Cultivating Cultural Consciousness
Price
pay what you can
Duration
tbd
About the Course
Cultivating Cultural Consciousness
invites settlers, expats, digital nomads, and travelers to deepen their awareness, understanding, and respect for Indigenous peoples while occupying their land.
This transformative journey explores two key concepts:
Decolonization, which involves dismantling our identities, communities, and systems.
Indigenous resurgence, which supports the reclamation of Indigenous land, language, practices, and knowledge.
Participants will engage with vital topics such as history through an indigenous lens, regenerative wellness, and embodied reconciliation.
While this journey requires ongoing efforts, it offers an empowering starting point. Participants deepen their cross-cultural understanding, enabling them to bridge divides, honor Indigenous heritage, and engage with greater mindfulness and meaning. This process prioritizes Indigenous perspectives, fostering authentic, reciprocal relationships. Through this transformative approach, participants cultivate a commitment to addressing systemic inequalities and restoring balance.
True change arises from a shift in consciousness that makes decolonization not just essential, but deeply meaningful.
Cultural Consciousness involves recognizing and understanding the complexities of various cultures, particularly in the context of historical and ongoing power dynamics. It requires an awareness of how cultural interactions are shaped by historical contexts and a commitment to respectful engagement and inclusivity. For a deeper exploration of what cultural consciousness entails and how it relates to culture itself, read our detailed insight on Culture and Cultural Consciousness.
Your Instructors
Carly + K'amoj Ri'i'l Collective (details to be announced)
About Carly
Carly is a 3rd-generation settler born on Indigenous lands now called Canada, with ancestral ties to Hungary, England, and Jewish heritage connected to the regions known today as Poland and Russia. Her deep curiosity drives her to continually seek the truth about her origins.
She spent her early years in British Columbia, on the unceded territories of the Katzie and Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations, before moving to Ontario, where she lived on the lands of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat peoples. Carly has also lived on the ancestral lands of the Tocobaga people in Florida, where the Seminole and Miccosukee peoples continue to uphold their presence and stewardship, and on the lands of the Kaqchikel Maya in Guatemala.
After moving over 40 times throughout her life, Carly has embraced a nomadic lifestyle, transforming her experience with housing instability into a path of adaptability and freedom. Along her journey, she remains deeply mindful of her role as a guest on the land and is committed to honoring and advocating for the rights of its original caretakers.
Carly is a passionate advocate for regenerative and embodied living, committed to inspiring others toward a harmonious and fulfilling life. With a deep love for adventure and authenticity, she thrives on exploring the unknown while staying true to her genuine self. Her core values — community, curiosity, diversity, harmony, health, integrity, love, service, and sovereignty — guide her approach to personal growth and collective well-being.
As a neurodivergent being, Carly embraces diverse ways of thinking and existing, adding depth and richness to her work. Guided by her Human Design as a Projector with Splenic Authority and a 5/1 Profile, her natural intuition and insight enable her to offer support and practical solutions when invited. She thrives on deep understanding, balancing leadership with mindful energy management. Her astrological Big Three — Sun in Aries, Moon in Aquarius, and Rising in Libra — reflect her direct and energetic nature, strong need for freedom and originality, and passion for justice and community.
Carly’s name, meaning "free woman" and "warrior" in Medieval German, resonates with her purpose. "Free woman" symbolizes her commitment to empowering sovereignty, while "warrior" reflects her dedication to embodied activism.
She is dedicated to cultivating cyclical consciousness, demonstrating the power of embodied movement, and advocating for self-healing, reconciliation, and right relationships. Currently completing her Onajigawin Indigenous Services training, which aligns with the Anishinaabe concept of being prepared as a helper, Carly enriches her ability to inspire others from a decolonial perspective.
By embodying her values, Carly creates spaces where individuals can thrive in mutual support, embracing their inner authority, freedom, and connection to nature’s rhythms, with integrity and true reconciliation at the core.
About the Collective
The upcoming course will be shaped by a collective of diverse voices, with a strong emphasis on Indigenous perspectives.
This group will bring together knowledge keepers, cultural practitioners, and leaders from various backgrounds to share their insights on decolonization, regenerative living and indigenous resurgence.
While the collective is still forming, its future members will embody a commitment to honoring their ancestral wisdom and supporting others on their journeys toward personal and collective healing.
Rooted in a deep respect for community, diversity, and sovereignty, the collective aims to create a space where participants can connect, learn, and grow together. This collaborative effort will reflect the collective’s shared values of integrity, harmony, and the power of authentic engagement, offering a rich, multidimensional learning experience.