Liberation is not a costume you put on for the moment.
Proximity to the struggle does not give you a pass.
Words matter. History matters. Context matters.
quakingofamerica.com
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#TheQuakingOfAmerica #ResmaaMenakem #LiberationPractice #SomaticLiberation
Illuminated Bookshelf 📚
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by therapist #ResmaaMenakem is a work of body-centered psychology. #CollectiveHealing
On Aug 9, I join the Global Anti-Racism Summit.
This is movement work—global, embodied, urgent.
We’re naming white body supremacy and building sustainable coalitions.
🎟️ Join us: us.commitchange.com/mn/minneapol...
#GlobalAntiRacismSummit #ResmaaMenakem
We’ve been resharing the posts y’all tag me in—and I’m moved every time.
Trauma handed down becomes culture when we don’t name it.
The work is to re-contextualize and remember.
Gratitude to @drlauravalentina for this one.
More at blackoctopussociety.com 🌊
#SomaticAbolitionism #ResmaaMenakem
Today I’m honoring two things we don’t often give ourselves: silence and rage.
One teaches us to listen beyond words.
The other teaches us what we will no longer tolerate.
🐙 We talk about this inside the #BlackOctopusSociety:
blackoctopussociety.com
#ResmaaMenakem #RageIsSacred #SomaticWisdom
“Trauma in a person, decontextualized over time, can look like personality. Trauma in a family, decontextualized over time, can look like family traits. Trauma decontextualized in a people over time can look like culture." - #ResmaaMenakem
"...our bodies don't give a damn about sense." (p.98)
Menakem. (2017). My Grandmother's Hands
#booksky #resmaamenakem #racialtraumahealing #currentlyreading
Spent a weekend teaching ritual magic in service to authenticity and healing racial, environmental and personal trauma(s). #witchsky #altars #sacredobjects #witchcraft #ritualarts #joannamacy #resmaamenakem #racialtrauma #somatichealing
I sat and hummed. I don’t think I like it. Or I’m doing it wrong. Not sure. I am sure I will be asked to hum from my belly again. I held my hands up and felt down, finger tips to feet, and knew I needed to cry.
Body Practice response, My Grandmother's Hands, pp. 32-35
#readingresponse #resmaamenakem
Hand holding up the cover of a book, coffee next to hand on a coffee table. Book reads, "My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies," Resmaa Menakem MSW, LICSW, SEP
Dr. Menakem asked me to breathe and take a walk four years ago and so I closed this book and didn't open it again. I'm ready now
#booksky #resmaamenakem #traumahealing #currentlyreading
Dans le droit fil, #QuantumWay a lancé sa maison d'édition: #StephenPorges #PeterLevine #LisaRankin, #RichardSchwartz et enfin la traduction francophone du livre phare de #ResmaaMenakem 💜
www.editions-quantum-way.com/livres/
Now is the time to ground ourselves, strengthen our communities, and face the turbulence with resilience and clarity.
Order your copy today and prepare to embody true readiness. 🤹♂️✨
#TheQuakingOfAmerica #ResmaaMenakem #EmbodiedResilience #PoliticalAwareness #ProtectDemocracy #StayPrepared
