facultyexplore advaya’s teachers
Explore advaya's faculty of teachers, scientists, practitioners, philosophers and storytellers, who share multidimensional, local and diverse narratives from across the world.
Bayo Akomolafe
Sophie Strand
Satish Kumar
Vandana Shiva
Veronica Strang
Manda Scott
Beloved Sara Zaltash
David Abram
Dr Andreas Weber
David Whyte
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic
Charles Eisenstein
Aisha Paris Smith
Brontë Velez
Ebyän Chimba
Ebyän is a Nubian-Italian speaker, activist, and multidisciplinary artist. She weaves worlds through her writing, dance, and storytelling pieces that inspire, heal, and revolutionize. Ebyän abides by the wisdom written in rock, wood, water, and in our hearts, reclaiming the animist spirituality of her ancestral heritage.
Ebyän is a multi-disciplinary artist (writer, dancer, director-producer) and teacher at the intersection of decolonization, ecofeminism, and spirituality. Her work bridges art and activism and is driven by a deep love for the earth and the feminine. Ebyän abides by the mystic teachings written in rock, wood, water, and in our hearts, reclaiming the animist spirituality of her heritage. nubian ancestral knowledge, dreamwork, and plant medicines greatly influence her teachings and art.
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Bodyfulness
What if we were able to get to the root of cultural crises? What if we were able to transform cultures by transforming the ways in which we inhabited our bodies? When we understand that lying at the root of behaviours that cause harm is often embedded trauma we can start to relate to each other a lot more compassionately and understand that ideas/actions don't arise out of a vacuum. Somatics and physical self-awareness is essential to breaking free from oppressive systems and stories that are either internal or external to ourselves.
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Reimagining Women & Power
How can we reclaim and reimagine power to create new cultures grounded in interdependence and liberation?
