Soma Soma Soma #1 – Amélie Gaulier + Katherine Toukhy
Tickets at $25, $35 and $55. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
SOMA SOMA SOMA, a new series of workshops organized by Amélie that explore what somatic practices are and why practicing them together is so powerful. Each session has featured a guest co-facilitator, bringing unique perspectives as we discover how working with the body and mind helps us connect, heal, and grow as a collective.
We are guided by the question: can this collective process activate/free up our radical imagination and potential?
Join us for SOMA SOMA SOMA, a new series of workshops organized by Amélie that explore what somatic practices are and why practicing them together is so powerful. Each session will feature a guest co-facilitator, bringing unique perspectives as we discover how working with the body and mind helps us connect, heal, and grow as a collective.
Soma-tics is about our ability to be present with sensations and emotions by building tolerance for what we feel. It helps us become aware of our current practices and learn new ones that align with our values and who we want to become.
Définition inspired by Stacy K Haines, in “Politics of Trauma”
In this workshop, Katherine and Amélie will guide participants through somatic and embodiment practices that can be tools for moving with heavy emotions, in the context of genocides and ecocides unfolding daily. Together, we will use mindful movement, journaling, and discussion prompts to cultivate our full presence.
Amélie Gaulier’s work focuses on helping people reconnect with their body-wisdom to support healing and decolonization processes. She is a white woman of French and Mediterranean descent, somatic movement therapist, mindfulness instructor, performance artist and community organizer. She is part of Here4Kids NYC Hub,an education movement dedicated to abolition and confronting global systems of oppression and lives in Brooklyn, NY, on the unceded land of the Canarsie, in Turtle Island.
Katherine Toukhy is an artist/somatic practitioner who combines meditation, movement, and art with skillful curiosity and care. These days, this has meant developing practices to move with grief rather than against or despite it. She draws upon her lived experiences as a Coptic Egyptian woman born in unceded Lenapehoking, a long legacy of thinkers and healers, and over a decade of work experience in the visual arts and facilitation.
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 30
7-9PM
No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Get in touch with us at hello@stormbookstore.com
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No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Get in touch with us at hello@stormbookstore.com
A heartfelt thank you to STORM Bookstore and Nour for hosting this series, and to my wonderful co-facilitators Katherine Thouky and Emilie Thullier for their magical support and facilitation in SOMA SOMA SOMA #1 and #2.