Centered in a Relational Worldview, At The Root employs an equity lens, harm reduction, and anti-racist frameworks to bridge gaps in knowledge that are intercultural in nature and address racially charged issues within our bodies and social spaces. We start by carefully overlaying historical and cultural contexts. Using a somatic/embodied approach, we pay careful attention to what feelings, sensations, emotions, movement, stagnation (etc.) is coming up in the body. Through centering Black, Indigenous, and Bodies of Culture, including their contributions to society and narratives that run parallel yet counter to those promoted as mainstream and normal, we decenter whiteness and the white body superiority complex rooted in cultural imperialism. We ground in common language and demystify academic and elitist terms such as cultural imperialism through our own individuated yet collective wisdom and very real lived experiences. We lean into the discomfort that arises, engage in generative conflict transformation, center our healing and are compassionate of the healing of others. Participants fill many roles in addition to student/learner - including facilitator, teacher, collaborator, community member, and many more. Because we co-create our learning spaces and experiences, they become naturally intersectional and tailored to our diverse and unique learning styles and cultures. As such, we engage in a wide variety of learning modalities that include discussion, lecture, group activities, individual reflections, and collective meaning making, imbued with practical application and implementation strategies.
Here are some of the teachers and ancestors that have inspired my work:
Renée López
Larry Jones
Angela Davis
bell hooks
Billy Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Sarah Vaughn
Duke Ellington
Nat King Cole
Natalie Cole
John Coletrain
Louis Armstrong
Rick Hazlett
Phyllis Jackson
Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
Brené Brown
Michelle Alexander
Octavia Butler
adreinne marie brown
Walida Imarisha
Resmaa Manakem
Staci Haines
Jack Kornfield
Sherri Mitchell
Nassim Harramein
Kylea Taylor
Bruce Lipton
Dr. Gabor Mate
Joe Dispenza
Cheryl Johnson
Anthony Peters
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