Decolonizing the body : healing, body-centered practices for women of color to reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth / Kelsey Blackwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blackwell, Kelsey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mind and body.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Mind and body therapies.

Minority women--Psychology.

Minority women.

Colonization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 160 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2023]

Summary:

"Powerful, body-based practices to help you reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth.As a woman of color, you are more likely to experience oppression, discrimination, and physical or sexual violence in your lifetime. In addition, your family may have experienced generational trauma and systemic racism going back for centuries. This old and new trauma can manifest in both the mind and body. However, there are ways you can free yourself from this trauma, build confidence in yourself and your abilities, and restore your powerful sense of self.Written by a woman of color for women of color, Decolonizing the Body offers proven-effective somatic, body-centered practices to help you heal from systemic oppression, trust the profound wisdom of your own body, and reconnect with your true self. And by slowing down, cultivating a daily ritual, and setting strong boundaries, you can reclaim your inherent dignity and worth-as well as those aspects of yourself that you may have cast aside in an effort to survive.With this empowering guide, you'll discover:How bodies are colonized through systems of oppressionWhy slowing down is essential for healingHow to listen to what your body needsHow to create a space for ritual in your daily lifeHow to strengthen feelings of capabilityHow to cultivate community-starting with yourself To decolonize the body is to become whole again, and to come home again. Let this book be your guide on this crucial journey"-- Provided by publisher.

Decolonizing the Body explores the traumatic physical and emotional effects of colonization and systemic racism on the body and mind. Written by a woman of color for women of color, it offers body-centered somatic practices to free women from internalized oppression, so they can reclaim confidence, dignity, and self-worth.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Welcome

Introduction

Part I: Re-Member

Chapter 1. How Are You?

Chapter 2. Slowing Down

Part II: Reclaim

Chapter 3. Reclaiming Your Body

Chapter 4. Challenging Impostor Syndrome

Part III: Release

Chapter 5. Smashing the Oreo

Chapter 6. Tending Your River

Part IV: Relate

Chapter 7. Opening to Joy

Opening to Joy

Chapter 8. Cultivating Community

Conclusion: Freedom Is Now

Thank You

Resources

References

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2023)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Blackwell, Kelsey Decolonizing the Body

ISBN:

9781648480621

1648480624

OCLC:

1369640814