Erotic Grief with Zahava Griss and Bernadette Pleasant
Join us for a group ritual to heal, to open our hearts, and to free up energy so we can respond in wise and loving ways. Our bodies are instruments of energy and love. Many of us are experiencing trauma, outrage, fear, grief, despair, numbness… all of these are natural human responses to our racial crisis and pandemic. This ritual is an invitation to release what is eating at our soul.
Breathe, move, feel, and vocalize to make space for this energy so we can choose to direct it in powerful loving ways. Both eros and grief open the flow of energy in our hearts and entire beings.
If you want to control a society, teach them to be ashamed of who they are and what they deeply desire. They will lose a sense of what's possible. Many people have lived and died in a restricted sense of what is possible and have passed that along through generations. This ritual invites you to tremble open to see a future beyond these restrictions, a future we can be proud of together.
Intoxicating and energetic, Bernadette Pleasant is a fiery sensual Speaker, Somatic Healer, and Creator of The Emotional Institute and Femme!, a mind-body wellness program. She has spent a lifetime exploring creative visualizations and celebrations of the human form, from sensual dance to somatic healing. A gifted healer, dancer, and entrepreneur, she channels her personal journeys and her radical empathy into transformative, immersive experiences that empower and celebrate people. Everyone is deeply encouraged to fully embrace and embody all of their emotions and fully express them through sound and movement; joy, sorrow, rage, ecstasy and more are all welcome.
ZAHAVA GRISS (aka Z, pronouns: they/them) is a dancer, coach, author, and sexuality educator for social change. Z has been facilitating workshops for 20 years exploring embodiment and eros as a source of healing, creativity, building community, and shifting our culture. Z's offerings invite a dismantling of white culture and the gender binary so we can create more truthful, empowering, and meaningful relationships. Z has been touring a performance ritual, Waters of the Soul, exploring grief and eros. Z coaches facilitators who are transforming our culture of intimacy (sex/kink/dance/yoga educators, artists, coaches, sex workers) who are done playing small and want to create more impact and income offering your wisdom! www.EmbodyMoreLove.com
