Sh8peshift Society is a sacred return—dedicated to preserving land as a living altar for healing and collective stewardship. Rooted in rematriation, we welcome all who are called to reconnect with the Earth, heal ancestral wounds, and reclaim their rightful place in relationship with the land. Through collective healing, we fall back into the rhythms of the earth, restore what was stolen, and reimagine liberation—not as a distant dream, but as a way of life.
We Are Displaced, But Not Disconnected
As Afro-Indigenous descendants carrying the mitochondrial DNA of the first humans to walk the planet, we have been systematically excluded from indigeneity—even as borders, colonization, and the transatlantic slave trade tore us from our ancestral lands and oppressed us across the Americas. Our founding stewards, Black women from California (once part of Mexico), reject the labels that lock us out of investment structures designed for “indigenous women”, we join a grand migration of rematriation not with privilege, but in service, repairing the sacred lineages of the countless who came before us.
BIRTHRIGHT WELLNESS
Healing is the central pillar of our practice, existing alongside co-living and land stewardship. As a regenerative community, we serve not only those who reside with us, but also the local and global community through accessible, cutting-edge wellness and integrated medicine.
Born in response to the growing lack of accessible, culturally rooted healthcare. We bring together indigenous healing modalities, detox protocols, Chinese medicine with certified doctors, including fertility treatments, longevity interventions and biohacking.
COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP MODEL
Membership in Sh8peshift Society isn't a subscription—it's an intention towards building trust and reciprocal power. Whether you stand with us in person, as a founding steward, anchor your presence for a season, or tend to this work from the digital realm, you are not a user. You are part of our eco-village. Below are the four portals of belonging. Choose your edge of entry.
ANCHOR STEWARDS
Reside up to 20 weeks/year through fractional ownership. Shape governance and decision-making.
COMMUNITY STEWARDS
Choose from short, medium, or extended stays. Receive access to a 10-month calendar of masterclasses, retreats, sabbaticals, artist residencies, and permaculture programming.
PRACTITIONER STEWARDS
Host 1–2 retreats per year for up to 3 years. Contribute to the investment pool and gain a stake in the eco-village.
ONLINE WELLNESS APOTHECARY
Virtual membership bridging ancestral plant medicine with modern holistic healing. Members receive handcrafted wellness kits, herbal remedies, eco-friendly goods, community art, and virtual courses. All offerings integrate Eastern medical traditions, guided detoxes, biohacking modalities, and energetic healing practices, honoring both ancient wisdom and science.
VALUES
SUSTAINABILITY
Regenerative farming, permaculture, and sustainable building for a resilient ecosystem.
STEWARDSHIP
Distributed, collective ownership of resources, land, and decision-making.
RESTORATION
Acknowledge and address harm inflicted on BIPOC communities through colonization and environmental exploitation.
HEALING
Trauma-informed wellness through afro-indigenous nature-based practices.
FOUNDING STEWARDS
Zakiya Harris
is a futurist, educator, and creative entrepreneur with over 2 decades of experience bridging culture, cosmology, and community. She’s the founder of Sh8peshift Society, co-founder of multiple non profits and Lead Vision & Strategy Steward at BlacSpace Cooperative. An author, podcast host, artist, mother and IFA priest, Zakiya has called Mexico home for the past 4 ½ years. sh8peshiftyourlife.com
Vision & Strategy Steward
Mahasin Munir
is a holistic wellness practitioner and conscious community builder who guides others toward balance, alignment, and inner peace. With a grounding presence and deep reverence for spirit, she weaves ancestral wisdom with modern practices to create intentional spaces that nourish mind, body, and soul.
Operations Steward
Namonyah Soipan
is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine and shamanistic transpersonal psychologist with 30+ years of global healing experience. Founder of The Center of Sacred Dialogue in St. Thomas, she blends ancestral wisdom and Eastern medicine to guide deep truth-telling and embodied liberation. She currently splits her time between St. Thomas and Mexico. namonyah.com
Integrated Medicine Steward
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
5K
Together, our collective has served over 5,000 individuals through healing sessions, activations, workshops, retreats, and community offerings.
15+
Our practitioners have facilitated transformative work across 15+ countries, spanning Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe.
50+
Sh8peshift Society is built on over 50 years of combined experience in holistic health, ancestral healing, entrepreneurship, midwifery, spiritual coaching, and herbal medicine.
10+
From PhDs and Master’s degrees to certifications in acupuncture, trauma-informed coaching, doula care, and traditional medicine—our team brings deep interdisciplinary knowledge.
10K
Across one-on-one sessions, community rituals, plant medicine ceremonies, and educational offerings, our practitioners have collectively devoted over 10,000 hours to the work of spirit-led healing.
WHY MEXICO
Mexico is not simply a destination for us; it is a living crossroads of Afro-Indigenous history and belonging. The oldest civilization in Mexico, the Olmecs, were Black. Mexico ended chattel slavery before the United States and became a historic sanctuary for enslaved Africans. Today, Mexico is home to over 2.5 million Afro-Mexicans and a thriving Black diaspora from the US, Canada, UK, Nigeria, Haiti, Cuba, and across Latin America. Our proposed site is located hours from Mexico City Airport with affordable flights, a simple six-month visa for US citizens, and a lower cost of living. Mexico allows us to show up not as tourists or colonizers, but as global citizens—rooted in reverence for its rich culture, food, music, and history, and committed to collective stewardship, not extraction.
SEED THE VISION
Sh8peshift Society has identified multiple turn-key properties—former retreat centers in Morelos, Mexico—that hit every mark for our vision. Currently, we are raising $1M, with 20% already committed by our founding stewards. That covers acquisition, closing, startup, and a lean reserve.
We are seeking mission-aligned partners to bridge the rest, whether through tax-deductible donations or low-interest, impact-driven loans.
Consider making a tax-deductible contribution as a one time investment or reoccurring member.
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TAP IN
We invite you to invest in this vision as we birth Sh8peshift Society, Anáhuac Territory Morelos, México.
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