Our Second Series: Moving Beyond the Fear of Making a Racialized Mistake
using mindfulness and creative expression
*this online (Zoom) workshop is for white-bodied folks:
This experience requires you to bring your willingness to explore past experiences in order to learn from them. It is an opportunity to be in connection with others and be transparent to yourself and to create more internal space for deeper learning. This is not a beginner's journey. We hope you have actively been exploring how whiteness shows up in you on a regular basis. Each week we will build on the previous week allowing you to bring your questions, concerns, and challenges as they arise. Expect discomfort, and gain the skills to navigate an embodied practice to support moving forward. While we will create some focused work; it will be done with spaciousness. We invite you to inquire about your intention to participate in this workshop. And, we would love to build trust and care with you.
What to expect:
First session: we will build a foundation of getting to know each other through trust exercises, mindfulness practice, and creative practice.
Second session: a deeper understanding of using mindfulness and creative practice. Utilizing experiential exercises as a path out of your conditioned existence as a white body person.
Third session: sharing more deeply your own missteps and exploring your willingness or resistance to learning from them. What of guilt and shame?
Fourth session: What will it take for you not to turn away from the ongoing injustice and to keep you moving forward and taking active steps?
Your facilitators
Ashnie Butler; My story starts on the island of Trinidad with roots going back to Southern India. I have lived on the East and West Coast of the United States, currently residing in Portland, Oregon with my teenager. My passion for cooking took me to culinary school and started my journey of learning about cultures and people through their food. My own Caribbean culture is rich with a mix of Indian, African, Chinese, and British influences, so much to garner about colonization based on the journey of food. Later I completed my B.A in American Multicultural Studies, and sought to affect change through economic equity. I became a union organizer and deepened my understanding of social and interpersonal divisions that persist. My training in Theater of the Oppressed, Non-Violent Communication, Courage Conversations, Mindfulness and Certified Diversity Professional Coaching allows me to hold various racial and cultural identities with awareness, skill and presence, pointing individuals, groups, and folks within organizations to their own best selves.https://www.innerworkouterplay.com/, email Ashnie @ innerworkouterplay@gmail.com.
Bridget Bertrand: I am beyond thrilled to embark on this journey with Ashnie. My ancestry includes the folks of England and North Western Europe. I would call myself (and my ancestors) colonizers and I aim to decolonize my mind and soul. A degree in theatre, a minor in education, and a master’s in counseling psychology bring me to where I am in the education sense. My intention is to walk along you. My belief is that folks find their own unique path toward healing. The recent completion of one hundred and fifty hours of coursework centered around social justice at The Embody Lab and deeper mindfulness training with the folks at MNDFL offers a deeper well of somatic experiencing. I had to step up and out of the hetero-patriarchal “foundation” of my education in order to feel confident enough to offer this workshop exploring our conditioning. I am committed to creating mutual aid relationships with BIPOC members of my community and I explore my proximity to privilege daily. www.expressivearts.work, email Bridget @ bridget@expressivearts.work.
Workshop Details
2 hours each week
January 25th, February 1st, Feb. 8th, & Feb. 15
6 pm until 8 pm (PST)
$350 Please note that this workshop is non-refundable.
Reach out to us to discuss any financial barriers. Or, if you would like to chat with us before the workshop you can schedule time with us on these links: