{"product_id":"decolonizing-the-body-healing-body-centered-practices-for-women-of-color-to-reclaim-confidence-dignity-and-self-worth-9781648480614","title":"Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity, and Self-Worth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful, body-based practices to help you reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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 \u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e ways you can free yourself from this trauma, build confidence in yourself and your abilities, and restore your powerful sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten \u003ci\u003eby \u003c\/i\u003ea woman of color \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e women of color, \u003ci\u003eDecolonizing the Body\u003c\/i\u003e 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--as well as those aspects of yourself that you may have cast aside in an effort to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this empowering guide, you'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow bodies are colonized through systems of oppression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy slowing down is \u003ci\u003eessential\u003c\/i\u003e for healing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to listen to what your body needs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to create a space for ritual in your daily life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to strengthen feelings of capability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to cultivate community--starting with yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo decolonize the body is to become whole again, and to come home again. Let this book be your guide on this crucial journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelsey Blackwell\u003c\/b\u003e is a cultural somatics 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. As a facilitator, coach, and guest speaker, she has brought abolitionist-embodied practices to such diverse groups as riders on Bay Area Rapid Transit trains to students at Stanford University. She works one-on-one with clients, as well as leads the eight-week group program, Decolonizing the Body. Kelsey is author of the viral article, \u003ci\u003eWhy People of Color Need Spaces Without White People\u003c\/i\u003e, published by \u003ci\u003eThe Arrow Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. She is certified InterPlay Leader, Strozzi Somatic Coach, and holds a master's degree in publishing from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. In addition to being impactful, Kelsey believes working toward personal and collective liberation must also bring joy. She lives in San Francisco, CA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Foreword writer \u003cb\u003eChristena Cleveland, PhD\u003c\/b\u003e, is a social psychologist, public theologian, and activist. She is author of \u003ci\u003eGod Is a Black Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and founder of the Center for Justice + Renewal, which helps justice advocates sharpen their understanding of the social realities that maintain injustice while also stimulating the soul's enormous capacity to resist and transform those realities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Harbinger Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611355123986,"sku":"9781648480614","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12de2a26-6f7a-4987-9fd2-043898f37b80.jpg?v=1732360793","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/decolonizing-the-body-healing-body-centered-practices-for-women-of-color-to-reclaim-confidence-dignity-and-self-worth-9781648480614","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}