Decolonizing the Body: Healing, Body-Centered Practices for Women of Color to Reclaim Confidence, Dignity, and Self-Worth - Softcover

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Kelsey Blackwell is a certified somatic coach, writer, teacher and creator of the Decolonizing the Body 7-week program. She is committed to undermining the master's tools with contemplative, somatic and creative practices. Working exclusively with womxn of color, whose wisdom she believes is uniquely essential in this time, Kelsey supports clients to confront internalized feelings of not-enoughness and reconnect with inherent dignity and worth. In addition to being impactful and powerful, Kelsey believes working towards personal and collective liberation must also bring joy. Kelsey brings to her work certification as a Somatic Coach from the Strozzi Institute, Certification as an InterPlay Leader, more than 10 years of Meditation Practice and Certification as a Meditation Guide through Shambhala International, study in UnTraining (unlearning internalized oppression) and Karuna Training and a Master's Degree in Magazine Publishing from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Since moving to the Bay area in 2014, she co-founded a meditation community in Oakland, co-launched a somatics series for artists and activists, guest taught at Stanford University as part of Stephen Shigematsu Murphy's Heartfulness Series, published a viral article on the need for BIPoC only spaces, and guest edited a special issue on the importance of somatic practices and perspectives in racial justice work for The Arrow Journal.