Amaris Vitae

I’m Here to Liberate

I don’t have a title anymore, and I’ve stopped trying to find one that fits. The inspiration that wakes me up in the morning was never meant to be contained by a job description. The skills I carry, the things I’ve learned, lived, and healed through, were always meant to be exchanged in a system of mutual support and community: within an exchange, rather than the individualistic, hierarchical, and transactional ways of living we’ve been conditioned to accept.

For years, I tried to pick one version of myself, attempting to wear just one hat until retirement, because that’s what we’re told we’re supposed to do. I was supposed to choose: musician, writer, human rights consultant, Reiki master, minister, or DJ. Dividing myself up that way, leaving parts of myself at the door depending on who I needed to be, was exhausting in ways I couldn’t name until recently.It wasn’t until I stopped trying to conform that I started to remember something my body had known all along. When I look at indigenous and ancestral ways of being, what I see is this: we were never meant to be linear. During our ancestors’ existence, everyone had something to give, and receiving was just as sacred as giving. We moved in circles, not straight lines, and every part of a person was welcome in the circle.

This understanding lives at the core of who I am and how I move through the world. My name is @theauragrio, and A.U.R.A. is my algorithm. It stands for something simple but true: I tell stories through music and writing, and I am changed by the stories you tell me and how they affect me and the world around us. This is an exchange, a sharing of stories, a showing and sharing of love. I come from a long line of ministers, musicians, and storytellers. Before my family’s history was disrupted by colonialism, we were griots. We were the ones who combined spirituality, music, and dance to tell the stories and experiences of our ancestors. That lineage runs through me still. We all play a part, and our stories weave together into a tapestry of hope, resilience, innovation, and care for community.

So here I am now, a musician, writer, lover, human rights consultant, Reiki master, minister, mystic, dog companion, raver, DJ, human experience advocate, meditation facilitator, dancer, activist. Someone who has sat with his own exhaustion, his own past lives and mistakes, his own questions in the dark, and is still here, learning and trying to understand himself.

Liberation starts with listening. In the quiet moments when you’re alone, what does your body ask you? What does your mind whisper when no one else is around? Are you taking care of yourself in the ways that actually matter? Are you carrying versions of yourself that you outgrew years ago? What are you willing to let go of to finally live on your own terms?

We are living through the end of colonialism, patriarchy, and imperialism. These systems shaped everything about how we’re supposed to live in this modern world, and they’re nearing the end of their cycles. What comes next will ask something different from us. It will ask us to be intuitive when we’ve been trained to be logical, to be kind when we’ve been trained to be competitive, to be creative as a means of not merely surviving, but thriving. Creativity helps us to be resilient. Creativity helps us to imagine new ways of living, not just for ourselves but for generations to come.

That’s what I’m here for. I’m here to use everything I am, every skill I’ve gathered, and every resource that’s passed through my hands to encourage people like you to find your creative path. I’m here to work alongside others who believe the same thing: that we can build a world where people don’t have to choose between their life’s inspiration and their survival.

Abundance has never been about having more than everybody else. Abundance means everyone has enough.

If you’re tired of splitting yourself into pieces, ready to listen to what your body and mind have been trying to tell you, and create on your own terms and call that a life worth living, I’m here. It would be my genuine honor to walk with you.

Exchangable Resources

What I offer cannot be measured by currency alone. In a world moving toward circular economies, mutual aid, and exchange-based living, these are the resources I carry with me. They are mine to share, and sharing them does not diminish them. This is how abundance works.

Abundance has never meant having more than everybody else. Abundance means everyone has everything they need. I am here to participate in that reality, not just imagine it.

Secular Mysticism and Spirituality + Healing
Organizing and Strategy
Music and Sound
Human Rights, Change, and Innovation

These resources are available through direct exchange, timebanking, barter, or mutually agreed upon terms. I believe that money is one form of exchange, but it is not the only form. If you have a need and I have a resource, we can find a way.

If something here speaks to you, let’s talk. We’ll figure it out together.

The Importance of Intersectionality

Colonialism, patriarchy, and imperialism thrive on separation—dividing mind from body, art from healing, spirit from strategy. These systems create hierarchies and silos that disconnect us from ourselves and each other.

The life I lead through Amaris Vitae inspires me to reject these divisions. For me, intersectionality looks like blending music, mental health, and movement because I know that healing isn’t just talk—it lives in rhythm and the body. In our work together, this might look like co-creating playlists for emotional regulation or using breath and sound to release what words alone cannot reach. It looks like integrating Reiki into organizational strategy sessions, because burnout is the enemy of sustainable movements—tending your energy is tending your impact. It looks like applying kaizen principles to spiritual practice, breaking down big existential questions into small, continuous experiments in living more authentically. It looks like human rights consulting that begins with body-based awareness, because we cannot liberate structures we are disconnected from experiencing.

This is what our ancestors knew: the healer was also the drummer. The strategist was also the storyteller. Skills were not ranked or isolated—they were exchanged in the community.

Living intersectionally chips away at oppressive structures by refusing their categories. When sound becomes healing, and organizing becomes spiritual practice, hierarchies collapse. There is no “higher” or “lower” skill—only what each person carries and what the community needs.