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Embodiment as Self-Care in Activist Movements

By Katelyn Espenshade

Embodied practice creates the potential for a unifying perspective and it can inspire new ways for activists to participate in community outreach, sisterhood, and self-care.

Read on www.communitypsychology.com

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Trauma has become so commonplace that most people don’t even recognize its presence. It affects everyone. Each of us has had a traumatic experience at some point in our lives, regardless of whether it left us with an obvious case of post-traumatic stress.

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Peter A. Levine
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Although humans rarely die from trauma, if we do not resolve it, our lives can be severely diminished by its effects. Some people have even described this situation as a ‘living death.’

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Peter A. Levine
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The greatest communication is usually how we are rather than what we say.

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Joseph Goldstein
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Genuine feelings cannot be produced, nor can they be eradicated. We can only repress them, delude ourselves, and deceive our bodies. The body sticks to the facts.

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Alice Miller
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Happy Hour: Loving Care for This Body, with Nikki Mirghafori

Dharma talk from the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.

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Nikki Mirghafori
2020
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Risa Kaparo & Thomas Hübl: “Living into the Unknown,” Part 2a

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Risa Kaparo
2013
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Judith Blackstone: Can We Embody Nonduality?

Judith Blackstone leads us in a guided meditation to approach nondual awareness. Judith will teach practices from the Realization Process, an embodied approach to nondual awakening. She will discuss how embodiment is an integral aspect of nondual realization.

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Judith Blackstone
2017
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Meditating with the Body: A Course in Somatic Practices to Unlock Your Journey

A montage of interviews with Meditating with the Body(R) founder, Reginald A. Ray, teachers Tami Simon and David Iozzi; and participants in a meditation retreat. Filmed during retreat at the Blazing Mountain Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, where the course retreats are held.

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Reginald Ray
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2012
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How Does the Feldenkrais Method® Work?—3 Principles by Annie Thoe

This 5 minute video is about How does the Feldenkrais Method Work? Explanation of the remarkable results with the Feldenkrais Method, Many clients can't explain the "magic" in this work to their friends what happens in a Feldenkrais private lesson or Awareness Through Movement class.

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2015
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Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy

Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy argues that "power posing"-standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident-can boost feelings of confidence, and might have an impact on our chances for success.

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Amy Cuddy
2012
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