancient to modern times; providing information on the psychological and mental conditions affecting indigenous people; exposing the matrix of white supremacy & showing how racism permeates every aspect of the lives of indigenous groups; dealing with the social issues & conditions affecting indigenous health; teaching the dynamics of the melanin body, and providing information on unexplained mysteries & supernatural. We allow participants to borrow physical books and grant them access to our on-line private collections of digital resources (eBooks, audio book, PDF files, encyclopedia, lectures, podcast, and video documentary). They can use the borrowed items for two weeks and return them. They are given limited access to the on-line library for a short period.
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10. Weekend Retreat & Camp
Ujima Spirit Temple, Lakou Especial provides a weekend retreat for a special gateway. Participates will check in the Temple on Thursday night and check out on Sunday afternoon if sleeping accommodations are available. Participants can have alternative sleeping arrangements and return to the temple every morning for the retreat or camp. There will be spiritual & cultural activities doing these three days. Meals will be provided three times a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner except Sunday. Participants have the option of sleeping inside the Temple on an air mattress or outside in the yard inside a tent using a sleeping bag. Each retreat will have a specific theme; purpose: relaxation; recreation; educational pursuit; creative; artistic expression; emotional release; relationship recovery; life coaching; meditation; spiritual awareness; awakening; personal transformation; ritual; ceremonial work; rejuvenation; rebirth, and healing; restoration. A customized program will be created based on participants; goals. Also, participants can choose to participate in personalized activities. We can facilitate one individual or a group up of four people at a time. The release of liability form must be signed, and fees must be paid before the event date. All guidelines must be followed: no usage of drugs, tobacco, alcohol, or plant medicine.