The opening session sets a course for healing historical and racialized trauma carried in the body and soul. You will explore the deeply experiential practices that inspire personal, cultural, and systemic transformation.
Module 2 introduces us to Somatic Abolitionism as a living, embodied anti-racist practice and cultural building that can help you heal racialized and intergenerational trauma from the inside out.
Your body has multiple intelligences that go beyond cognition and reasoning. Explore how we naturally pick up on a wide variety of energy flows that send signals to our nervous system.
Somatic Abolitionism is not something that can be achieved using tools. We must approach this work with play, exploration, and inquiry. Module 4 shows us how to tend to and condition our body to deal with white-body supremacy using the five cultural somatic toys.
You will explore the distinction between “clean pain,” the necessary discomfort that mends and heals, and “dirty pain,” the pain of avoidance, denial, and repeating harmful patterns with no intention of changing them.
You will explore how the virus of white-body supremacy lives in our nervous system and fractures into trauma as a result of historical, intergenerational, and institutional wounding passed down through generations.
Walk through practices and methods you can draw upon to ground and anchor yourself when you encounter resistance or disagreement in conversations about race.
Somatic Abolitionism requires action—including repeated individual and communal application. Learn how to build a communal container where you can practice this transformative work with others.
Resmaa Menakem leaves you with a special message on how this is not the end of this work. And, the continued study of Somatic Abolitionism is required to help you apply these concepts in connecting with your community.
Developing only an individual response to a communal horror is inadequate. We must develop communal understanding and a communal practice to overcome white-body supremacy. Here, Resmaa Menakem shares an urgent call for all of us to collectively, with other bodies, practice Somatic Abolitionism and create change for the better.
Resmaa Menakem engages Rev. angel Kyodo williams, esteemed Zen priest and recognized teacher in the Japanese Zen lineage, in an inspiring conversation about the spiritual social evolution and practices you can use to support your transformation.
Here, Resmaa Menakem talks with activist, author, and thought leader Nova Reid about how each of us can be the change we want to see in the world. They encourage us to courageously confront the charge of racism so we can heal trauma for ourselves and future generations.
This course is for anyone who wants to heal trauma through somatic practices and eliminate racial injustice from the inside out. These body-based and mindfulness practices can help you build presence and discernment in your body, settle your nervous system during the heat of conflict, and begin to heal personal and collective racialized trauma.
There is a palpable charge associated with race. This course is designed to help you work through that charge, so you can grow and begin to look at life through an expanded lens.
As you experience the embodied practices and processes of Somatic Abolitionism, you can build body intelligence and feel more settled and present when tough moments or tough conversations arise. Though what’s shared in this course is not meant to be (and cannot be) a quick fix, you will have lifetime access to the material, so you can come back to it as often as you wish.
This course was designed for all bodies of all colors.
Racialized trauma is a systemic issue that needs to be addressed by everyone, regardless of the body they were born into. We are all impacted by white-body supremacy. Resmaa works with diverse audiences around the world, and his method of teaching is inclusive to all peoples. Of course, you’ll likely confront uncomfortable emotions that can arise when doing this work. This course will help you build resilience around race and begin to work though racialized trauma–both for your own benefit and the benefit of future generations.
Racialized trauma impacts society as a whole, so it’s a great idea to team up with others and take this course as a group or community, if you can. We know that’s not always possible, so the course isn’t designed in a way that requires a group.
The individualistic norms of the United States can keep us thinking we need to do everything alone. But we don’t always heal alone–and sometimes it’s not possible to heal without the support of others. This course is a great opportunity to work through challenging internal issues while being held alongside others.
This course is available on-demand, so you can move through it at your own pace and on your own schedule. This kind of deep work requires more space and time than typical online courses, so the curriculum is available immediately upon purchase, and you can experience the course in a timeframe that works for you.
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