Arisika Razak is Professor Emerita at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where she also served as the director of the Women’s Spirituality MA and PhD program and as Director of Diversity. She has been an inner-city midwife for over two decades, has performed nationally and internationally as a spiritual dancer, and has led embodied healing workshops for over thirty-five years. She teaches at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland.

Please see below for Arisika's upcoming and ongoing events as well as recommended resources:

Afrikan Healing and Wisdom

With Vimalasara Mason-John, Arisika Razak, and Aleta Toure’ 

First Sundays at East Bay Meditation Center (online)

https://eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/online-afrikan-wisdom-and-healing-2-2-2/

Honoring the Past, Revisioning the Future: Afrikan Healing & Wisdom 

Taught by Vimalasara, Arisika Razak, and Aleta Toure’

In-person, Residential Retreat: February 5 - 8, 2026

https://www.dhammadena.org/retreats/Afrikan-Wisdom-Retreat-Feb-2026

Middle East Children’s Alliancehttps://www.mecaforpeace.org/

Crushing Wheelchairs (Film)https://wraphome.org/2025/11/03/crushing-wheelchairs-premiere-of-the-movie-in-the-sf-bay-area/

We discussed civil rights activism and growing up listening to Malcolm X in Harlem, midwifery and identifying connections between breath techniques used during labor and meditation, karma and the caste system, kinship and learning how to recognize those that are different than us as meaningful and integral to our shared sacred hoop, and the importance of remembering to trust that you have a life purpose and that you have your own path of heart.