Somatic Care Circle

October 12th, 2024 – 15:00-18:00 @Casa-Kua

Our bodies are deeply influenced by the power dynamics and structures that have historically dominated and dictated our lives. To break the cycle of harmful patterns we experience, it’s essential to intentionally engage in decolonial practices of bodywork and collective care. Somatic practice is a way to reclaim the body within the broader journey towards social justice and healing. In this Somatic Care Circle, participants are invited to examine how dominant systems have shaped their relationships with their bodies and to develop new ways of being that prioritize care, connection, and embodiment. It offers participants tools and practices for active breathing and somatic awareness, as well as extending and receiving care. Clear communication, consent, and the mindful acknowledgment of boundaries are central to this practice. The Circle aims to challenge the isolation perpetuated by dominant systems and to offer a model of collective healing that honors self-determination and the inherent wisdom of the body. Attending the circle can be a recurring practice of showing up for ourselves and creating intentional space for connection and communal care.

About the facilitator:
Sadaf Javdani (they) is a somatic practitioner in training, with several years of experience in writing on social justice, as well as social work, counseling and community organising. Having been involved in QTI*BIPoC activist communities in both formal and informal roles for years, they are committed to integrate learnings developed through trauma-informed activism, transformative justice, and politicized somatics to create a facilitation style that is radically bold and fiercely soft. Inspired by the teachings of decolonial somatics, their work centers on creating spaces to reconnect with our bodies, with each other, and with the possibility of transforming the way we hold ourselves and relate to the world.

Register here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScK1mnTHz2ng7O4hbwE9l3mck_PDFUJU6rZxleVnCSgQ-XBxQ/viewform

The event will be in English, but I also speak Farsi and German if needed. Casa-Kua is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. If there anything specific you’d like to share with me, or any special access needs I should be aware of, please feel free to mention them in the form or contact me at sdf.javdani@gmail.com.