Geleni Fontaine's guest appearances

Geleni Fontaine

Irresistible (fka Healing Justice Podcast)

NYC Trans Oral History Project

Simone Kolysh

Sarah Sophie Flicker

Roshi Joan Halifax

Stacey Abrams

McKenzie Wark

Alice Wong

Phillip Agnew

Kazu Haga

Alicia Garza

Katie Loncke

Nora Samaran

Serena Lukas Bhandar

Tricia Hersey

Lucién Demaris

Amita Swadhin

OwlTail

Geleni Fontaine is an acupuncturist, RN and healer based on Brooklyn. In this interview, they share on their growing up in a working class Cuban family in Park Slope, Brooklyn, prior to the neighborhood's gentrification. Geleni politicized as a feminist through Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, which later became the Center for Anti-violence Education. Through organizing there, Geleni became involved in the early NYC trans group the Metropolitan Gender Network, where they were inspired by Les Feinberg, Sylvia Rivera and Imani Henry. The interview emphasizes the spiritual dimension of their upbringing, healing work, and trans community.

Interview of Geleni Fontaine

Join us for a simple tapping practice called Emotional Freedom Technique with Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center. This utilizes the knowledge of acupressure points and is something you can truly do anywhere - alone, in a group, or on the go.  Check out the practice diagram and instructions for a more visual reminder and explanation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqN9hSw2JhcbX5jFeK8JbC4Oh6geY1Q292fytzDnA14/edit?usp=sharing The phrase you’ll use is: “Even though _____, I love and accept myself completely.”   Check out episode 7 for the corresponding conversation with Geleni and Emily Kramer titled "De-spa-ifying Healing &amp; Accessibility” to listen to our conversation about somatic symptoms of oppression and the increased pressures since the 2016 election, in what ways Trump and our current political environment is making us sick, what it would look like to de-spa-ify healing and make it part of our everyday lives instead of a luxury commodity, and how organizers and leaders can make our movement spaces more accessible to the widest range of folks with varying capacities. (Bonus: they also sing a song!)   **As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, &amp; review now!**   ABOUT OUR GUEST: Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center THIRD ROOT is a holistic healthcare center in Brooklyn, NY offering yoga, acupuncture, East Asian medicine, massage, herbal medicine, and wellness education. They are a multi-racial, cross-class, intergenerational community, and a worker-owner cooperative. Third Root manifests a world where we all belong, we are all healing, and we are all welcome in our wholeness. Collective members include Geleni Fontaine, Jomo Alaquais Simmons, Julia Bennett, Emily Kramer, and Nicolette Dixon. More at www.thirdroot.org GELENI FONTAINE, a collective member of Third Root, is a fat, queer, Latina/o transperson raised and thriving in Brooklyn, New York. They are a graduate of the Swedish Institute School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine where I studied Traditional and Classical Chinese Medicine with Jeffrey Yuen, 88th generation Taoist priest and healer. They’re also a registered nurse and use knowledge of Western allopathic medicine to support individuals navigating both healthcare systems. Geleni is a member of the Rock Dove Collective, a group of healers, providers, and activists coordinating a radical community health exchange in NYC; a former board member of the Audre Lorde Project, the first queer people of color center for community organizing in the U.S.; and NOLOSE, an organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. They have a 13-year history of training and teaching martial arts and have worked many years with the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) as a youth educator, anti-violence activist, and crisis intervention worker. This experience has lent to their understanding of healing as a mind / body / spirit construct that includes support for individuals as well as radical responses to the institutional oppression we face as communities.   JOIN THE COMMUNITY  Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at www.healingjustice.org   Follow us on Instagram @healingjustice, like Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook, and tweet at us @hjpodcast on Twitter  We pay for all costs out-of-pocket and this podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help us cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at patreon.com/healingjustice   THANK YOU Edited by Yoshi Fields Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the COALROOM Intro and Closing music gifted by Danny O’Brien All visuals contributed by Josiah Werning

Join us for a simple tapping practice called Emotional Freedom Technique with Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center. This utilizes the knowledge of acupressure points and is something you can truly do anywhere - alone, in a group, or on the go. Check out the practice diagram and instructions for a more visual reminder and explanation: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqN9hSw2JhcbX5jFeK8JbC4Oh6geY1Q292fytzDnA14/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LqN9hSw2JhcbX5jFeK8JbC4Oh6geY1Q292fytzDnA14/edit?usp=sharing</a> The phrase you’ll use is: “Even though _____, I love and accept myself completely.” Check out episode 7 for the corresponding conversation with Geleni and Emily Kramer titled "De-spa-ifying Healing &amp; Accessibility” to listen to our conversation about somatic symptoms of oppression and the increased pressures since the 2016 election, in what ways Trump and our current political environment is making us sick, what it would look like to de-spa-ify healing and make it part of our everyday lives instead of a luxury commodity, and how organizers and leaders can make our movement spaces more accessible to the widest range of folks with varying capacities. (Bonus: they also sing a song!) **As a brand new podcast, we need you to subscribe, give a 5-star rating, and share a positive review to help us continue. Join us in the sustainability and viability of this project and subscribe, rate, &amp; review now!** ABOUT OUR GUEST: Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center THIRD ROOT is a holistic healthcare center in Brooklyn, NY offering yoga, acupuncture, East Asian medicine, massage, herbal medicine, and wellness education. They are a multi-racial, cross-class, intergenerational community, and a worker-owner cooperative. Third Root manifests a world where we all belong, we are all healing, and we are all welcome in our wholeness. Collective members include Geleni Fontaine, Jomo Alaquais Simmons, Julia Bennett, Emily Kramer, and Nicolette Dixon. More at <a href="http://www.thirdroot.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thirdroot.org</a> GELENI FONTAINE, a collective member of Third Root, is a fat, queer, Latina/o transperson raised and thriving in Brooklyn, New York. They are a graduate of the Swedish Institute School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine where I studied Traditional and Classical Chinese Medicine with Jeffrey Yuen, 88th generation Taoist priest and healer. They’re also a registered nurse and use knowledge of Western allopathic medicine to support individuals navigating both healthcare systems. Geleni is a member of the Rock Dove Collective, a group of healers, providers, and activists coordinating a radical community health exchange in NYC; a former board member of the Audre Lorde Project, the first queer people of color center for community organizing in the U.S.; and NOLOSE, an organization dedicated to ending the oppression of fat people and creating vibrant fat queer culture. They have a 13-year history of training and teaching martial arts and have worked many years with the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) as a youth educator, anti-violence activist, and crisis intervention worker. This experience has lent to their understanding of healing as a mind / body / spirit construct that includes support for individuals as well as radical responses to the institutional oppression we face as communities. JOIN THE COMMUNITY Check out the incredible guests and topics we'll be featuring coming up and sign up for the email list to hear when new episodes drop at <a href="http://www.healingjustice.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.healingjustice.org </a><a href="http://www.healingjustice.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>Follow us on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram @healingjustice</a>, like <a href="http://fb.me/healingjusticepodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Healing Justice Podcast on Facebook</a>, and tweet at us <a href="https://twitter.com/hjpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@hjpodcast on Twitter </a> We pay for all costs out-of-pocket and this podcast is 100% volunteer-run. Help us cover our costs by becoming a sponsor at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/healingjustice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patreon.com/healingjustice</a> THANK YOU Edited by Yoshi Fields Mixed and produced by Zach Meyer at the <a href="http://www.coalroom-mke.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COALROOM</a> Intro and Closing music gifted by <a href="http://www.hotdadlabs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danny O’Brien</a> All visuals contributed by <a href="http://josiah.art" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josiah Werning</a>

07 Practice: Emotional Freedom Technique with Geleni Fontaine of Third Root Community Health Center