Somatics as a Liberatory Tool for Those who Serve Youth who are System Involved or at High Risk of System Involvement

 Mack Boyle

Training Description

This training will support participants in developing tools and strategies to engage in somatic based practices in their lives and their work with youth who are system involved or at high risk of system involvement. How can somatic practices move us toward liberation by centering our bodies rather than our minds? Through this exploration, participants will identify all that is available to us when we move towards embodying our anti-racist and liberatory values. Participants will collectively practice these strategies in session in order to use them in their work with system involved youth and families.

Learning Objectives

● Participants will be able to explain 1-2 ways that our somatic responses impact our actions, behaviors, and choices and impact the system involved youth we serve

● Participants will acquire knowledge of the definition of somatic and somatic practices and identify 1-2 examples of how their body has…