Queen Hollins

My name is Queen Hollins and I am an elder queer Black Indigenous healer and the Founder and Cultural Director of the Earthlodge Center for Transformation (the Earthlodge).

My work centers those who struggle with mental, emotional, and spiritual health issues such as PTSD, abuse, depression, bipolar and anxiety. Earth medicine gently interrupts the trauma and crisis, providing an opening for rebalance and harmony. Rooted in Mississippi tradition, I came to understand that the legacy of African American indigenous healing practices that I inherited from my grandmother could be adapted to serve urban communities by putting them in direct contact with the earth (land, trees, nature, ocean) and building a relationship with nature.

Earth Lodge is informed by my long held ties with many Black cultural and spiritual organizations throughout the Los Angeles community including the African Cultural Center of Long Beach; Baba Dadisi Sanyike, founder of Dembebrah (West African Dance); South Bay Community Care; Dignity and Power Now; Black Women for Wellness; United Lesbians of African Heritage (ULOAH); Afrikan Study (ASCAT); Black Gnostics Studies with Dr. Alfred Legon; the Aquarian Spiritual Center; Black Lesbians United; Black Health Equity Collaborative (BHEC); Southern California Black Worker Hub; Solidarity Yaad Farms; Espejos Farms; Women’s Ontario Drum Camp; the Youth Justice Coalition, and my Black liberation and healing justice work in jails, conferences, festivals, detention centers and schools to spread culture, ritual dance, performance, and Earth medicine.

Contact me through earthlodgecenter.org