Root Salve is dedicated to the radical healing of folx in black and brown bodies. We elevate the embodiment of holistic wellness through radical authenticity and collective healing. Traditional approaches to wellness tend to embrace the medical model, one that is hyper-individualistic, primarily focused on the absence of disease, and advances epistemic violence. Our perspective is rooted in social justice, conscientization, and radical liberation. We acknowledge that our communities require individual and collective acts of resistance as we heal, love, and play. We recognize that narratives of strength, grit, and resiliency often serve to perpetuate capitalistic exploitation and that our communities deserve peace, rest, joy, and ease. We embrace the following guiding principles: