Our Team

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Tenesu’s Founder and Wellness Architect*

Alonzo “Zochi” Young is a pioneer, master teacher, consultant, author, and trauma/healing-centered facilitator. For over two decades, he sought answers to the question, “How do we evolve well?” Through observing, studying, and examining various cultures and healing modalities, definitive answers seemed elusive until he examined a key obstacle: the infrastructure and framework of imperialism and colonialism. He realized that healing is almost impossible in harmful conditions and environments. At best, we can provide triage. Our communities need safe spaces and infrastructure that reflect their sensibilities to heal; otherwise, efforts become akin to triage on a battlefield, where we are merely patched up and sent back to face the same micro-aggressions, stressors, and traumas. We need environments where we can lay down our burdens and recognize the armor and baggage we carry that keep us in a continuous state of stress and trauma. These legacy environments require a major shift away from invisible, weighted conditions that strip away our humanity and create division and separation. Yes, we are resilient people, but there is a cost.

With this understanding, Zochi began forming a strategic plan, which involved moving to Africa and reviewing and modifying his framework of teaching and being. This created a paradigm shift toward a more integrative and interdisciplinary process of teaching and learning. Thus is the origin story of Tenesu! And the vision for creating conditions for true healing to occur.

Certifications:

• Trauma / Healing Inform Praxis
• Positive Intelligence coaching 
• PEER Counselor (recovery & mental health)
• NADA Detox Specialist  
• Embodied Leadership Trainer and Coach 
• Conflict Resolution Facilitator 
• Non-Violent Communications Facilitator 
• Anger Management Facilitator 
• Mindfulness/Meditation Instructor
• CPR/First Aid 
• Collaborative Governance Infrastructures 
• Taiji for Arthritis & Diabetes Facilitator 
• Holds  Black Belts in Aikido & Tumufo Tu 
• Photographer and Multimedia Designer 

*Wellness Architect: One who designs infrastructure, brave environments, and programs for the holistic wellbeing of Communities