“This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression,
a meanness, some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.” —Rumi
A Somatic Storytelling, Movement and Theater Workshop.
The 13th-century poet Rumi describes the human body as a guest house — with a storm of experiences, emotions and possibilities passing through. With each “guest” there is always a story, many of which repeat again and again.
Join us to restory our body’s narratives. Through stillness, writing and movement creativity is unleashed, limited beliefs are shifted and space is made for new myths to emerge as we welcome our guests — all of ourselves. This inclusive, decolonial and intersectional program addresses the connection between personal and collective stories, empowering each of us to transform.
In this workshop we will explore this metaphor through a variety of embodied practices, participatory theater and writing exercises, using trauma-sensitive approaches to listen to the stories our bodies want us to hear.
PRICING OPTIONS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
FACILITATORS
Facilitators Sarah Shourd (She/Her) and James-Amutabi Connie Haines (They/He) have been creative collaborators for over a decade. They are trained in many traditions such as a trauma transformation methodology called Somatic Experiencing; a Brazilian participatory, liberatory theater called Theatre of the Oppressed; and various forms of facilitation, meditation and bodywork — and they are both writers.
James-Amutabi is a Baltimore-born, Bay Area–breed queer and questioning multimodal artist, educator and guide with 25 years of facilitation experience teaching meditation, mindfulness and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Decolonization and Intersectionality) processes with an emphasis in somatics.
Sarah is a Somatic Coach trained in trauma transformation and participatory theater, as well as an award-winning journalist, playwright, producer and author. In 2009, Sarah was captured and held as a political hostage in Iran for 410 days. This experience became a springboard for her anticarceral and healing justice work.
