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Seeding Courage, Tending Resistance: Intro to Somatics For Healing & Social Change (Centering BIPOC Participants)

How do we remain hopeful, centered, and ready to act in the face of fear and injustice? How can we create connection and collective wellness within communities facing trauma and oppression? As global authoritarianism continues to pull the world ever deeper into the edge of crisis and collapse, those of us in the fields of social change and politicized healing are in need of effective skills for fostering personal and collective joy, resilience, and resistance. 

Somatics, the practice of working with and through the body to transform consciousness and strengthen the feeling of being alive, is a powerful methodology that can be integrated into personal practice, one-on-one work, and group facilitation. In this course, advanced practitioners and teachers Nazbah Tom, Kai Cheng Thom, and Fayza Bundalli weave together decades of training and practice across multiple lineages in an emergent modality called Somatic Resurgence to offer an introduction to somatics that explicitly integrates the urgent need for social and collective change. The practices and frameworks offered in this course are heavily shaped by the teachers’ experience in the fields of community organizing and community health, conflict transformation, sex worker advocacy, and more, as well as their lived experience as BIPOC queer & trans individuals. 

Students who complete this course can expect to leave with a foundational set of skills to be used for personal practice, as well as simple somatic tools that can be either integrated into an existing 1:1 practice or work with groups. The course will also offer some support regarding further study and practice.

  • Kai Cheng Thom, MSW, MSc, is a somatic coach, mediator, and process facilitator who supports individuals and groups to pursue politicized embodiment, trauma healing, and conflict resolution. She is a Lead Teacher at The Embody Lab and a Faculty Member at the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education.

  • Nazbah Tom, MA, uses an amalgamation of Drama Therapy and somatics to support and guide individuals and groups through a process of embodied learning and transformation.

  • Fayza Bundalli, MSW, RSW is a queer, South Asian femme. She came up through Generative Somatics, and now teaches embodiment courses in collaboration with fellow somatics teachers, supervises QT/BIPOC practitioners, and works 1:1 as a somatic therapist and bodyworker. These are her drop-in-the-ocean offerings toward collective healing, aliveness, and power.
Who this course is for: Healers, facilitators, community organizers, and cultural workers. We will hold a majority of spaces for BIPOC participants, including mixed-race folks.

Course Timing: Online Tues April 7th (1:00-3:00pm EST), In-Person April 10-12 (10:00am-5:00pm EST)
Location: Studio 400, 400 Eastern Ave, Toronto
Contact us with questions at (437)-580-4614 or nazbahtomcp@gmail.com
Fee: $1,300 + HST with limited discounted spots at $750 + HST (Black and Indigenous folks and trans women prioritized for the discounted spots)
Deadline: Applications considered on a rolling basis until Feb 20, 2026

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As part of our commitment to racial justice and liberation, we are reserving a majority of spaces in this course for participants who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Colour, including mixed race folks. Therefore, if you feel comfortable to do so, we invite you to let us know if you identify as:
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Please note that we are curating a group experience based on collective financial commitments. Participants agree to pay in full, by the listed due dates, regardless of whether or not they attend sessions.

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We will send out a Quickbooks invoice with an option to pay with a credit card. We can also accept e-transfers at nazbah.tom@gmail.com.
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