On Invoking Spiritual Support and Protection

Spiritual companion and activist Michelle Cassandra Johnson knows firsthand that we can’t pour out of an empty cup—that we can’t show up fully in our lives, care for others, or hold space for change if we’re not strong within. In her latest book, You Are Protected, Michelle urges us to consider how we can pour into ourselves as much as we pour into others and the world. She invites us to engage in a wealth of practices to sustain our spirit, souls’ work, and highest good.  

Join Michelle and CIIS faculty Deanna Jimenez for a supportive conversation exploring potent protection practices and tools to connect to support and guidance at any time. Drawing from ancestral wisdom, spiritual lineages, and nature-based traditions, Michelle discusses tools from somatic practices to natural curios that help us find and feel protection. She shares how to find resources that feel aligned to you and to build an effective daily spiritual hygiene practice. She also offers guidance for various routine situations, including computer work or what to do before, during, and after leading or participating in a meeting or group.  

Learn to stand strong amidst whatever the world throws at you. Michelle invites you to connect with an entire team of guides, allies, ancestors (both blood and otherwise), deities, archetypes, elemental energies, and plant spirits to help protect you and your energy. 

This conversation includes live audience Q&A. Books are available to add to your order at checkout.

Meet the Speaker

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Michelle Cassandra Johnson is a beloved teacher, activist, and clinical social worker with a background of over two decades of practice. She has led dismantling racism work in many settings and her work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, coming back into wholeness, and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart. She is the author of several books, including Illuminating Our True Nature. Find Michelle at www.michellecjohnson.com. 

Deanna Jimenez is a somatic/transpersonal psychotherapist and an Assistant Professor in the Somatic Psychology Department at CIIS. She has a private practice supporting individuals, couples, and organizations.

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Her clinical work is centered in the dialogue of mental health as it intersects with race, culture, and spirituality. She received a B.A. in International Relations from UC Berkeley studying the efficacy of conflict resolution and cultural awareness in the international workplace. Deanna received her M.A. from JFK University in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology.

Deanna’s passion is to support those dedicating their lives to transformative movements. Deanna guides individuals and groups to establish a solid mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual foundation as a pathway towards elevating collective consciousness without perpetuating the oppressive harm built into current societal structures.  

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