Lyla June - Nihimá Nahasdzáán: Healing Women and Nature Through a Diné (Navajo) Lens | Bioneers

This talk was delivered at the 2018 National Bioneers Conference. Introduction by Nina Simons, Bioneers Co-Founder and Relationship Strategist.
Lyla June -- poet, musician, anthropologist, educator, public speaker and community organizer of Diné, Cheyenne and European lineages -- has inspired audiences around the world with a message of personal, collective and ecological healing. Drawing from her studies in Human Ecology and the traditional ancestral Diné worldview with which she grew up, she’ll explore the links between environmental destruction and "rape culture" and how we can heal and transform ourselves and our society. Lyla will delve into how the healing of women can unleash the healing of men and how we have to heal humanity to heal the Earth. She’ll share paradigm-shifting techniques from the heart of the hogan that help mend the broken heart of the Western world.
dreamwarriors....
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[@WilFreeD68]

(...) "I am good, i am sacred"... i cried all along ! i am a French man living in France. These words from the begining of this talk talked to me and most of all to my soul. I feel profoundly close to my Natives Sisters and Brothers with an open mind and Heart like Lyla

[@TheBella2u]

I’ve watched this a handful of times and I cry 😭 every time!

[@WilFreeD68]

@@TheBella2u so we both have this in common my dear Sister 🙏 Due to this message you left here and now i feel the need to watch it again ... thank you 😄 Be safe 🌈🌿

[@TheBella2u]

@@WilFreeD68 you stay safe too.

[@WilFreeD68]

@@TheBella2u kind words ... Blessings 🌾🍀

[@shesees432]

I feel the same way!

[@johnmartinez6092]

LYLA SPEAKS FOR OUR NATIVE ANCESTORS............THROUGH OUR MOTHERS AND OUR HISTORY.............LYLA IS A GREAT SPEAKER!

[@carlacannon9138]

My first experience with this absolutely beautiful spirit so thankful to my friend who sent me this connection

[@malachidaw9730]

ahéhee' shadí.... I am worthy, I am sacred, I am protected...

[@catherinemcmartin8275]

I am sacred!!! Thank you, most powerful!

[@Mildred-v9l]

Beautiful, blessings to you ladies ❤🎉😊😢

[@christinearmstrong852]

Beautiful presentation, Lyla June.. more power to you

[@HiLoveLeighs]

I just love Lyla June. So powerful are her words, her music, her spirit.

[@elizabethharvester6111]

Wow, first time I have heard of Lyla. She is an AMAZING relative! speaks 100% legit truth with kindness

[@marylusunshine]

Beautiful, Nina, and powerful. So eloquently spoken are you. Thank you for all the good work you do in the world.

[@marthamontes6005]

Love it! Thank so much Lyla June❤️🌹

[@princessruth9155]

Mahalo pīhā! Aloha wau ia oe lyla! Alooooooha from the illegally occupied HAWAIIAN KINGDOM NATION! THE WAHINEKOA OF HAWAI'I NEI LOVE U KIKA!!!!!! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽🌺🌺🌺

[@mlissgay5054]

Aloha sistar

[@SRfive2O]

yassssssssssss!! im here for this!!!

I love you Layla June, true Persephone.

[@e-maikey4543]

We are STRONGER TOGETHER. RESPECT.... DIGNITY.... ☝ LOVE!!!..🎉🎉🎉🌍🎉🎉🎉 PILAMAYA!! THANK YOU! GRACIAS! MERCI! EPHEHARISTO from Fall River Massachusetts...🌻🐋🐳🐋🐳🐦🐦🐦🐦🐠🐠🐠🐠🙏💜🙏

[@lynnhavili5332]

I love this message well put ! UNITY WE ARE ONE so TRUE !!!

[@ayenohaj]

Shown this at the perfect time, returning to the red road…21 days sober again. Tlazokamati June, heard you, will keep listening. Trusting action will follow.

[@aaaa-xx3yx]

Beautiful ❤️

[@shanewhitehouse4498]

Come to Australia & bring a tribe 🙏

[@brytoledo3534]

I’ve been hurting so much for Our Mother Earth and especially my Father in heaven.

[@mlissgay5054]

Amazing 😄 thank you so much ♥️

[@catrinacantrell5466]

I love it. Thank you.

[@angelpardee2929]

I love you sister. You are a absolute beautiful soul. The world 🌎 needs billions more of you/ us. Thank you. You are truly a inspiration. I live in Colorado. God bless your soul.

[@costoncr]

I honor You Sacred Sister!!! 🙏🏽💜 Thank You for sharing Your journey!!

[@milesIronwood93]

Thank you sister

[@shanewhitehouse4498]

Love this & my pop was in the Navy from USA & a native American Indian & had 4 kids to nan ( in a war lol ) 1 to one other lady & i am in Australia bless you all & i miss u all & love & light always loved ones .ps, 9 people ( kkk ) 👎 this i see 😭😢 how could they give this the 👎 hmmmmm ??? Kkk only would do this i except & at lest we see them 👍

[@jandunn169]

The time is NOW......Thank you for your healing and inspiring ours. Our mother needs us

[@elizabethfreshour4828]

I am good. It is not my fault. Thank you Lyla June!!!!!!!

[@lakaishacann]

That was hard to say . I'm at work with tears filling my eyes🤦💞💜💚💘I love you

[@carriepinter7847]

AWESOME!!!!!!💞✌🤗

[@Bezlonirslair]

This was a beautiful speech. And I like that she asked the local indigenous peoples to speak first and asked their permission. That's something to keep in mind.

[@lisachildress7592]

I felt that in ALL my hearts , thank you 💕💞💗

[@strangerTimesStill]

Incredible young woman

[@kteet2589]

We are sacred ❤️🙏❤️

[@jandunn169]

Yáʼátʼééh Lyla!.... Thank you for adding another level of meaning to this beautiful greeting. America needs even more healing since I last watched this a year ago. The racism, anti-semitism. anti-gay sentiment, and misogyny are even more apparent. Your song is helping to remember what we are doing!!!! ʼTogether there is nothing that we cannot achieveʼ

[@CalNezDesign]

Just wanted to add my two cents. "Ya' at ééh" The word actually means "it is good". When two individuals get one another one says "ya at eeh." The typical response is usually "o'o ya at eeh" This seemingly simple exchange signifies the health and status of individuals greeting one another. It tells one that "life is good, health is good, spirit is good, in the hozhojii way." And the respondent also "yes it is good, life is good, I'm good, hozhojii way is good." It is true "ya" means the heavens or sky but the direct translate of "ya at eeh" meaning "it is good." For instance one can say "shil ya at eeh" meaning "it is good with me." Just saying. Thank you kindly.

[@palomatenrero6316]

Love ❤️ from Spain

[@emilyanderson294]

Mahsi Cho 🙏🏽🌌💞

[@richadams7121]

My prayers breathe hope that the Creator's heart for ALL PEOPLE, that HE has place in her vision, is multiplied through the words of those who understand her heart-felt-words.

[@rolfstade1233]

Es ist einfach wundervoll das ihr so powerful aufsteht. In dieser Weise macht es sehr viel Sinn. Ich denke das wir weltweit ein gutes Stück weiter gekommen sind. I love you all so much for this great work, and I stand around the world for you, for Friedom , Pease, Wisdom and Compassion and many more. This is a very good work for us and we are very happy to be defend the Erth. My Heart stand for all of us. Honour and Respect for you all. Gemeinsam sind wir stark und erreichen was wir wollen. Gary kicking Wolf 🐺🐾🐾❤️🌈❤️🙏💐💫💦🌎🌍🌏💦💫💐🙏❤️🌈❤️

[@montoelimoletsane4618]

Creater,He,,,I love you and your journey

[@israelcorazon-comunidadiamante]

amazing !!! AHO!!!

[@susannadietrich3986]

I cry, happy, so thankful you shared i send much ❤💫💥 thanks

[@peramitic3303]

an extraordinary person with so much spirit inside

[@janetwolfe4751]

Thank you for a wonderful speech

[@cherrypope1755]

You Lyla June , are a very beautiful in your life and love , a gorgeous Soul learned , I will learn yours 🎵 word for word for you have shared I am very, we seem to have the same mix of DNA... Sincerely my Soul Sistar ❤️

[@mrscutiepie70]

i loved and needed this

[@marnomarno543]

"anytime you go outside, wherever you go, honor rhe indigeneous peoples wher you go, follow their ceremonies follow their way of life, follow what they have to say, because they know the songs of that land." "Di mana bumi dipijak, di situ langit dijunjung" is one of popular Indonesian proverbs which literally translates as "where the feet touch the ground, there the sky held up", it is is equivalent to a proverb "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". Both proverbs have similar meaning, that when you are visiting another place, you should follow the customs of the people in that place.

[@TheRadiantPeachBudgets]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Mildred-v9l]

Oooo people of this land

[@sveltergamer5934]

Who do you vote for? This is important.

[@EdLovatoTV]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pd2468]

I have an elder his name is zoom . He is Miwok he was in West Point now somewhere in Idaho I think wherever he is made that brother be walking in peace but she’s back to the Westpoint Miwok

[@catrinacantrell5466]

Truth..

[@julesbitsilly8765]

- No scared mountains in Utah!

[@HimmelundErde-es4hc]

🌿😊❤

[@juliocolobrado6430]

wow love tax part ♥️♥️♥️

[@caseydunphy6022]

dope spoken word, still can't pray for those who injure though

[@jasonbilbro9054]

now that's what's up. 1

[@iamthat7314]

Nice Rent payment🌻👣

[@beckyhopper5271]

My mother's name is pat also

[@julesbitsilly8765]

' Two in Colorado and New Mexico and Arizona i

[@davidlloyd2225]

0:48 let it go 0:54

[@gabethedizzle]

"No need to mine or extract" Wears silver, turquoise and uses a microphone with copper and steel. What else do you lie to yourself about?

[@amyyazzie249]

The Chat was and had beautiful message but without the spitting.

[@ysosirius2886]

Leave politics to the scientists

[@ironykills7101]

Its deff all on loan...even flesh and bone..