Embrace the Power of Inner Reclamation to Transform the World Around You.
The Idea
Blocs & Bodies is an offering to all displaced peoples seeking, as I am, to place their bodies in right relationship with the world around them. It is for #LandBack justice warriors fighting to reclaim responsibilities to the land that formed their ancestral lineages. It is for those seeking to liberate their spirits, minds and bodies of colonial systems of oppression. It is for re-matriation makers, on their paths to returning to their motherlands. “Blocking” is a common tern in stage productions and refers to the movement and positioning of bodies in relation to other bodies, the stage and props. It is the process of creating cohesive, harmonious art. Blocking guides focus, enhances storytelling, and places movers in right relationship with space and time.
My Philosophy
My work is rooted in practices of liberation, abolition, decolonization, social justice and community health. I believe in a philosophy of “as without, so within” and adhere to an embodied and holistic approach to healing, as my ancestors did. In community, we can examine what is necessary to further transform our world and come home to the disconnected parts of self.
Ultimately, I hope to guide many on a journey that critically examines how our society promotes disease, and the ways in which we participate and perpetuate these illnesses.
A practice of healing our world.
Building on the work of Rupa Marya & Raj Patel, Dr. Rae Johnson, Nkem Ndefo, Resmaa Menakem, Dr. Stephen Porges, and many others, Blocs & Bodies was designed with the recognition that the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and systems are intricately connected. The interventions at Blocs & Bodies take community health to the landscape of the body to understand how to heal. Drawing on a growing body of research and long-established indigenous knowledge, Blocs & Bodies takes a embodied justice approach to health issues.
