This talk will support a framework for living a more embodied, balanced, and antiracist life, becoming a more involved global community member, strong ally, and co-conspirator. Becoming an embodied antiracist requires that we understand ourselves as racialized beings, no matter what race or ethnicity.
We’ll use Francesca’s “all my relations” Indigenous lens to demystify “rugged individualism” and explore and deepen our natural interconnectedness. We’ll invite curiosity around our own felt sense and bodily responses to conversations around race while learning supportive ways to stay in the conversation with equanimity, openness, and balance by leveraging basic somatic nervous system regulation techniques. We’ll explore ethical principles and frameworks, look at racialized trauma and shame as a moral injury, and why processing and metabolizing intergenerational grief through collective mourning is critical to healing and shared liberation.
A yogi stands on the battlefield of an impending conflict. He can see in the faces of his compatriots and rivals the inevitable history that's brought them there. He can see that friends and villains alike need care, support, resources, and autonomy. He knows the earth cannot provide for every de...
When the illusion of certainty and control is taken from us, we can learn ways to face fear, to grieve, to transform and to heal. Let’s not be overwhelmed and reactive, or shut down and numb challenging feelings or be disturbed by intrusive thought. Let’s embark on a courageous journey of explora...
In this talk, we will examine universal therapeutic qualities and techniques for healing; and how those methods may need to be addressed through a multicultural lens to explore the balance of power and privilege. We will identify the contribution of various multicultural healing practices in w...
