Holistic Recovery Program

Many of our community members from all walks of life suffer from addiction. This can mean folks tired of the “rat race”, living on the streets of Oakland trying to find their way, to Indigenous folks living on reservations resulting from colonization. Many turn to substances, self medicate and develop addictions. We acknowledge that all things can be medicine in the right balance and also acknowledge how hard it can be to stop a cycle of harm. 

“The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it is connection.”

-Dr. Gabor Mate

Gabor believes that the source of addictions is not to be found in genes, but in childhood trauma and in stress and social dislocation endemic to systems of inequality and injustice

Through our Holistic Detox Support program, in collaboration with Solestial Church’s team of Healers, we are exploring ways to address addiction through shifting diet, peer support, ancestral healing, natural medicines, hands on work, ceremony and prayer. We are currently developing protocols that unite the following disciplines and more:

  • NADA Acupuncture

  • Kambo Treatment

  • Herbal Medicines

  • Ancestral Healing Techniques from various traditions

  • Ceremonial Guidance 

  • Peer Counseling

  • Healthy meals 

  • Workforce development

  • Farming 

  • Etc.