A few guided practices from BPOC teachers and mentors to support you in practicing some rest and reconnection through the weekend. Some of these recordings are for exploring the senses and anchoring attention, and some are for lying down and relaxing.
Charisse Minerva – Deeply Experiencing The Senses
Kareem Ghandour – Body Scan
Lucy Chan – Grounding Practice
Kaira Jewel – Guided Relaxation
Lucy Chan – Deep Relaxation
Kareem Ghandour – 2 Minute Breathing Space
Kareem Ghandour – Anchoring With Breath, Body Sensations And Sounds
Poetry
Black Boy Cries by Hakim Taylor He screams out Do I hold? Do I hold Do I hold forth? Do I hold? Behold |
As The Depression Approaches by Hakim Taylor
As the depression approaches Are we not the Rain drops that continue to sustain you Yet we rise We exist in We are the visible – invisible Yet you deny us we are the unseen – seen We seek you out we dance in treachery we see you You assign us names Your defences cannot contain us We dance in We rise Slavery is an ecological disaster |