Orisha Bowers, BFA, MA, MEd, PhD
Sis, You Need Her Messages
In this participatory workshop, we explore how sacred arts—particularly sound healing, visual collage, and ancestral ritual—can support trauma recovery, mental wellness, and transformative action at the intersections of faith, reproductive and sexual justice, and racial equity. Rooted in womanist theology, interfaith healing traditions, and culturally responsive care, this session guides participants through embodied practices that center the body as a sacred site of resistance.
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Through breathwork, sonic immersion, and creative reflection, attendees will deepen their understanding of reproductive justice as a spiritual and human rights imperative. Designed for faith women, advocates, and healers, this experience offers tools to integrate sensory and artistic healing modalities into movement-building, ministry, and community care.
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Together, we invoke sacred resistance, activate embodied truth, and imagine collective healing grounded in divine purpose.
What You'll Be Able to Do!
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Reconnect with your body as a sacred site of resistance, healing, and joy!
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Affirm your autonomy and collective power.
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Use ancestral wisdom and personal narratives to reframe stigma, reclaim pleasure, and envision your liberatory future.
Who She Is
Orisha Bowers, PhD is a strategic and visionary leader with over 25 years of experience designing and implementing healing-centered, justice-rooted programs across reproductive health, harm reduction, and interfaith spaces. With a BFA, MA, MEd, PhD in Interdisciplinary and a Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies, as well as a Certificate in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, she brings deep expertise in program strategy, knowledge management, and public engagement, rooted in justice, healing, and community wisdom.
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As Deputy Director at Yellowhammer Fund and Former Executive Director of the National Harm Reduction Coalition, Orisha has led national coalitions, managed multi-state initiatives, and facilitated leadership development for partner organizations. She has stewarded complex budgets, built cross-sector partnerships, and curated transformative programming that centers
Black and Brown women, LGBTQ+ communities, and people living with HIV.
Her interdisciplinary Ph.D. research on Tennessee’s fetal assault law and the founding of Orixa Healing Arts reflect a lifelong commitment to systems change, spiritual resilience, and community-led innovation. As an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church, she seamlessly integrates spirituality with therapeutic disciplines such as mindfulness dancing, offering Dancing Mindfulness and other healing practices across the U.S.
Orisha’s work embodies integrity, creativity, and purpose. She is devoted to designing programs that not only meet the moment but shape liberatory futures, merging women’s studies, education, interdisciplinarity, and healing to foster collective wellness and transformation in communities of color.
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For more information, visit orixawellness.com.