daawo
/ˈdaa·wo/: noun the somali word for medicine.
synonyms: remedy, solution, therapeutic, heal, rectify, preserve, bring around.
decolonial care practice offering the medicines of breath, movement, stillness & sacred plants, rooted in abolitionist somatics, black feminist epistemology, and ancestral practices, towards personal and collective liberation.









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May 20, 2026(1 event) –
welcome to this space of silence and stillness, where you slow your breath to meet the present moment. stillness asks what will we uncover if only we’d stop and allow ourselves to feel what is there desperate for our attention? join our community meditations and meet what we’re often pushed to outrun. we’ll meditate on love, grief, belonging, death and the flow of the formless through the form to experience the paradox that is reality. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. |
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May 23, 2026(1 event) –
decolonial daawo invites you to quiet your mind and journey to the beyond with this series of somatic breathwork sessions. get ready to go deeper than you’ve ever gone (sober) and access altered states of consciousness. rooted in dirgha and kapalabhati pranayama, and developed as a substitute to lsd based therapies, this holotropic breathwork will help you access deeper parts of your psyche and feel into what has been suppressed and release it. this could feel intense but don’t fear the discomfort, lean and see what lies on the other side of devotion. healing the mindbody requires an unhanding of our reins and a surrender to the mystery of life. it is a visceral stretching of who and what we know ourselves to be. this is the threshold that we usher each other through. this isn’t just breathwork — it’s collective spellwork for new worlds. to breathe, soften, and expand into the futures we’re dreaming. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. contraindications – this practice might not be for you if: if have mental health diagnoses (i.e. schizophrenia, bi polar, etc.), let’s have a chat before the journey. amna@decolonialdaawo.com. |
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welcome to this space of silence and stillness, where you slow your breath to meet the present moment. stillness asks what will we uncover if only we’d stop and allow ourselves to feel what is there desperate for our attention? join our community meditations and meet what we’re often pushed to outrun. we’ll meditate on love, grief, belonging, death and the flow of the formless through the form to experience the paradox that is reality. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. |
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May 30, 2026(1 event) –
decolonial daawo invites you to quiet your mind and journey to the beyond with this series of somatic breathwork sessions. get ready to go deeper than you’ve ever gone (sober) and access altered states of consciousness. rooted in dirgha and kapalabhati pranayama, and developed as a substitute to lsd based therapies, this holotropic breathwork will help you access deeper parts of your psyche and feel into what has been suppressed and release it. this could feel intense but don’t fear the discomfort, lean and see what lies on the other side of devotion. healing the mindbody requires an unhanding of our reins and a surrender to the mystery of life. it is a visceral stretching of who and what we know ourselves to be. this is the threshold that we usher each other through. this isn’t just breathwork — it’s collective spellwork for new worlds. to breathe, soften, and expand into the futures we’re dreaming. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. contraindications – this practice might not be for you if: if have mental health diagnoses (i.e. schizophrenia, bi polar, etc.), let’s have a chat before the journey. amna@decolonialdaawo.com. |
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welcome to this space of silence and stillness, where you slow your breath to meet the present moment. stillness asks what will we uncover if only we’d stop and allow ourselves to feel what is there desperate for our attention? join our community meditations and meet what we’re often pushed to outrun. we’ll meditate on love, grief, belonging, death and the flow of the formless through the form to experience the paradox that is reality. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. |
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June 6, 2026(1 event) –
decolonial daawo invites you to quiet your mind and journey to the beyond with this series of somatic breathwork sessions. get ready to go deeper than you’ve ever gone (sober) and access altered states of consciousness. rooted in dirgha and kapalabhati pranayama, and developed as a substitute to lsd based therapies, this holotropic breathwork will help you access deeper parts of your psyche and feel into what has been suppressed and release it. this could feel intense but don’t fear the discomfort, lean and see what lies on the other side of devotion. healing the mindbody requires an unhanding of our reins and a surrender to the mystery of life. it is a visceral stretching of who and what we know ourselves to be. this is the threshold that we usher each other through. this isn’t just breathwork — it’s collective spellwork for new worlds. to breathe, soften, and expand into the futures we’re dreaming. tickets are limited as i’m hosting this in my home. accessibility: the space is on the bottom of a few short steps. contraindications – this practice might not be for you if: if have mental health diagnoses (i.e. schizophrenia, bi polar, etc.), let’s have a chat before the journey. amna@decolonialdaawo.com. |
for my ancestor
blood, and chosen
my mother maryam omar abdalla
my father mohamed ali mohamed
my brother ephrem gino

hamer trbesperson in turmi, southern ethiopia. photographed by ephrem gino. circa 2021
nature loves courage. you make the commitment and nature will respond to that commitment by removing impossible obstacles. dream the impossible dream and the world will not grind you under, it will lift you up. this is the trick. this is what all these teachers and philosophers who really counted, who really touched the alchemical gold, this is what they understood. this is the shamanic dance in the waterfall. this is how magic is done. by hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it’s a feather bed.
–terence mckenna