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About me
Dr. Lushanya is a professional educator, alternative practitioner and spiritual teacher. She is a teacher of indigenous stories and a trauma worker helping women and children heal deep-rooted psychological effects of intergenerational trauma. Lushanya is trained in cranial sacral therapy, shamanic soul retrieval, and a steward and facilitator of sacred ceremonies.
An enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, Lushanya was gifted the heritage of her people and commits her healing work to dismantling systemic paradigms that alienate, marginalize, and subdue the traumatic effects of Western colonization in the Americas.
Dr. Echeverria specializes in organizational development to cultivate cultures of connection using Indigenous practice and pedagogy. She specializes in Indigenous storytelling to address childhood onset trauma, psychological effects of trauma stewardship, and women’s leadership development.
Dr. Echeverria is the director of educational programming for Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, a spiritual retreat center sharing the practices, beliefs, and ceremonies of her Lakota heritage. Her spiritual upbringing is in her Lakota heritage and matriarchal-focused ceremonies, and her personal healing including central and south American traditions.