Kabir Hypollite

KABIR HYPOLITE is an African American single father, spiritualist, historian, writer, poet, artist, public health advocate, gay activist and humanitarian.  He has been a student of eastern spirituality and indigenous practices since 1990.  Kabir began his practice in San Francisco while serving as the Client Services Director of the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in the middle of the HIV/AIDS crisis.  Since then he has participated in many silent BIPOC retreats and day-longs and was a member of Spirit Rock’s CDL6 program prior to its disruption by COVID-19.  Kabir is also a graduate of the East Bay Meditation Center, Practices In Transformative Action (PITA) program.  He first became involved with PAAP as a participant on the original DeepTimeLiberation retreat in 2018, which proved to be personally transformative.  HIs practice focuses on ancestral healing and personal transformation. Kabir also enjoys practicing Native American flute and West African Djembe.  He lives in Oakland, California with his eighteen year old son, Hanif.