Majorr Smith is the creator of both Healing Hause and Choosetarian, two movements that bring about healing through sound baths and holistic health teachings in Los Angeles and worldwide. The inspiration behind these initiatives was her own complicated background, which taught her that everyone, in their own way, wants and needs to heal.
“My mother was never a part of the picture at all, and I don’t have a relationship with my father,” Major revealed in an exclusive interview.
Unbeknownst to her, she’d later go down a path toward yoga and meditation where breath would become a central aspect of maintaining her mental health.
In between her upbringing and her enlightenment, she studied at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, coordinated events at Soho House’s NYC Meatpacking District location – including curating music-line ups of Black artists who, in turn, brought more Black members to Soho House – and worked as a DJ.
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“When I was DJing for Justine Skye, [a company named] Fruits N’ Rootz would send [Justine] packages of tropical fruit and seamoss and she let me go through it. I started to teach myself about herbs and using plants as medicine, and healing from the inside out,” she explained.
As Majorr traversed further down this path, she found singing bowls, which offer sound therapy and the relief and/or elimination of stress and toxins from the body. Compounded by receiving her holistic health coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (2020), Majorr developed a specific and deep understanding of her role in improving the lives of communities around the world.
“Any resource I have, I extend to my tribe if it’s going to elevate them in any way. That’s just fully indicative of my role in this society,” Major explained.
Healing Hause is a significant method of this purpose. Through pop-up events, Majorr leads sound baths and meditations often supplemented by aromatherapy.
“Healing Hause is a culmination of what I went through during my years in Orlando. We have to go through murky waters, and it can get really dark before we reach bliss. In those dark times, we’re able to do it together as a unit. That’s what the movement of Healing Hause is cultivating.”
Majorr’s second movement, Choosetarian, is a direct response to the many different diets and lifestyles that can often overwhelm someone on their path toward learning what health looks like for themself.
“Vegans, vegetarians, pescatarians – these are labels and you’re confined and defined under this label. But there’s not a one-size fits all approach to health. Pay attention to how your body feels after you eat. Choose the things that make you feel good,” Majorr suggested.
Through a complex childhood and an affirming adulthood, Majorr understood the impact that healing modalities can have on various underserved communities.
“I was a part of [the Black community] in a low vibrational way. But now that I know what anxiety is, what depression is. I have an understanding. I am able to reach back and say, ‘hey, there’s actually something for that’ and it’s not always [a pharmaceutical drug],” she advised.
“As we evolve, as a collective, it is absolutely important that we are exposed to different ways of navigating life and healing.”
