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Bayo Akomolafe

5 courses
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Sophie Strand

3 courses
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Satish Kumar

1 courses
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Vandana Shiva

6 courses
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Veronica Strang

1 courses
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Manda Scott

2 courses
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Beloved Sara Zaltash

1 courses
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David Abram

2 courses
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Dr Andreas Weber

5 courses
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David Whyte

1 courses
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Helena Norberg-Hodge

2 courses
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Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic

1 courses
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Charles Eisenstein

3 courses
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Aisha Paris Smith

2 courses
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Brontë Velez

3 courses

Staci Haines

Staci is a leader in the field of Somatics, specializing in intersecting personal and social change, and individual and systemic trauma. She is the co-founder of generative somatics, a multiracial social justice organization bringing somatics to social and climate justice leaders and organizations. Her new book The Politics of Trauma is based on that work. Staci is also to author of Healing Sex.

Staci is the author of “The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice,” exploring the connections between personal and social transformation. She is the co-founder of generative somatics, a multiracial social justice organization bringing somatics to social and climate justice movements. She has been teaching and coaching in the field of Somatics for the last 25 years.

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Bodyfulness

What if we were able to get to the root of cultural crises? What if we were able to transform cultures by transforming the ways in which we inhabited our bodies? When we understand that lying at the root of behaviours that cause harm is often embedded trauma we can start to relate to each other a lot more compassionately and understand that ideas/actions don't arise out of a vacuum. Somatics and physical self-awareness is essential to breaking free from oppressive systems and stories that are either internal or external to ourselves.