About Us
Meet our founder and
the Pillars of Our Practice
Da
Dame
Sadie
Head Alchemist,
Founder
Dame Sadie (they/she) is an Afrofuturistic Wellness Practitioner forged by a matriarchal lineage of free-thinkers, healers, teachers, pastors, disruptors, creatives and lovers. She was called to serve community through activism, organizing, and education 25 years ago. Journeying from DC youth activist to burlesque performer, to international educator. Dame has earned certifications in crystal healing, mindfulness, meditation, and sexual somatics. Currently, her gifts are alchemized and offered through her work at Sadie's Apothecary, guiding folks back to the wisdom of their body.
What is an
Afrofuturistic Wellness Practitioner?
Head Alchemist
Founder
Google describes an Afrofuturistic Wellness Practitioner as a "professional who integrates the principles of Afrofuturism into their approach to health and well-being."
This definition loosely resembles what I understood when the term first arrived in my body during a meditation. The overt cultural appropriation and lack of Black representation in mainstream wellness spaces meant I sort of cringed when someone called me a wellness practitioner.
When I call myself and others Afrofuturistic Wellness Practitioners I am naming these three tenets about our work:
- it draws from ancestral wisdom, places current healing technology, and dreams into the future wellness of the Black community
-it honors our historical and current experience
-it came through the vessel of a Black person
If you want to read more about engaging Afrofuturistic Wellness visit our resources library in our community.
The Pillars of Our Practice
Earth Medicine
Experiencing the wisdom of Earth medicine, exchanging with water, earth, fire, wind vibrations remind us that we are a small part of a larger ecosystem.
Community
Care, accountability, empathy, and kindness support symbiotic healing of the self and the community.
Mindfulness and Meditation
Your body is your first altar.
Sharpening your antennae to it’s infinite wisdom is the scaffolding of our connection to ourselves, our ancestors, the earth, and source energy.
Community
Care, accountability, empathy, and kindness support symbiotic healing of the self and the community.
Adornment
Adornment is a ritual that can be a shield, invitation, and communication of your external values.
Movement
Movement awakens the body and provides a path to increased self awareness, support, release, strength, and imagination.
Pleasure
Pleasure is an anecdote to the chaotic relics of colonization and a birthright, for the people of the global majority.
