Summit: Reclaim Your Power — Finding Liberation Through Somatics

Reclaim agency over your body, decolonize your mind, and discover the power of somatics for individual and collective liberation — with Sam Taitel, Nkem Ndefo, Kelsey Blackwell, Anusha Wijeyakumar, and Nick Walker.

Summit: Reclaim Your Power — Finding Liberation Through Somatics.
What does it mean to come home to the body in a world built on systems of extraction and oppression? In this immersive one-day summit, five leading embodiment teachers guide you through somatic, body-centered practices that honor the wisdom of the body and support healing from the physical, emotional, and spiritual impact of systemic harm. Through experiential workshops and discussion, we'll explore the therapeutic tremor, ancestral ritual, decolonizing wellness, somatic spontaneity, and intentional body language — discovering how somatic practice can be a path of resistance, joy, dignity, and both personal and collective liberation.

Comprehensive Curriculum

Tangible Noticings: Body Language as a Conversation — Sam Taitel (75 min)

Sharing Power With the Body: An Introduction to the Therapeutic Tremor — Nkem Ndefo (75 min)

Reclaiming Ritual: Unhooking from Systems of Extraction Requires Orienting Towards Something Greater — Kelsey Blackwell (75 min)

Decolonizing and Reclaiming Our Bodies — Anusha Wijeyakumar (75 min)

Somatics and Creative Spontaneity — Nick Walker (75 min)

Learning Outcomes & Professional Benefits

By the end of this summit, you will be able to:

  • Use somatic observation and intentional body language to deepen self-awareness and the quality of your interactions
  • Safely access the therapeutic tremor — the innate mammalian reflex that resets the nervous system after trauma
  • Recognize and unhook from dominant cultural messages about bodily control and productivity
  • Practice ritual as a means of personal healing and resistance to extractive systems
  • Identify and release internalized and externalized colonialism in wellness, body image, and daily life
  • Reclaim indigenous wisdom and ancestral inheritance as medicine for body and soul
  • Tap into spontaneous creative expression as a somatic, liberatory practice
  • Move toward a more embodied sense of agency, dignity, and worth in your own life and in community

Who This Is For

- Somatic practitioners, body-based therapists, and trauma-informed clinicians
- Yoga teachers, movement educators, and embodiment facilitators
- BIPOC practitioners and allies engaged in liberation, decolonization, and ancestral healing work
- Activists, organizers, and leaders integrating somatic practice into social-justice work
- Coaches, educators, and helping professionals supporting clients with marginalization-related stress
- Anyone seeking embodied tools to reclaim agency, voice, and a deeper relationship with self