Over the last 3 years Decolonising the Archive (DTA) conducted a case study that showed high results of well being challenges being faced by Black and mix raced men in the U.K. especially within the context of a racialised trauma riddled environment. The research recognised a hidden statistic of men who may not qualify for medical treatment for depression, SAD disease, anxiety or wish to be identified as being labelled for needing such treatment. This raised questions around the silent death culture endemic ' how did we get here?'... as the research identified high increases in suicide, breakdown, isolation, violence, misrepresentation amongst Black men. We recognised that in order to really tackle this it would have to be a for us and by us approach. as such we...
1) What happens to those men that have not yet become a statistic but require and need help?
2) How are we as a community facilitating preventive measures that enable a proactive instead of reactive responses to both labelled and unlabelled conditions?
3) What could that space look like and where do they go?
It is our intention that we model a communal rights of passage for Black Men who are
holding the hidden harm of racism and racialisation. It is our intent that those in
attendance, will leave with a much deeper insight into the hidden harms they are holding
and also carry with them ways in which they can tend to that harm, within themselves,
and their communities. We heal best when we heal together.
CREATING A COMMUNITY RESPONSE SOLUTION THROUGH THE SOMATIC HEALING TECHNIQUE
SOMATIC HEALING TECHNIQUE
Facilitates you to identify the organs in your body that trap negative emotions, the technique is formulated around releasing the tension from these organs through movement and cognition of what is happening to you.
By speaking through the experiences of both good and bad in your mind, you are better able to distinguish what you wish for your body to keep and what it needs to release. You take charge of the inner and outer experience. Therefore managing stress related responses.
Operating at the intersection of mental health, trauma, and racial justice, BMR creates a culturally sensitive space using traditional communal methods.
DTA with the support of Synergi, Body Heart Mind Consultancy have curated a free, month-long program of accessible, therapeutic and detox sessions using the somatic recovery method.
The purpose of these sessions is to raise awareness and, to some degree, antidote the continued racialised, emotional, mental and physical harm caused to black and brown men living in a white bodied, cultural supremacist society, where the harm is historical, pervasive, systemic, institutional, persistent and prevalent in our communities. Over each of the 4 sessions you will be invited to move through a process of empowered recognition, and somatic recovery, as we build embodied resilience. This will be a slow, patient, kind and gentle approach to healing and repair. Each step will be carefully guided by Rowan the creator of Black Body-Heart-Mind Somatic Healing. A healing approach that is culturally sensitive and directly focused on the harm caused by white bodied cultural supremacy, racism and racialisation.
EXPERT LEADING THE SESSION
Rowan Carr
Bio : Rowan Carr is a trauma informed somatic education and healing
practitioner and creator of the Black Body Heart Mind
Somatic Healing Method.
He has three decades in the field of anti-racism and racial justice as a, black-mixed
heritage, British born, male, has placed him in a unique position of
understanding and approach to racialised harm and healing. With a Masters
degree in Race and Ethnic studies and a Diploma in life-long-learning alongside somatic healing. He has been teaching, training and lecturing in the field of racial justice for the
majority of his working life but now, strictly, focuses on healing the harm caused
to black and brown bodies by white-bodied, cultural supremacy, which, for a
long time, has been a missing aspect of racial justice and anti-racism. His healing work is holistic and not a mind, only, centred approach but rather
is centred around three pillars, empowered recognition, somatic recovery and
embodied resilience.
Professor Gus John
Leading and respected elder within the African heritage community who has committed his life work, scholarship and efforts to the education of the African heritage community and to make changes in policy that protects the community. His academic achievements are many with his most recent book Don't Salvage The Windrush coming into critical acclaim. His academic writing and public forums challenges racism and racialised traumatic systems so as to bring about positive change.
DATES
The sessions will take place over January 2025 on the following dates from 1pm to 3pm in South London
( venue TBC) and the vision is that you will attend all of the sessions to gain the full wealth of knowledge on how to make the body recover.
Saturday
11th January
18th January
25th January
1st February
Refreshments will be provided.
N.B.
Please note that because this is a safe space, we will not be able to have walk ins, in order to be part of the recovery and therapeutic sessions you will have to RSVP by filling out the form and be awarded a space with a confirmation from our administration team. This will allow us to honour our service to you and to give you the privilege of privacy and security when doing the sessions.
