Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity, and Self-Worth

Kelsey Blackwell

Jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Vorgelesen von Patryce Williams

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As a woman of color, you are more likely to experience oppression, discrimination, and physical or sexual violence in your lifetime. In addition, your family may have experienced generational trauma and systemic racism going back for centuries. This old and new trauma can manifest in both the mind and body. However, there are ways you can free yourself from this trauma. Written by a woman of color for women of color, Decolonizing the Body offers proven-effective somatic, body-centered practices to help you heal from systemic oppression, trust the profound wisdom of your own body, and reconnect with your true self. And by slowing down, cultivating a daily ritual, and setting strong boundaries, you can reclaim your inherent dignity and worth. With this empowering guide, you'll discover: how bodies are colonized through systems of oppression; why slowing down is essential for healing; how to listen to what your body needs; how to create a space for ritual in your daily life; how to strengthen feelings of capability; and how to cultivate community. To decolonize the body is to become whole again, and to come home again. Let this book be your guide on this crucial journey.

Autoren-Profil

Kelsey Blackwell is a cultural somatic practitioner and writer dedicated to supporting women of color to trust and follow the guidance of the body so we may powerfully radiate our worth, dignity, and wisdom in a world which sorely needs this brilliance. She lives in San Francisco, California.

Patryce Williams is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City and is a member of the Actors' Equity Association. With a BFA in theater from Central Connecticut State University, Patryce has toured in regional theater productions and appeared on world-renowned stages such as the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage.

Christena Cleveland, PhD, is a social psychologist, public theologian, and activist. She is author of God Is a Black Woman, and founder of the Center for Justice + Renewal.