Periagoge
Scenario

When Indigenous identity questions complicate couples' traditional healing practices

My partner wants us to do a traditional cleansing ceremony before we move in together, but I'm still questioning my own mixed Indigenous identity and whether I have the right to participate in these rituals, and they're feeling like I'm rejecting something fundamental about who they are.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Questions of cultural belonging create barriers to intimacy when sacred practices become tests of authenticity and acceptance.

Your guide for this
Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous healing traditions — Americas and Pacific?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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