somatics

The following three documents were created in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and the Baltimore Uprising. Our intention is to assist communities who are rising up and fighting back against… Read More

A scholarly article on the impacts of sctivist burnout and the somatic work that can help to heal, sustain and empower. Read More

"Moving from race to culture is important, transformative, and takes work. A lot of work. I help people, communities, and organizations find strength in healing that is holistic and resilient.… Read More

An excerpt from Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good, written and edited by Adrienne Maree Brown about understanding embodied trauma and somatics. Read More

(Includes transcript of the podcast) Staci K. Haines, the founder of “Generative Somatics,” has integrated her extensive experience in both transforming individual and social trauma and in grassroots movements into… Read More

TRANSLATION as a method and practice for working with INCLUSIVE and PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED DANCE. The exercises and resources shared here are taken from many different places and peoples, histories and… Read More

In his last years, Brazilian writer and torture survivor Roberto Freire leads viewers and film-maker Nick Cooper into the world of Soma. Therapists and clients help show the exercises and… Read More

Useful article about actively checking in and working with boundaries, and honouring resistance, and fostering consent based care working with and as part of healing trauma. Read More