Wellness Healing & Climate Cafe with Earth Sessions
In partnership with Climate Cafe NYC, Earth Sessions is hosting an Earthy Wellness Event on Saturday 4/19 from 4-7pm to celebrate Earth Month.
This is a multi-sensory experience with women of color practitioners to help us connect to the earth, ourselves, and our community:
🌱Introductions + Intention Setting by Intersectional Environmentalist
✨Reiki by Soula Smith & Wainani Paikai
🫧Sound Bath by Lindsay Monal
🫶🏼 Group Oracle Reading by Wainani Paikai
🍵Mini Herbal Bouquets by Earthly Delights Healing
💬Group discussion by Climate Cafe NYC & Arielle King
~The event will start promptly at 4pm - doors open at 3:30pm
~If preferred, please bring your own mat to lay on during the Reiki session *limited mats available at studio
~Snacks & drinks will be provided!
~Intersectional Environmentalist will have IE Scrap tees (printed on reclaimed tees that would have otherwise gone to landfill) available as a gift with donation.
All donations will be sent to the Jua Scholarship to support kids who would have otherwise been working as waste pickers in the Dandora Landfill in Nairobi. Kenya.
Sliding scale donation based ticket ($5 minimum)
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025
Time: 4-7pm
Location: KULA Yoga Project | Williamsburg 101 N 3rd St #113, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Practitioner Bios
Soula Smith
For the past decade I have devoted my professional efforts to social justice advocacy, human rights grantmaking, and philanthropy work as a means for collective healing and liberation. As I navigated my personal path of healing and growth, I came to understand that my spiritual gifts could also enrich the movement to shift paradigms and reimagine social structures that lift up historically marginalized communities. Now as a healing practitioner and grantmaker, I actively work across worlds to center and support communities and individuals in search of both healing and justice.
In my work as a holistic energy practitioner I support BIPOC people on their sacred journeys of healing, remembrance, and reclamation of spirit with reiki, tarot card readings, and intuitive guidance. As a grantmaker, I work to support the realization of human rights and social and economic justice – aiding in upholding dignity and unlocking human potential.
I am grateful to be of service to the BIPOC community as a bridge to the strength, courage, and wisdom of one’s own body and spirit. It is an absolute honor to have the opportunity to bring my grantmaking expertise and healing knowledge to the philanthropic space so that we may all practice collective care as a means of building our capacity to do social justice work.
In all of my work I show up in my full authenticity and wholeness, devoted to the journey and joy of liberation.
To connect with me you can visit my website at www.soulasmith.com or email me at soulasmith22@gmail.com
Lindsay Monal
Lindsay Monal is a Sound Meditation Practitioner, 500-Hour Certified Yoga Teacher, and Usui Reiki Master. In her sessions, she weaves sound, mindfulness practices, and energy work into immersive sensory experiences that help participants cultivate a greater sense of curiosity and creativity.
As a first-generation American, Lindsay blends cultural wisdom with a deep understanding of what it means to navigate different worlds. This perspective allows her to craft experiences that feel both grounding and expansive—honoring tradition while inviting a sense of wonder and discovery.
Lindsay infuses joy into every ceremony, believing that laughter and lightness are just as essential to healing as stillness and reflection. Most of all, she is excited to co-create a space where wonder and inspiration can blossom.
Nia Galloway / Earthly Delights Healing
Nia is an herbalist, event producer, and pleasure-seeker. Nia created Earthly Delights to help marginalized communities build and maintain daily pleasure practices. She has a passion for cultivating spaces for folks to experience ease without shame. She approaches healing as an opportunity to reconnect with our body and expand our capacity for happiness. She has experience working with activists and change-makers to manage stress, burnout, depression, anxiety, and more.
Nia is a graduate of the Sacred Vibes Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship taught by Master Herbalist Karen M. Rose (https://www.sacredvibeshealing.com/about-karen-rose). She is currently studying acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine to expand her healing practice.
Nia is a world-traveler currently residing in New Jersey. Her simple pleasures include a warm cup of Earl Grey, bespoke perfumes, and basking in the sun.
Wainani Paikai
Wainani (she/her) is a certified Reiki II practitioner and Oracle Card reader, originally from O’ahu, HI, and currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. She pursued Reiki certification to explore additional methods for managing her chronic pain resulting from a past car accident. Her passion for healing stems from the community support she has received throughout her journey, and she aims to create a safe space for the BIPOC and Queer communities that hold significance for her.
Alongside her work in Reiki and Oracle readings, Wainani's spiritual path is deeply influenced by her Hawaiian ancestors. They guide her in practicing, preserving, and promoting her culture through oli (chant), hula (dance), and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language). Her aspiration is to continue her education and become proficient in all forms of Hawaiian healing practices.
Arielle King
Arielle V. King is an educator, creative director, singer, and strategist based in New York City who works at the intersection of art, climate, and culture. She is the host of The Joy Report, a podcast about climate solutions through the lens of intersectionality and optimism, produced by the organization Intersectional Environmentalist. Arielle has spent over half her life advocating for social and environmental issues at academic institutions, with community organizations, on stages across the US, and through the media. As a lecturer, Arielle shares her expertise on environmental justice, climate optimism, environmental racism in law and policy, sustainable fashion, and social justice issues at institutions across the United States. As a consultant, she produces and coordinates impact-driven events and helps organizations develop strategic programming. Arielle has held roles at various impact organizations, including the New York Civil Liberties Union, Black Girl Environmentalist, and the Environmental Law Institute. Arielle has earned a BA in Environmental and Sustainability Studies with a concentration in Political Ecology, a Masters in Environmental Law and Policy, and a law degree focused on civil rights and environmental justice.