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:
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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.
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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
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Which can be traced back to as far as 8,000 years in China
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Indigenous shamanic practices called Soul Retrieval. Archeological evidence shows that these shamanic practices have been practiced in indigenous communities for over 40,000 years
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Informed by the wisdom of Internal Family Systems, EMDR and other therapeutic modalities
Our Practitioners
Ro
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.comDenim
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.