Release Rest Resistence
Saturday 15th July 2pm-5pm
A Workshop Created by Omikemi in collaboration with Afri-Co-Lab
The workshop will be focused on sharing somatic practices and the use of these as tools for joy & resistance while navigating oppressive structures & systems of white body supremacy.
The Workshop
This is a three-hour Somatic workshop for Black & Global Majority people.
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The workshop will be focused on sharing somatic practices and the use of these as tools for joy & resistance while navigating oppressive structures & systems of white body supremacy.
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What is Somatics?
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Somatics is a series of movement practices that support the resetting of the nervous system & release of physical and emotional tension. These practices will be combined with meditative activities to encourage & increase non-judgemental present-moment awareness, which supports the increase of choice & agency in stressful situations.
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The first part of the session will invite participants into relative stillness to engage in grounding & landing practices.
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The second part of the workshop will invite gentle movements to encourage expression & release of any physical or emotional tensions.
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The third part of the workshop will invite some restorative movement & stillness as we head towards rest.
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This workshop is intended to give participants a taster of somatics as a practice of resistance & some takeaway tools for daily living.
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The workshop welcomes anyone interested in somatics, meditative practices & increasing general well-being. All activities are invitations & offered at different levels to support accessibility.
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If there are any access needs you would like us to consider, please get in contact at
£5 Concession
This ticket is our concessionary rate, if you need it please use it.
£15 Low Wage
This price range is for those who can afford to pay more than the concessionary rate but would find the full rate prohibitive.
£30 Full Wage
This is the standard rate for this session.
Meet Omikemi
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The session will be facilitated by Omikemi who uses their time to create spaces for listening and alongsideness. They do this through writing, mentoring, workshop facilitation, somatics and mindfulness and meditation training. They work as a mindfulness based stress reduction facilitator, have been practicing somatics and meditation for over a decade and will be drawing on their trainings in body psychotherapy, embodied counselling, mindfulness based approaches and somatics to facilitate this workshop.For more information click button below.
