Listen in.
A healing song for your root chakra, while you peruse.
I am a vessel channeling a collective vision.
This isn’t about creating a brand or a company.
It’s about co-creating a community with Spirit.
Trinity Villanueva
purpose
Unlocking vital contributions
for our world by investing in
spacious awakening & liberatory journeys
for marginalized women*.
This purpose is fulfilled in community by:
Indigenized guidance (coaching & organizational consulting)
Sanctuaries (healing residencies)
Decolonized audio content and tools (podcast, music, art, cards)
…all with sensory methods, expressive arts, and alignment with nature.
*focused primarily on: 1st gen, Brown, Afro-Indigenous, Indigenous, Mestiza, Metis, Multi-racial, Queer, and/or Neurodiverse women. We will welcome transwomen and nonbinary individuals in the future. Currently, we are partnering with individuals who identify within those communities to ensure that we can hold a container when we are ready and truly capable.
Ka’apuni
Theory of
Change
Utilizing indigenous foundations, the idea of linear—whether in time, space, grief, modalities—is a construct.
Trinity Villanueva’s Theory of Change is cyclical and not straightforward.
Ka’apuni translates to surround, travel around the world, rotate, revolve, circuit, or revolution.
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In order to contribute to the vitalization of a harmonious and balanced spiritual and physical ecosystem (lokahi), I will lead from the core of my kuleana (responsibility & calling) as a vessel for healing and divine awakener, to co-create an essential ecosystem for the liberation of Afro-Indigenous, Indigenous, and Mestiza women.
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Our current world is rooted in a capitalistic, patriarchal, classist, and colonialist structure that encourages miseducation, political polarization, misogyny, consumerism, and more. These are inherently damaging to women of color who are marginalized in multiple ways through intersectional identity.
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Women* are of Mother Nature and Divine Spirit. When our wombs reproduce, our epigenetic trauma and resilience are carried throughout generations. Our souls continuously are impacted, our physical bodies displaced, and violence ensues from white supremacy culture. Cycles of generational trauma and patterns are an immense amount of work, as our collective power continues to be stripped away purposefully for thousands of years.
*In this specific case, Spirit and I are referring to cisgender women, albeit all women are of Divine Spirit. However, Spirit has made a note on cisgender women's wombs. There is an additional care needed for transwomen and gender-affirming transwomen that is not in my kuleana at the moment. Equity leads my work, and I am extremely cautious, especially in working with many transwomen throughout the years and being deeply tied into their communities.
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There is a liberation that must be guided in order to fully awaken. It is our time to heal, so that we may have the strength to build on the foundations of our ancestors. We will collectively reclaim our birthright by remembering our power.
Continue reading below for the rest of the supplemental attachments all in digital format or downloadable at the end.
Below are some of the clients I have worked alongside. Some of these organizations I was at one point proud to have worked alongside or within, especially because I gave it my all. In retrospect, most, not all, of these places were deeply harmful, stole my ideas, exploited me, underpaid me, or were not transparent about the work that needed to be done. 
In 2020, the world as we know it changed. Some of us paid attention. I started to heal Self through grief. When the nature spirits held me, the concept of Diwa Soul was born.
Aloha e NDN Collective,
‘O Trinity Liwayway Akua Melalani ko’u inoa.
‘O Lenapehoking ku’u kulāiwi.
‘O Hoye Crest ku’u mauna.
‘O Piscataway ku’u ‘aina.
‘O Patapsco ku’u wai.
Ola loa!
greeting in ‘olelo Hawaii
My blessed names are Trinity Liwayway Akua and Melelani. The land I was born in is of the Lenape people (New Jersey). The land I’m currently living on is the Piscataway lands (Maryland) and the highest peak is the mountain of Hoye Crest. My freshwater source that’s closest is the Patapsco River.
Many of us
are living outside
of our purpose
I know
because
I was
and I can feel it all around me every single day now.
When you’re solely surviving, being is a luxury.
I was there for the first 36 years of my life.
I thought I was ‘woke’ and socially conscious, but I was deeply colonized.
Absorbing so much as truth without question.
I learned how to masterfully mask poverty, mania, and imbalanced habits.
I was in a constant state of survival.
Add on…
external opposing forces
deep self-hatred
low self-esteem
white supremacy culture
hustle culture
social media culture
and just being constantly marginalized.
It takes a type of flow to understand who you truly are.
If you are surviving or have never been modeled what living in your purpose looks or feels like…
How would you know?
Especially if your mind-body-spirit was too cloudy to remember?
My calling is about getting to the soul of what needs to be reckoned with—
for Indigenous women.
I understand that in order to be my best self—
I had to heal to awaken.
It is our birthright.
I’m co-creating
a community with Spirit
100% Black Indigenous People of Color
women, trans, non-binary, queer
88% multilingual, first gen
Im/migrants, descendants of enslaved peoples
parents, caretakers, guardians
survivors of genocide and trauma
healers, disruptors, innovators, visionaries, storytellers, guides
Ecosystem
This page can also be found in the Business Plan (draft) where the link is at the end of this private link.
Growing community of Guides
in the US and beyond
of people who believe
in this purpose and
are ready to get started.
Many are not even listed.
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Adrienne Benjamin (she/her)
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Alexa Rodriguez (she/ella)
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Antoinette Placides (she/siya/elle)
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Batara Gat Baya (siya)
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Dr. Erika Powell (she/ella)
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Evelyn Ojeda (she/ella)
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Jacqueline Horani (she/her)
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Jen McClain (she/ella)
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JosyAnne Roche (she/elle)
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Kane Shimabukuro (he/him)
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Kaye Namba (she/her)
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Lakan Abang Nagsalad (he/siya)
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Lola Fayemi (she/her)
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Ray Yang (they/them)
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Sara Farooqi (she/her)
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Solène (she/elle/ella)
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Vivian Padua (she/siya)
My Kuleana
Values guide the work.
I’m intentional in who my clients are,
who I bring into the space,
how the work is approached, how decisions are collectively made,
how the energy is utilized.
Always aiming to create a curious, safe, and reciprocal space for all involved.
Why invest in the healing of Afro-Indigenous, Indigenous, Mestiza women?
Are people doing this? How is this different?
Indigenous women
constitute about 10%
of the population in the United States
according to the 2020 census and is growing
This means a tenth of our population
has been severely harmed
on their lands and suffering
the generational effects of colonialism and genocide
Their wombs are harmed
Much of their trauma is going unchecked
These are the mothers and future mothers
of our current and future generations
These are our
culture bearers
We have been forcefully detached from
our identities, our land and
our power
Yes, people are already
doing some of this work
But for whom?
And led by whom?
All of the major retreats
and healing places are being led
by white healing practitioners
or men practitioners
A speck of the major healing retreats
are founded and led by
or even geared fully for Indigenous women
The major retreats
are not accessible for marginalized groups
which will cause
continued violence and exclusion
for Afro-Indigenous, Indigenous, & Mestiza women
Almost all retreat centers, if not all, are
ephemeral
There is this idea that a fleeting process
may heal us of certain things
But it will not get to the root
Healing processes take years
Or an entire generation, if done properly
With Diwa Soul, the process would start with at least 6 months
And the culmination would be in-person at a
healing retreat
Then there would be a follow up and an application afterwards
Disrupt. Invest. Wake. Apply.
This rooted mindset sets us apart from the others.
Within Indigenous bodies, there are innate qualities
that tie us into the gifts
that nature spirits have given us.
Our purposes are to
bring our
collective power
to balance the masculine energies
that have been the ruling voice as we know it.
But we must heal from the generational trauma,
not just for ourselves, but for the
future generations
To be clear.
If Indigenous women do not heal,
we will continue to perpetuate the abuse, violence, and exploitation.
The goal is not to win capitalism.
The goal is to HEAL from it.
When I was first called to my gifts,
I ignored the call.
I then became very, very ill.
Mentally, physically, emotionally.
For decades.
It wasn’t until my father passed away
when I started to inch back to my purpose.
That was when becoming a shaman,
a Babaylan,
became a magnet.
The gifts started to pour in.
And I became a vessel for healing.
A vessel for change.
The purpose became clear.
What do most people do to heal?
They get away.
It’s seen as a band-aid fix but not in getting to the root problem.
And many times, we don’t.
Many can’t even afford these types of healing retreats.
Or even our own holistic methods that have been
stolen being sold back to us.
And even if we got away, this only means
that we return
back to the problems
instead why not
take our collective ways of grieving and celebrating
and start to collectively heal?
If we don’t take back our power, when will be the right time?
As a woman cycles in, out, and through
the stages of grief towards acceptance
and awakening within her healing,
she will feel alive.
As time is felt cyclically in nature and spiritually,
I have a cyclical process
specifically for decolonizing, healing, and awakening.
steps can be used as needed
It’s time to
Transmute the
Sacred Rage
Refer to Ka’apuni Healing & Awakening below.
the How
channeled Gifts
Continue to the descriptions below to see what’s already being built.
The podcast was created to remember, celebrate, and grief in kapwa (community). Follow Trinity Liway’s journey as she begins with her Filipina identity, as a Babaylan, meeting with other Pilipinx around the globe to speak on soul-deep discussions. She is unapologetically coming out of her spiritual closet after being raised in a deeply Evangelical family and Catholic cultures.
Diwa Soul Sessions is a way to publicly acknowledge the purpose and vision of Diwa Soul overall, as well as allow Trinity to make connections with other BIPOC led organizations around the country. She will continue with her Filipina identity, and plans to continue to learn more as she researches and travels for Diwa Soul within her Taíno and Hawaiian identities as well. She began with her Filipina identity, because this is what she knows the least.
Healing Music
After the podcast launched, shortly thereafter, listeners have asked who created the theme song for the podcast. Trinity launched an idea that she’s been reflecting in…
Creating music specifically for healing different chakras when misaligned. The theme song was used with tuning forks and her own voice multiplied to create an a cappella choir. She was heavily inspired by India Arie and Beautiful Chorus who create a very similar style in music. This could potentially grow into passive income and enough songs to produce multiple albums, especially since Trinity is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. She will utilize indigenous instruments such as the ipu pictured in the logo, a Hawaiian gourd (a vessel).
A piece of the vision is to co-create an equitable ecosystem.
Through all the walks of Trinity’s life, she is leading in the only way she knows how, by bringing together community. Diwa Soul is to ensure a stronger and more enhanced community for all individuals who become a part of it. Each individual within the Kapwa brings a diverse set of perspectives and identities that speak to the soul.
Free:Newsletter Diwa Soul Flow and our podcast Diwa Soul Sessions (see podcast above)Guide books will also continue to be created.
Low-cost: Sessions are donation-based healing sessions.Trinity is currently working on healing music to be available on all digital music platforms by mid-July with singles dropping when Spirit moves her. She has begun what she can afford through TuneCore. (See Healing Music above)She is also collaborating with various Indigenous artists to create a cross between a book and a deck of cards for decolonized healing.
Paid:Coaching/healing is on a sliding scale with the starting point for incomes of $75,000 and up a year. If it is less, a conversation will be had to discuss the way the energy exchange will be fulfilled appropriately.
the Dream
Read more within the business plan and the Holistic model to learn more about the Diwa Soul Decolonized Healing Program and Retreats (more recently reformatted to reflect Diwa Soul Sanctuaries - Healing Residencies), along with the potential to create an entire brand (community) around healing tools, supporting local Indigenous artists and communities to be reinvested in, not to save or to profit off of —but to amplify and uplift with an online shop or even one day a brick and mortar or just pop-ups called Lana.
Listen or Read.
As I turn in my application materials, here’s the first/last attachment to read or listen to. Link here to read.