Description
Granddaughter Crow also Dr. Joy Gray, holds a doctorate in leadership. Internationally recognized as a medicine woman, she comes from a long line of spiritual leaders as a member of the Navajo Nation. She is an award-winning author with books translated into other languages. She is a bridge for wisdom and transformation between the Indigenous native worldview and modern Western worldview. More than that, she has dedicated her life to inspiring, encouraging, and empowering individuals to be their authentic selves. Granddaughter Crow is the daughter of Rev. Jackson Yazzie (1932-2023), a member of the Navajo Nation, and the Silent Generation. He was born in a hogan in Toadlena, New Mexico. His nalí is Táchii’nii (Red Running Into the Water People Clan); cheii is Hooghan Łání (Many Hogans Clan). Within his life, he experienced the boarding/residential school system, served in the Korean war, and graduated from seminary school, and went on to assist in translating the New Testament into the Navajo language. His ancestors were medicine people. Granddaughter Crow's grandmother (nálí) was known to be the "giver of names". She held Granddaughter Crow as a baby and named her “Tranquil Warrior” or “One Who Wars in a Tranquil Way”—this is her Navajo name.
Discover the Four Bodies of Existence—reshape your self-knowledge, empower your story, and embody a happier, healthier life
A revelatory guide and a vital invitation rooted in Indigenous wisdom from author Granddaughter Crow
What if our inner narrative—the conscious and subconscious story we tell ourselves about who we are and what we can accomplish—is wrong? What if we can better understand who we are, by listening more closely to what our entire beings are trying to teach us? And what if that new story can lead us to far more fulfilling futures?
That is the promise of Hozho: a frame-changing new book from internationally recognized medicine woman and leadership expert Granddaughter Crow (Joy Gray, PhD). Here, Granddaughter Crow teaches us how to examine and then improve our inner narratives by listening more closely to our Four Bodies Of Existence:
Our physical bodies—whose intelligence informs our survival instincts and our reflexes
Our hearts—whose emotions, built by our literal hearts and neurons, bond us to (or distance ourselves from) our communities
Our brains—which control our capacities for mindfulness and store our wisdom
Our souls—which represent our undeniable life-force that guides all we do
Granddaughter Crow teaches us to explore how each body shows up in our embodied experiences, works together, and operates on its own. Supplemented with journal prompts, reflections, and exercises, this work invites you into deeper awareness of your authentic story—and offers a lens to live into your most empowered and integrated self