Reading a selection which begins, Our grief is an ocean of tears.... from my book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life persona…

Reading an unpublished poem for those affected by oppression fire and wildfire, which begins with, It hurts in your body where your bedroom was. We hold you there.... All of my books are available at…

Reading an unpublished prayer poem which begins with, A Golden sky.... All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajohn.com. Birthing Life personal…

Reading from a selection that ends with, Spark life.... from my book, All These Rivers and You Chose Love. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from j…

Sacred Conversation with J.S. Park, hospital chaplain and author of the astoundingly profound and beautifully poetic book, As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve. For many months, I have been exci…

Reading a selection entitled, Love is Life.... from my book, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volume Two.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may order in bulk from jaiyajoh…

In this emotionally fertile Sacred Conversation with Nova Reid, producer, writer, speaker, and author of the book, The Good Ally, we commune over the vital importance for Black Women (and marginalize…

Reading a selection that begins with, Maybe Love is not the problem.... from my book, All These Rivers and You Chose Love.  All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Wholesalers may ord…

My soul brother Yohance Maqubela, who is a true community Baba and revolutionary Teacher, and son of our fiery, Loving ancestor, the singular Dick Gregory, joins me to discuss my new books, We Birth …

A book conversation with esteemed soul worker, mystic, ancestor emissary, and bestselling author, Layla F. Saad, as we discuss my new books, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Volumes One and Two. Together, w…

Reading my new meditative chant poem, Thunder. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing directly from the author) and at booksellers worldwide. Audiobooks, eBooks, boo…

Special book launch episode. Reading from my new two-volume book We Birth Freedom at Dawn, which will be released this Thursday, September 26, 2024.

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This flavorful, soulfully seasoned Sacred Conversation between two Albuquerque-born New Mexicans, Lalah Delia and myself, was a joyful trip down memory lane, nostalgia, and our longing for open mesas…

Reading the selection beginning with, your soul floating endless grace...., from my book All These Rivers and You Chose Love. All of my books are available at jaiyajohn.com (thank you for purchasing …

My conversation with Palestinian filmmaker, director, writer, and teacher Rolla Selbak was an exchange of sweet and saltwater tides. I cried. Then she cried. Then I cried. And she cried. It was ocean…

I genuinely enjoyed my Sacred Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Mullan, PsyD., creator of Decolonizing Therapy: a psychological evolution that weaves together political, ancestral, therapeutic, and glob…

*LIVE RECORDING. I wrote and delivered this poem, The Beautiful Ones Have Changed to Light, in honor of the martyred poets and writers of Gaza and Falesteen as part of the first ever Los Angeles read…

*LIVE RECORDING. Reciting a poem on Indigenous healing ways for the Presidential Opening Session of the American Psychological Association National Convention, Washington, D.C., August 3, 2023. 10,00…

Reading (and playing piano accompaniment) Harvest, a ceremony piece that will be newly included in the upcoming revised edition of my book, Father to Son: Ode to Our Black Young. All of my books are …

My heart was deeply moved by this quiet, heartful conversation with Cole Arthur Riley, creator and curator of Black Liturgies (a project of The Center for Dignity and Contemplation), and author of th…