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Aminah Jackson is an African American and Haitian Mexican American dancer, educator, and healing arts practitioner born in Los Angeles and raised between L.A. and Tucson, AZ. She holds a B.A. in African Studies with a Spanish Minor from Howard University, where her academic and cultural foundation deeply shaped her path.Trained at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, The Ailey School Summer Program, and Howard University, Aminah’s movement background spans traditional West African, Afro-Latin, Mexican Folklórico, jazz, ballet, tap, Flamenco, musical theatre, Hip-Hop, and the Horton, Dunham, and Graham techniques. She was a two-time dance intern with Ronald K. Brown’s EVIDENCE Dance Company and has taught Latin Social Dance at USC, LMU, and UCLA.Over the last decade, her focus has deepened in Afro-Latin and traditional forms including Salsa, Yoruba/Orisha, and Cuban Casino—dancing with the Afro-Cuban ensemble Ocandeniye and assisting world champion Jhesus Aponte. She remains a lifelong student of Sabar, Doudoumba, Lamba, Balanta, Haitian Yanvalou, and Caribbean dances like Merengue and Bachata.Aminah has facilitated 10+ retreat workshops in Puerto Rico and Dominica, including SOCANOMICS by Selena Watkins and Niambi Sala’s Sacred Slumber Party (OSHUN). As founder of OSUN-OLOGY Retreats—Afro-Sensuality Healing Retreat (Puerto Rico) and Decolonize the Pelvis Retreat (Jamaica)—she centers the liberation of Black and Brown women through somatic healing, energy work, EFT, mirror work, and breathwork.She offers private coaching, group programs, online courses, and global retreats designed to decolonize the body and restore the sacred.
