BLACK OCTOPUS SOCIETY

Course

Embodied Somatic Abolitionism Cohort Consultations (ESA-CC)

Racialized Trauma and The Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Session

White/White Passing Bodies

DATE

November 1

Guides

Resmaa Menakem

PREREQUISITE

Foundations in Embodied Somatic Abolitionism (FESA) or Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism

About

Each session is a one-hour communal journey of healing and practice.

Cohort Consultations are open to all bodies – visibly melanated bodies of culture, black bodies, white bodies, women, queer, trans, men, and non-binary bodies. We intend for this to be an inclusive space and wish for all bodies to feel welcome and nourished.

Our time together will introduce participants to an embodied understanding of how personal, collective, cultural and historical traumas and resources have impacted our individual and communal bodies. We will work with how and where traumas and resources shape our experience with one another, as well as our capacity to heal and return to our birthright state of embodied wisdom, connection, and wholeness. YOU ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, and you deserve to know that in your bones.

There is a reparative nature to these cohort consultations for bodies. Reparative has meaning on multiple levels. First, creating healing pathways of support to address the proactive and continuous injuries done by white body supremacy. Second, these reparations can move in a spiral like fashion in time, possibly repairing the impact of white body supremacy on our ancestors and on generations to come.

As our ancestor Nelson Mandela stated: “We don’t lose, we either win or we learn.”

LEARN

Cohort Consultations are a place to ask questions and figure out how to apply the principles of Somatic Abolitionism to specific instances of growth and restriction. 

SCHEDULE

November 1

10:00 – 11:00 AM Central

White/White Passing Bodies

$350
$ 175
  • Cohort Consultations are a place to ask questions and figure out how to apply the principles of Somatic Abolitionism to specific instances of growth and restriction.

INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION

Individual consultation sessions with Resmaa are available as an add-on for $475 per hour.
These can be added after you first select a registration option above.

QUESTIONS

Need more information on individual consultation sessions or want to learn more about our sliding tuition options?​