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Corporeal Writing Online – Soma & Sense w/ Brigid Yuknavitch: 4/28/19

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

STARTS: 4/28/19 WHERE: Online, for 6-weeks LEADER: Brigid Yuknavitch COST: $350 Soma and Sense These experiments are in writing process. Each follows symbols you encounter through your sensing body. Somatic experiences hold imagery and stories. We all have different modalities that are strongest in our imaginations and psyches. Our individual and collective poetics can show up in the ways we dream. One sense may be stronger for you than another, like smell or taste, and carry your memory and imagination far (as Marcel Proust explored). Some senses are earlier than others like smell and hearing. Shamans journey and experience extraordinary reality in different sensory modalities. Some people hear a voice to write, and others find their process in images, or rhythms. And, working in more…

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$350

The Writing Body

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In this three-part workshop, we will allow the emotional and intellectual bodies, as well as the body in space, to inform writing practice. Through somatic awareness, movement, and meditation practice, we will generate written work. Through written work and somatic practice, we will generate movement vocabulary. All levels of writing and movement experience welcome. $65, register here 2 sliding scale and 2 scholarship spots available, BIPOC prioritized. Reach out to hquinn@iprc.org to inquire about availability.

$65

Somatic Reflections: Movement & Zine Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Somatic Reflections: A movement, visualization, drawing and writing workshop to explore your inner and outer environment, your body and imagination. No experience necessary. *FREE* Workshop video will be available to watch July 26th at 3pm on Portland Sunday Parkway’s Facebook page Materials needed: Enough room to lay down and to move your arms and legs a bit while standing. A comfortable situation for sitting and writing/drawing. 5+ sheets of paper + pen Artist Bio: Crystal Jiko Sasaki (dance artist) is invested in the magic of play, the body’s intelligence, processes of healing, and access to the arts. CJ is dedicated to the potency of improvisation in context. They weave their movement with text, sounds and images. Their work explores emotional landscapes, spiritual experiences, taboos, and…

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Free

The Quaking of America Tour w/ Resmaa Menakem

Alberta House 5131 NE 23rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us to celebrate the new book The Quaking of America with NYT bestselling Author Resmaa Menakem We are delighted to welcome Resmaa Menakem to the Rose City and be part of his book tour and to celebrate his new book with him in person. June 29th 2022 6pm:  Alberta House 5131 NE 23rd Ave Doors open at 5pm "Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. His brilliant new book could not be more timely—a volume our country, our bodies, and our humanity desperately need."—Michael Eric Dyson, author of Entertaining Race and Long Time Coming In The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence. Through the coordinated…

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