Hoop of Evolving Elders
Returning to the Home Fire Within
How We Work with You
Awakening your essential elder
Forgiving the Unforgivable
Let us be the first.
In 2005, Jim Miller, a Dakota Elder and Veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. Jim’s words, “Let me be the first to forgive,” continue to inspire and be the foundational message for a yearly ceremonial ride with descendants and friends to Mankato, Minnesota. This story and others continue to call the Hoop of Evolving Elders to gather.
Join us in a safe and respectful space as we nourish our rooted kinship with each other, Nature, and all life.
What is Essential Eldership?
Monthly Gatherings
Every Third Thursday.
“Grandmother Tahirah recently said, “The Elder is emergent from within you and without. When we talk about forgiving the unforgivable, there’s a life that’s lived through these ancestor lenses, and they have broken down certain walls, either through their action or just living. So how do we, the living, breathing ancestors from within, look at what needs to be forgiven? Do we continue to hold on to an old dispensation, or do we look at what that dispensation taught us through the ancestor voice or the ancestral wind?”
How We Work with You
The dream and vision
Meet our Original
Hoop of Elders
Together we implement ancient wisdom and evolutionary practices as we explore Essential Eldership, Forgiving the Unforgivable, and respond to the vital need for Individual and community healing.
Tahirah Abubakr
A renowned Elder and initiated Priestess in the Ifa tradition, Iya is a healer, teacher, storyteller, and shamanic practitioner. A great-grandmother, she believes elders are essential to help navigate and bridge the way for future generations.
Alda Glover
Daniel Ramos
Alda and Daniel work side by side as Clan Mother and Spiritual Elder of the Choctaw Muskogee Yamasee Nation. Together, they honor and preserve indigenous traditions and ceremonies to ensure the future of humanity and Earth.
Shelley Darling
An Evolutionary Dowser, Waterkeeper, and Heart Resonance Mentor, Shelley loves creating the space for individual and community connection to nurture and empower our sacred relationship to Earth and all life.
"I consider myself an Elder in training. Becoming an Elder is to integrate and understand the lessons. I'm listening to all the Elders. And by that, the lessons that the trees, the birds, the plants, the animals, the fish, and the stones have to teach us.
I'm grateful to be in a circle where there's information, intuition, knowledge, and wisdom."
Alda Glover, Choctaw Muscogee Yamasee Clan Mother