QUEEN HOLLINS EARTH MEDICINE AND EARTH STEWARDSHIP

Healing is Our Right. Earth Medicine Transforms and Heals Trauma.

Our Sacred Earth Pit Before and After

"When I was a young girl growing up at the tail end of Jim Crow, my grandmother in Mississippi showed me the way to heal my anger and trauma by literally going into the Earth. We call these healing practices "Earthlodging" and Earth Medicine. Now I share this sacred practice with the world." - Queen

Heal With Us.

Video by Jackie Rae, Long Beach Post Reporter of the Hi-Lo

Healing Justice and Trauma Transformation
Celebrating 25 Years of Black Led Queer Leadership in Black Indigenous Healing Practices to Heal Trauma Through Ritual, Ceremony & Intuitive Knowing

The Earthlodge Is Home to One of the Most Potent Urban Ritual & Ceremony Healing and Trauma Transformation Earthwomb Pits in LA County.
The Earthlodge Center for Transformation is a spiritual sanctuary for people to transform their trauma into healing and justice. We service queer (LGBTQ+), POC, womyn, children & men who support the rise of the feminine.
Serving Community since 1995 with 501 (C) 3 Nonprofit Since 2017

Join us for our upcoming events!
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We're beloved by our community! In 2024 we've...

Become a Harvey Milk Wall of Fame Inductee at the Harvey Milk Plaza Downtown Long Beach
Received the Long Beach LGBT "The Center" Community Icon Award
Been part of the One Institute Queer Legacies Circa Project

Enjoy Earth Medicine Philosophy and Ways to Practice on the Earth Speaks Broadcast... click below!

Anchoring Earth Medicine Healing Justice in Justice Movements Since 2008

Spiritual anchoring to marches for the call for Marriage Rights for All with Prop 8

Continue Our Legacy of Healing, Climate, and Environmental Justice

Our community collaborators include Southern California Regional Organizing - Black Worker Hub, Say Her Name, Black Health Equity Collaborative (BHEC), Dignity & Power Now, Youth Justice Coalition, Youth Services Network, Long Beach CAP Alliance, BLU (Black Lesbians United), and Black Women for Wellness.

Welcome to the Earthlodge

"My Earth Medicine Work Is Tailored For All; All Queer Identity Peoples, Womyn, Elders, Children and Men Who Recognize and Respect the Rise of the Feminine Energy on the Planet" - Queen (Founder and Executive Steward)

Our Community in Action!

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS / OFFERINGS

Drumming for Wellness: Peer to peer drumming circles with West African Drums and rhythms to increase joy, brain balance, dexterity, self esteem, and expression. Drumming builds community bonds and stimulates our minds and focus.

Gatekeeper Health Promoter Leader Program: Our bi-annual intergenerational village style, each-one-teach-one, wellness and healing modality training program.

Hands on the Land Community Botanical Gardening and Land Stewarding: Join us to take care of our sacred grounds as a community through gardening, composting, and working with the land.
Healing into the Holidays: A series of virtual and in-person workshops and events centering BIPOC LGBTQIA+ lives to help community members access joy and healing during what may be difficult times.

Healers Network: Includes Workshops, Ceremony and Rituals, Mental Health Limpias, Herbal Remedies, Sound Baths, Meditation and more conducted by our network of community healers.

Mental Health Limpia: A community wellness circle to reflect and journal about our well-being. The intention is to become aware of our growths, share our triumphs and listen to the Spirit and the Earth for guidance and medicine. In an enclosed space, we conduct healing cleanses/limpias using herbal medicine, steam, drum, and our collective dreams.

QTBIPOC (Queer, Transgender, Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Centered Sangha: Sangha is a community gathering to meditate and celebrate the seasons. Offered monthly, both virtually and in-person.

Seasonal Ceremony: Elemental (Earth/Fire/Wind/Water), Indigenous, Southern Black Indigenous, and nature-based wellness and ritual circle held in our Sacred Earth Pit. A transformational gathering of drum, song, and bushcraft that centers growing inner strength, living with intentionality, and growing community.

Sound Frequency for Wellness: Crystal singing bowls and other instruments that reset our resonant frequency and profoundly impact our health, longevity, immunity, and mental and emotional stability.

Well at Work - Work Shouldn’t Hurt Project: Raises awareness among BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ workers of rights and wellness protections in the workplace. We share mental and emotional health resources aimed at mitigating workplace trauma, exploitation, and discrimination.

Youth and Young Adult Rites of Passage: Facilitated workshops for children, youth, and young adults ages 7-24 centering village-style cultural, artistic, and emotional development.

Earthlodge Young Adults

Earthlodge Youth
Cultivating Trauma Free Childhoods For Our Children
Earth School, Pit Play, Ceremony, Art, Earth Play, Arts and Crafts, Trust Building

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Our programs are largely volunteer run.
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Earthlodge DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) Policy Statement
Diversity, equity, inclusion, healing, and love are a few of the principles that guide the work of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation and create belonging. We're a community of people with Black, BIPOC, and LGBTQIAS+ identities who connect with and serve people with Black, BIPOC, and LGBTQIAS+ identities. We do not discriminate against anyone and remain open to those who seek inclusion. We demonstrate our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion by engaging authentically with communities, by offering education, training, and participation opportunities to those from communities that experience oppression. We celebrate the gifts and dignity of every human being and respect every person's right to access our help and wellness services. We actively strive to create an inclusive and welcoming environment centered on nonjudgmental support and access to wellness for those who often don't receive it, and remain open to those who seek inclusion. We lead with kindness, compassion, understanding, and believe that village style approach to inclusion strengthens our communities.

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