For me and so many other Black folks, learning somatics that is rooted in spirituality and social justice - means we’ve had to piece together our education. To learn some things from a white practitioner, while recognizing that the full experience of embodiment wasn’t there. To put ourselves in spaces that invisibilize us, while stealing & profiting off of our cultural healing heritages, while making it financially inaccessible to us, and then have to transmute the harm and knowledge inside of ourselves to bring it to our communities.
And honestly, this is LABOR no one should be doing when they’re paying for certifications that are so, so, soooooo expensive.
True embodiment is knowing our connection to the Land, and to everyone else we share this earth with.
So embodiment or spirituality without abolition,
Or without homage to the Land,
Or without education on how oppressive systems have impacted Black and Brown people (as well as trans and queer folks) somatically,
…Is only recreating what’s keeping us away from true liberation.
That’s why I’m so, so excited to invite you to Liberation Practice Field! Where you’ll be learning from, not just me, but also 6 other guest speakers, who have devoted their lives to fighting for our communities.
Che Che Luna: Queer, trans, chicanx. A sex educator, movement and embodiment facilitator, and erotic art maker - on The Power Of Desire. Reclaim your body as a source of knowledge, pleasure, and agency.
Camille Sapara Barton: Writer, artist, and somatic practitioner, with teaching rooted in Black feminism and ecology. On The Power Of Tending Grief. They are the founder of the GEN Grief Toolkit – a collection of embodied grief rituals to support personal and community grief work.
Richie Reseda: formerly-incarcerated, abolitionist music and film producer, content creator, cultural organizer, and creative director. He produced the feature film, SONGS FROM THE HOLE. Richie will come to teach about his organizing history that started in prison. He has once said something I simply can’t ever forget: We’re taught that power is domination, but power is connection. His talk will be about exactly that: Power As Connection.
Artist, author and abolitionist Patrisse Cullors on Abolition As A Tool To Ignite Our Imagination. Re-member that abolition comes in 2 folds: the first one is to destroy the structures killing us and the Land (they’re not broken, they’re doing exactly what they’re supposed to!) and imagine new ways to relate to ourselves, each other and the Land. That’s what we’re doing in Liberation Practice Field, and Patrisse has been doing abolition work before I was even an adult lol.
Leah Manaema Avene: Researcher, educator, therapist, and many other roles, with bloodlines shaped the Pacific Ocean, the islands of Tuvalu, and Ireland. On The Soma as Land. Leah holds a position as Indigenous Pedagogy Lead, and their research focuses on Indigenous knowledge, language and art as holistic, integrative healing processes.
adrienne maree brown (yup you read me right!): adrienne maree brown (she/they) is growing a garden of healing ideas. Informed by 27 years of movement facilitation, somatics, science fiction scholarship and doula work, adrienne has nurtured Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, Radical Imagination and Loving Correction as ideas and practices for transformation. adrienne is the NYT-bestselling author/editor of several published texts, a ritual singer-songwriter, co-generator of the Lineages of Change Tarot Deck, and co-creator/host of How to Survive the End of the World podcast with Autumn Brown. adrienne’s latest book Loving Corrections is now available from AK Press.
adrienne will be in conversation with Care about liberation, pleasure, and sustainability in our movements.
And there are potentially more speakers i cant wait to share with you all !
Every single one of these facilitators has influenced my work in huge ways, and they’re not just inspiring, but have also brought about so much world-transforming change.
I know that you are going to gain lifelong tools and transformations from each one of these incredible folks who are contributing to your growth and healing in this collective.
And that’s on top of our:
Monthly calls (with lifetime access to the replays), support in your practice to integrate and deeply embody your values, and community of people engaged and doing the work alongside you!
PLUS 15% discounts on all my new workshops throughout the entire year (and I am always deepening my own work and being held by mentors and teachers while I hold you - so you will get to learn from the fruits of that).
And with payment plans and tiered, equitable pricing on an already affordable program,
If this is something you’ve been wanting but you’ve been on the fence about it,
I urge you to stretch yourself and answer the call. This will expand you (and our collective liberation) in every area of your life.
Here’s the link to get all the details about what’s included, and to join!
Care