Embody your political commitments through practice and power!

For our movements to succeed, we need to know more than what needs to change, we need to know how to change it. Embodied practice teaches us to transform.

How can embodied practice get us closer to our longings for freedom?

“The invitation to center within chaos, without pressure to find stillness, has been very important to my continued engagement in both organizing and healing.”

—Jae, Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizer.

Upcoming Event

Upcoming Event

How can somatics be integrated into our leadership? How can we make somatics scalable to meet the needs of a larger collective? What does embodied practice and personal transformation have to do with building stronger organizing and social movements?

This program is designed for people within social and environmental justice movements, including cultural organizers, staff, members, and activists. We also welcome politicized healers, facilitators, and other one-on-one practitioners who are looking to more effectively support movement leaders and organizations.

What happens when we bring our whole bodies—our wisdom, our patterns, our presence—into our leadership? What becomes possible for our movements when transformation isn’t just theoretical, but practiced? This two-weekend training is
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