Yuria Celidwen

Yuria Celidwen, PhD, springs from an Indigenous Maya and Nahua lineage of mystics, healers, and poets from the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. Her scholarship on Indigenous forms of contemplation examines transcendence and its embodiment in prosociality (reverence, ethics, compassion, awe, love, and sacredness). She calls this work the Indigenous “Ethics of Belonging” toward planetary flourishing rooted in honoring Life. She is a researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow at the Othering & Belonging Institute. www.yuriacelidwen.com

• Celidwen, Y. (2024) Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being. Sounds True.
• Celidwen, Y., & Keltner, D. (2023). Kin relationality and ecological belonging: A cultural psychology of Indigenous transcendence. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 994508. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.994508
• Celidwen, Y., et al. (2023). Ethical principles of traditional Indigenous medicine to guide western psychedelic research and practice. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, 18, 100410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lana.2022.100410
• “Of Seeds and Blood: Reemergence through Loving the World." By Yuria Celidwen – Rubin Museum of Art.” n.d. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://rubinmuseum.org.
• Celidwen, Yuria. 2022. " Why We Need Indigenous Wisdom." Mind & Life Institute, September 7, 2022.
• Natividad, Ivan. 2023. “Why Indigenous ‘Spirit Medicine’ Principles Must Be a Priority in Psychedelic Research.” Berkeley News. May 3, 2023.