Re-membering bodies · Only open to POC*· Soothing the effects of trauma through movement and breathwork.
Movement workshop
Future bodies
22.09.24 · 14h
Language : EN
POC (Person Of Colour), 15+
Duration: 2h30
Place: Poisson sans bicyclette
Through guided movement and breathing exercises, participants in this workshop access and open the spaces in their bodies where transgenerational trauma is held, so that they may begin to release this pain.
The legacies of colonialism and other forms of historical structural oppression live on in our bodies. Often, these painful histories leave us disconnected from our bodies. In this workshop, we will practice ways of “coming back” to our bodies, so we can listen to what it’s telling us. Through guided movement and breathing exercises, we will practice loosening the places where difficult emotions are held in the body and learn how we can gently release them, so that our bodies can be safe spaces for us.
M. Amah Edoh (she/her)
M. Amah Edoh (she/her) is a Togolese-American anthropologist and educator. She holds degrees in Political Science (SB), Global Health (MSc), and Anthropology (PhD), each degree an attempt at making sense of her lived experiences as an African in the world. Amah's PhD dissertation research was a multi-sited ethnography that interrogated the material and conceptual makings of “African-ness.” It did so by following a textile (Dutch Wax cloth) along its trajectory between the Netherlands, where it is designed and manufactured, to Togo, a historical hub for the cloth’s trade in West Africa. Prior to her studies in anthropology, Amah worked in global health, helping to build a community-based care program for children with HIV/AIDS in Zambia and developing peer education curricula for South African teenagers. She was Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States until 2022, and is co-founder of the African Futures Lab, a Brussels-based nonprofit that supports activists’ and policymakers’ efforts for reparative and racial justice across Europe and Africa. Amah currently serves as Associate Dean for a global gap year program, where she continues to interrogate the politics of mobility and to help nurture socially conscious young adult
Sheila Chitanie (she/her)
Sheila Chitanie is born and raised in the Netherlands and of Surinamse descent. She has an Afro-Surinamse mother and an Indo-Caribbean father. Sheila has been practicing shiatsu since 2018. Shiatsu is an integral body therapy from Japan. Shiatsu gave her a language to address health and wellbeing issues specifically for racialized people. In her quest to unite her identity, her profession and her politics she had a vision to bring black and brown health care professionals together to build a sustainable wellbeing community, that acknowledges the devastating impact of racism on your (mental) health. Thus KABRA as a space was born. Activities and practices at KABRA are geared towards liberation from oppressive systems through bodywork, mental health and spirituality. Sheila has her shiatsu practice at KABRA, in Amsterdam.