Embodying Autonomy
[Somatic Practice Space]
Saturday, April 5th
12-2pm Central
with denim d chang
This workshop has been rescheduled.
Too often and out of necessity within a coercive culture of dominance and oppression, we yield our sovereignty. Many of us are conditioned to fawning or what is known as ‘people-pleasing’, as a learned attempt at relational safety, but often at the cost of our needs, limits or desires. Beyond verbalizing our boundaries, embodied autonomy is the practice of feeling our internalized power and capacity for choice and change. Autonomy as self-governance goes beyond a concept when we begin to understand what it feels like to have and enact upon it, and be able to listen internally for cues on what it takes to create relational safety.
In this session, we will explore what embodied autonomy means from the somatic perspective, and will engage in a communal and relational practice to gather feltsense information about our current capacity for embodied autonomy, as a liberatory skill and condition. Participants will be invited to share their perspective and struggles around autonomy within our current relationships, culture and political climate. The experiences of QTBIPOC will always be centered.
Liberation in Iterations
Donations-based drop in space for anyone who wants to engage in a consistent practice and develop the relationship to their nervous system and spiritual embodiment inside of liberatory work.
Each session, a different topic and practice will be explored in depth, with a rotating schedule of practitioners and educators.
The experiences of QTBIPOC will be prioritized in this space. White and white-passing, as well as those with majority white ancestry are asked to participate in a learning capacity and will be prompted for shares when appropriate.
Donations are highly encouraged to support facilitator compensation and school operations. You will be prompted to make your donation upon registration.
Register here.
Upon submission, you will be redirected to a page to make a donation to support facilitator compensation and school operations.
This workshop has been rescheduled. By registering, you are submitting an entry to our waitlist.
About denim
denim d chang 鄭地 (they/he) is a somatic trauma resolution practitioner and educator, an energy medicine provider, and erotic movement arts facilitator. They are transmasc nonbinary existing on the autism spectrum as an immigrant and survivor.
d has 7 years of experience in their practice across the field of spiritual, somatic and energy healing. He created Somatics for the People in 2024, and currently practices virtually and in Chicago.
You can learn more about or work 1:1 with denim at their website d-chang.com.
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