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Lorraine Avila’s Debut Novel Explores Brujería, Afro-Latina Girlhood, & Community

Sofía Aguilar
Afro-Latinx stories remain underrepresented and underappreciated in the Latinx community, the publishing industry, and beyond. Bronx-based Afro-Dominican writer Lorraine Avila might know this better than many. Not only is she unafraid to call out anti-Blackness in Latinidad, but also to place...
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10 Latina-Owned Items to Help You With Your Meditation Practice

Nicole Young
As the new year begins cleansing or meditation  practices can help clear out any negative energy and help you on your healing journey in 2023. Luckily, many Latina-owned brands have created tools you need to banish bad energy from your...
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Digame: Esoteric Esa is Decolonizing Ancestral Spiritual Practices

Virginia Isaad
Jasmin Alejandrez-Prasad aka Esoteric Esa is an astrologer, psychic tarot reader, and bruja and founder of Souliminati. She created the Modern Spiritual Latina oracle and hosts the award-winning podcast, Better Work Bitch! She is dedicated to eliminating the negative misconceptions around...
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Bruja Discusses Stigma Surrounding Brujeria as Spiritual Practice

Virginia Isaad
Brujeria has been long associated with oppression and fear. Brujeria is a Spanish term for witchcraft and carries a heavy personification of equal parts liberation and a tormented ill-dignified reputation. Historically speaking, brujeria is a colonized term used to separate...
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What it Means to Be Spiritual and How to Maintain Spiritual Grounding

Virginia Isaad
As we enter the Age of Aquarius, which is an Astrological year —  yes, we undergo Astrological years — many of us are being called to explore spiritual concepts and what it means to live more in alignment with what...
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Green Bruja Discusses the Importance of Spiritual Hygiene and Sexual Energy Wellness

Virginia Isaad
When it comes to sex the focus is always the physical but not enough attention is on the energy transference that also happens. Sex feels different with different people for a reason and how you feel afterward is also an...
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Rituals & Limpias For Your Astrology Sign to Usher in the New Year

Virginia Isaad
2020 was The Great Awakening, cosmically speaking. It was likely a year filled with so many rough transits. Ready to get a head start for 2021? You’ll want to sift through and take a look at my personally curated limpias...