Bodily Contraction Arises with Dukkha: Embodied Learning to Foster Racial Healing
Religions December 23, 2021 Brian J. Nichols
Black somatic therapist Resmaa Menakem has persuasively argued that racism exist in our bodies more than our heads and that racial healing requires learning to become mindful of our embodied states. The reason that racism remains prevalent despite decades of anti-racist education and the work of diversity and inclusion programs, according to Menakem, is that racist reactions that shun, harm,...