About the founder

'The seed of my work began as a young girl, playing and experimenting with my ma's garden in her backyard in Mitchells plain. The home where I witnessed her connection and relationship with the medicine I have deep reverence for. Wrapping her grandkids with Wilde Als poultices, formulating root teas and sipping Boegoe, my grandmothers presence paved the way for my journey into ancient natural technology. Growing up in both strandfontein and Mitchells plain, I did not really know Cape Town... As young girls in 'dangerous' areas, my sister and myself were protected by the concrete walls that kept us away from the realities of the outside world. The residue of a violent and traumatic space in time that our people endured. I did not know a life that was deeply connected to this land. I did not understand and know the spirit of nature and its mysticism until we relocated out of our childhood home ground. We now had access to visiting 'nature parks and conservation sites'. Areas that people of colour were systematically sectioned away from. The feeling I received and witness as I take family from our home ground into deep mountain immersion, cannot be explained but felt. The natural kingdom enchanted me and began unfolding the stories that externally was not spoken but was fed to me spiritually.

Journeying into adolescence my understanding and knowledge of our socio-economic, environmental and political circumstances left me spiritually weakened me. I felt the weight and pain of the trauma that both the land and the people held. While battling with this pain that I held not only in my personal life but collectively, my path to emerge and become involved in accessible, indigenous practices for better health became a clear path. Often I would look to others to be the solution or create the vision that reoccured in my mind but that was not possible. This is when Mind Movement Medicine conceptually began to emerge.

Ive been privileged to obtain a bachelor degree in foundational education, undergo 500 hours of yoga training, a course in mental health facilitation and expanding development in organic gardening, food security and developing my indigenous knowledge through teachings from elders, travelling to different medicine keepers and storytelling - my wellness practice is a conglomerate of all.

If we do not seek the knowledge to the root of our problems and the sickness we endure - we will always believe we are the slaves on the ship, that we are actually the captain of. I want to teach and share tools, stories and skills that is accessible, inclusive and easy to implement (if the will power is there).

My dedication to being a student and teacher remain equal. I am here to receive and serve.'

-Courtney Lee Williamson