LIVING BRIDGES
A Universe-ity for the Weavers of Ancestral Traditions & Modern Systems
“Good leaders lead. Great leaders heal.”
—Papalii Dr. Failautusi ‘Tusi’ Avegalio
living bridge (v.)
A (k)new responsibility for our bridging time between paradigms.
To be a living bridge is to become permeable, a threshold where worlds meet. Holding ancestral wisdom and modern systems, ceremony and strategy, reverence and transformation simultaneously, without collapsing either.
Living Bridges create walkways through which 10,000+ years of kinship intelligence re-roots in institutions designed for extraction, transforming them from the roots to the fruits.
This is a sacred responsibility (kuleana) not a “career”. The capacity to tend both what's dying and what's being born, so relationality evolves transactionality, and the future honors seven generations, is the main focus.
Translators. Weavers. Bridge-walkers. For those who are ready to expand ancestral consciousness into collective consciousness.
Guided by Etuaptmumk: Two-Eyed Seeing
Our work is rooted in Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing)—a Mi'kmaq principle articulated by Elder Albert Marshall and scientist Dr. Cheryl Bartlett, which teaches us to see from one eye with Indigenous ways of knowing and from the other with Western ways of knowing—using both together for the benefit of all.
This is the gift of multiple perspectives working in integrity: not blending or extracting, but honoring both ways of knowing as complete, strengthening each other when held in relationship.
With Living Bridges, Indigenous wisdom guides while Western science validates and amplifies. Together, both eyes create clarity and holistic vision, where solutions emerge that neither paradigm could reach alone: regenerative systems, kinship-based governance, and evolution.
We are building knowledge-systems interfaces that enable the perspectives to speak clearly to one another and unite in alliances and processes.
Meet Your Guides
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Kumu Ramsay Taum
Kanaka Maoli Elder
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Alejandrina Pedro Castañeda
Mazatec Elder
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Mindahi Bastida
Otomí-Toltec Elder
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Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook
Oglala Lakota Elder
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Chief Nixiwaka Biraci Yawanawa
Yawanawa Elder
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Damixi Geraldine Patrick Encina
Earth Timekeeper
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Papalii Dr. Failautusi Avegalio
Samoan Elder
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Rutendo Ngara
African Knowledge Systems
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Kahu Kalani Souza
Kanaka Maoli Elder
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Eimear Burke
Head of the Druid Order
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Ken Kitatani
Kannagara Elder
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Katsi Cook
Mohawk Midwife and Elder
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Paul Stamets
World’s Leading Mycologist
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Dr. Anita Sanchez
Nahua (Aztec) & Toltec Elder
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Dr. Nida Chenagtsang
Traditional Tibetan Medicine
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Charles Eisenstein
Author and Teacher
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Wakanyi Hoffman
Writer and African Indigenous Knowledge scholar & researcher
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Paltemai
Wixarika Elder
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Appolinaire Oussou Lio
Tolinou People, of Benin.
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Bunkwaney Maku
Arhuaco Mamo
How does it work?
Living Bridges is a training ground for the weavers of the emerging paradigm. Our intention is to learn to seamlessly translate and interface thousands of years of ancestral intelligence into modern systems transformation. Through Elder-guided learning, ecological technology and building a global community of 1,000+ practitioners, we're weaving the relational infrastructure for kinship-based systems to replace extraction as embodied practice across finance, policy, corporate, and cultural institutions.
Key components of the program:
Live Elder teachings from Otomí-Toltec, Kananka Maoli (Hawaiian), Lakota, Arhuaco, Mazatec, Hawaiian, Yawanawá, Wixárika and other Original Nations
Cultural Integration Sessions led by integrators/weavers after each Elder call, for questions, breakouts, and practical application
12-month cohort journey with ongoing access to all teachings, recorded videos, resources, and community networking.
Assigned practice groups (5-8 members) with accountability structures to ensure translation moves from concept to action
Two-Eyed Seeing methodology training—learning to hold Indigenous and Western ways of knowing together with integrity
Cosmology learning—comprehending spirit at the core of paradigm-shifting technology
Systems translator toolkit—processes and frameworks for embedding Indigenous governance into organizational design, policy, finance, and culture
Earth Credits—50% of revenue supports TEK center builds, Elder-led projects, sacred site protection, youth programs, and language revitalization
Global bioregional hubs—forming local communities of practice connected to the larger constellation of 1,000 weavers worldwide
Partnership network access—corridors to (re)Biz, Moon Dojo, RegenIntel, and other aligned communities
Ongoing community platform—Circle-based hub for peer support, resource sharing, project collaboration, and movement building
Accountability and integration—structured check-ins, cohort reflections, and Elder oversight ensuring this work roots in action, not just ideas
Note: Investment is non-refundable. When you join Living Bridges, you become part of a global movement with lifetime access to teachings, community, and the network of weavers building regenerative futures for seven generations.
Meet the Integration Team and Weavers
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Ryan (Ra) James Kemp
Founder of (re)Biz. Trailblazer at the intersection of cross-cultural worldview, wisdom and modern business
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Margherita Pagani
A bridge of ancestral traditions and modern systems to help leaders navigate Power, Purpose and Pain.
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Nina Kantcheva
A Senior Policy Adviser on IPLC Engagement for UNDP's Global Programme on Nature for Development Programme.
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Ivan Sawyer Garcia
A culture hacker and indigenous rights advocate supporting global projects.
Building the World's Largest Network of Weavers
Living Bridges is a global movement building the largest network of practitioners translating Indigenous intelligence into systems transformation. Together, we're creating infrastructure for regenerative governance, kinship-based economies, and futures worthy of seven generations—rooted in Two-Eyed Seeing, where Indigenous and Western knowledge systems strengthen each other.
10 Things That Set Us Apart:
1. Elder-Guided (Not Just Advised)
Indigenous Elders guide curriculum ensuring authenticity and integrity at every level.
2. Training Weavers, Not Just Skills
We cultivate your capacity to hold both worlds, ancestral wisdom and modern systems, translating between them with integrity. This is becoming the bridge, not just learning skills.
3. Two-Eyed Seeing as Core Methodology
Etuaptmumk isn't referenced—it's lived. Every session strengthens both Indigenous and Western ways of knowing working together.
4. Ceremony as Governance Technology
Ceremonial consciousness shifts our worldview, clears colonial patterns, and attunes to relational intelligence, the deepest infrastructure for paradigm transformation.
5. Global Network of 1,000+ Weavers
A constellation of practitioners across finance, policy, corporate, NGO, and grassroots sectors—reshaping systems from the inside out, together.
6. Cosmological Timing (Sixth Sun, 2026-2039)
Aligned with Mayan cosmology's transition from extraction (Fifth Sun) to kinship (Sixth Sun)—training translators for the bridging time between paradigms.
7. Earth Credits: 50% Funds Elder Projects
Your participation supports TEK centers, sacred site protection, youth programs, language revitalization, seed sovereignty, water stewardship, and biocultural conservation.
8. Uplifting Elder-Led Initiatives Globally
We showcase and resource Indigenous projects worldwide—from Otomí water governance to Samoan food sovereignty, Amazon protection to sacred site stewardship.
9. Linking, Not Scaling
We grow through partnerships (Voices of Emergence, Moon Dojo, and more)—building corridors, not silos. Mycelium, not empire.
10. Training for Institutional Transformation
We train practitioners embedding Indigenous governance into Fortune 500s, UN agencies, governments, and finance—reshaping the systems that shape our world.
Join 1,000+ weavers building regenerative futures. Support Elder-led projects. Become the bridge.
“What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today”
— Winona LaDuke