Co-Creators

Kama Tai Mitchell

Kama Tai Mitchell is a mama, auntie, yogi, certified birth and death doula, dancer of the African Diaspora, and cultural healing arts innovator. She has a core belief that living an authentic and embodied life is the root of all healing. She practices and facilitates racial healing circles/wisdom keeping/embodied culture bearing and is a newer student of traditional West African Ifa, griot musicology, and ancestral lineage healing; she now incorporates these learnings into her yogic lifestyle. She identifies as a mixed race, queer, radical, abolitionist, and a grand lover of life in all its natural splendor.

Kama is the founder of Rootead Enrichment Center in Kalamazoo, MI. A center focused on reducing epigenetic stress/trauma, de-stigmatizing mental health, and disrupting intergenerational poverty and disease  through generative offerings and collaborations, while intentionally centering the lived experience of BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ folx.

Alessandra Santos Pye

Alessandra Santos Pye, or Ally Pye (she/her/hers) is a ceremonialist, psychedelic assisted therapist, educator, psychotherapist, facilitator, consultant, artist, reiki practitioner and budding herbalist. Her clinical approach and facilitation offerings center relational dynamics rooted in liberatory, restorative, and revolutionary processes. 

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, original territory of the Tupi Guarani, her identity is multifaceted by Indigenous, West African, and European culture and ancestry. The interlacing of spiritual syncretism, art, and animism continue to shape Alessandra's trajectory on personal and professional levels.

Curando is the current iteration of Alessandra’s therapeutic work, offering full spectrum Psychedelic Assisted Therapy designed to support and inspire the unfolding of both personal and collective narratives, in pursuit of a just and sustainable future. Ally has earned many post-graduate certificates in psychedelic studies,  including Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Certificates from the Center for Psychedelic Studies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Sciences and the Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies and has served leading psychedelic institutions as facilitator and lead educator in the past several years

At Curando, Alessandra also offers decolonized group & family psychotherapy sessions including healing modalities supporting the physical, energetic, emotional & spiritual well-being of her clients. Clinicians, facilitators, community leaders/organizations often reach out to Ally seeking supervision, mentorship, mediation, and transformative team building sessions and workshops. 

Alessandra is also the proud Founder, Creative Director and Lead Facilitator of The Chrysalis Institute which empowers emerging artists and changemakers by creating nurturing gathering spaces, facilitating meaningful dialogue, and offering generative practices that catalyze personal and collective liberation.

Deep Gratitude to the folks that help with organizing these gatherings and especially to

Louise Green and Leslie Meehan.     [Washington, DC]

Cheryl Blackington and Lea Sevigny. [Grand Rapids, MI]

And to my husband Tom for his ongoing support on every level.