Body Rites: A Holistic Healing and Embodiment Workbook for Black Survivors of Sexual Trauma (Young Shena J.)
Body Rites: A Holistic Healing and Embodiment Workbook for Black Survivors of Sexual Trauma (Young Shena J.) Body rites as a holistic healing journey, anchored in the practice of decolonizing healing…
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Body Rites: A Holistic Healing and Embodiment Workbook for Black Survivors of Sexual Trauma (Young Shena J.)
Body rites as a holistic healing journey, anchored in the practice of decolonizing healing and reclaiming body sovereignty, reaches back into indigenous roots and land-based healing. The experiential workbook moves beyond prescriptive self-help models by providing a gentle guide and liaison to explore the impact of sexual trauma on the mind, body, heart, and spirit. It centers remembering as a means of survival.This workbook is the first of its kind: a resource of rituals divided into four healing journeys for Black women, femmes, and nonbinary survivors of sexual assault.
Most urgently, this book is a series of intimate conversations with your "self"; and remembrance that healing It is an invitation to heal holistically, drawing upon psychophysiology, lived body wisdom, trauma-informed embodiment practices, kinship and ancestral connections, and African spiritual practices.