Traces of Home Impact Campaign

Harnessing the power of somatic practice to support movement building and cultural work of those on the front lines, online and everywhere in between.

Supporting displaced peoples, immigrants, children of immigrants, people of the diaspora, and all marginalized peoples to learn with the themes of the film, Traces of Home. Through interactive somatic workshops participants are supported to explore themes of belonging, shedding emotional walls and interrupting generations of trauma stored in the body through forced displacement.

What is Somatics?

Somatics is the study and practice of how we change.

An embodied practice of reclaiming our wholeness and integrity by resourcing collectively and individually. We are deeply complex beings that are often conditioned to protect ourselves from the world and each other. We are practicing capacity building so that we can show up with clarity and alignment to our relationships and movements.

Somatic practice consists of ancestral healing tools, utilized for thousands of years, this healing is done in community. There are many cultural threads that have informed the creation of this space, including lineages of:

Which can be traced back to the time of the Buddha 2000 years ago. Specifically, Tibetan practices of Chōd and Tonglen have informed some of the practices we will share.
Which map the movement of vital life-force energy (Prana) moves in the body. These practices originated in the Indus River Valley over 5,000 years ago
Which can be traced back to as far as 8,000 years in China
Indigenous shamanic practices called Soul Retrieval. Archeological evidence shows that these shamanic practices have been practiced in indigenous communities for over 40,000 years
Informed by the wisdom of Internal Family Systems, EMDR and other therapeutic modalities

Our Impact Campaign

Partner directly with organizers fighting for Palestinian Liberation, Immigrant Rights and mental health advocates. Strategize with partners, offer access to the film, and materially support screenings and workshops when we can.
Support organizers on the front lines of organizing and direct action, where families are in fear of displacement, deportation and the subsequent violences.
Plan a series of events featuring high-profile leaders from various movements in direct dialogue with prominent Palestinian, Latinx and Immigrant voices.
Emphasize shared struggles and opportunities for coalition-building.
Generate press, video clips, and quotes to cross-promote to our distinct audiences, broadening support for all.
Partner with organizations who work directly with the community and offer sliding scale screening and workshop fees, maximizing access to the film and workshop.
Use screenings, discussion and practice guides as an educational tool in high schools and universities.
Make screenings accessible to immigrants and children of the immigrant community, their families, and allies with free tickets, direct outreach, tabling to share resources, and the opportunity to fundraise.
Feature talk-backs with local speakers so audiences learn how to get involved with local initiatives.
Tailor our calls-to-action to support local campaigns and initiatives.

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Our Practitioners

Ro

Booking

Upcoming Offerings

Ro Grace (they/he) is a Brooklyn-based artist, organizer and somatic educator. Leading trainings and retreats across the country, Ro orients to Mindfulness, Somatics and Yoga with a liberatory lens. Guided by the belief that our collective liberation depends on our willingness to be moved, listen deeply, and remember who we are. To find out more about their work, visit rograce.com

Denim

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Somatic Alchemy (virtual) with Denim Chang on Zoom

1 hour

Through powerful resourcing and precision attunement, these sessions help you meet the challenges and complexities of developmental and intergenerational trauma, one small and doable piece at a time. in these sessions, we work with the power of nature, ancestors and deity to co-create conditions in the relational field for your body’s natural healing capacity to unfold.