I’ve been doing work that parallels Resmaa’s only I work directly with the fascia (think connective tissue or the environment for everything else in the body) where the trauma is held in the body. His book was pivotal for me in confirming the theories I had found in my clients’ bodies around race & trauma. I have been involved with IMCW for over a decade & your work, Tara, has been pivotal in me staying grounded to be able to do the work I do. This was so valuable for me as a Somatic Abolitionist & Fascial Specialist. I am eternally grateful for this video.
Thank you for this interview, Tara Brach. I am moved. Resmaa Menakem's historical perspective combined with embodied practices are profound, and this approach to understanding and healing racialized trauma is essential if I am to engage in a journey of genuine transformation. The nine generations piece is as sobering as the specific practices Resmaa's book -- and this interview -- offers. Astounding, and it feels wholly important not to let the length of time it will take for real cultural and systemic transformation to occur, to get in the way of beginning and doing the work right now. As a person of Jewish heritage, i know I've embodied the trauma of generations of persecution, as well as the holocaust that occurred just in the middle of the last century: my body holds and moves from fear (terror, really), rage, freeze, flight, fight, and sometimes despair. It feels absolutely necessary to metabolize as much of that as I'm able, to use it to hear clearly the trauma of people in Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous bodies, and be an agent of care, of transformation.
Can’t thank u enough for this interview!! ❣️🙏 I’m a white woman who has spent a lot of time educating myself on the truth of our history, learning to see “whiteness”, & lots of self questioning. Nothing has resonated with me as deep as Resmaa’s work!! I believe with every fiber of my being that his work is the way to TRUE positive change.
Thank you Resmaa, I've purchased your book. I have suspected for a long time that we all need healing. For me, it started when my mother was dying...Our history, as a people, is so complex, it's difficult to know where to start... Thank you for giving us the narrative...
I can barely speak since participating live. I am very sobered, and deeply touched by the embodied truth telling, and the brutal honesty and fierce compassion being modelled here for us.i cant look back, and I cant think Tara and Resma enough.
I know I need to listen to this again now, there was so much here of value. I've always believed our bodies are our teachers so this all makes sense to me. Also, when you say nine generations, I can already see the difference in perception of race in my children and grandchildren, change takes commitment and time. Thank you for your wisdom, insights and honesty. I will now reflect on this, set healing, find out more and deepen my journey , there is far to go. Thank you
His work is revolutionary, frankly. I have learned so much from RM and believe one really has to be spiritually / emotionally ready for the high level of this work - it is not really mainstream yet, and looking at a few of the angry comments below, I see how at least half of white America feels deep down "I don't see race" etc. they completely miss the point - that the trauma and belief system is stuck in their bodies, it's ancestral, it's not on the surface. They're not ready. I guess this is what scares me with this work? So few are really ready to feel, lean in, listen, heal? Anyway. My biggest question after reading my Grandmother's Hands and listening to many of his presentations is where do immigrant bodies fit into this: non-white, non-Indigenous, non-black. And maybe, they don't fit into this framework. I believe the experiences of immigrant bodies are very different from black, white, Indigenous bodies. Perhaps it is really something separate that needs its own healing as we either have tried to assimilate into white society or reclaim our identities after the fact.
As I did the meditation.... First of all as an Irish person I was aware that I and my ancestors are a body of culture who experienced racism from being colonized. Secondly as a white person, something became blaringly clear in me the minute I processed the word sanctioned. That is that we make ourselves belong to a way of being when we sanction something by not speaking up by not addressing the horror. Being numb to horror is a real thing. I felt numb to horror for years. I could not even express or name the horror...thats how numb I was.
@@gnomie2.0 and @Johannes Berger thank you for your response! You can find the link to Resmaa's website in the description, as well as on the ending slate @1:01:00
I really was excited when I saw this , but I read other people’s comments and they seemed to have been helped. I have ordered the book and I am hopeful it will be helpful. Tara would you consider breaking this down for us. I don’t feel I understand how to do what he is talking about. Maybe his terminology was over by head.
It's a process. 💜 There is a lot to learn and unlearn. Part of what Resmaa is saying is that this work of collective healing related to racial trauma is slow and will take many generations to see through. It requires us to be in our bodies as we do practices like the visualization he guided us through. He is also saying that an antiracist *culture* is needed. There is a lot to digest! Happy to continue chatting if you see this comment 😊
I’m so shook from this…how do you ask someone to witness you?.. I have the desire to find people interested in this work. How do I find a group of people interested in healing somatic white supremacy.. powerful.. I’m open to feedback!
I've had some other white folks who I've shared this with get angry at me for not giving them a "trigger warning" about the visualization exercise. I feel very conflicted about that. I did not receive a warning about what the visualization would be when I initially watched this, and I do think it's important for white people to understand this process of numbing from a visceral level. I also understand that white folks have also experienced violence in their ancestry as well as in their immediate families. Just curious what others think about "trigger warnings" when it comes to themes of racial violence.
Thank you Thank you. Ok stay in the body. Witness and help to identify in each other (white bodies) that which we don't want to experience as it relates to race. Silence. Breathing. Stay away from narratives and becoming a book club. Be with what is emerging.
Tara put up a LIVE meditation a couple of days ago with another lady leading a meditation, she had a white dress... anyone know her name? The video got removed.
I live near the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. I've noticed around here more and more interracial couples and their children . . . a surprising number really. I wondered if Resmaa thinks that this phenomenon might help with speeding up the profound changes required as to the supremacy of white bodies? Maybe we won't need 9 generations? I already perceive a difference in the deep assumptions in my children's generation. And too, the media, both social communication and entertainment expression seems to be changing in leaps and bounds in its portrayal, presumptions and inference as to "speciesness."
I am also very curious about the role of interracial relationships in all this. I do think that interracial friendships, family relationships, and romantic and partnerships all can help speed up this process. It certainly has sped up my own process or reckoning with the fear, grief, guilt, shame, confusion, longing, and hope in my own white body!
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I’ve been doing work that parallels Resmaa’s only I work directly with the fascia (think connective tissue or the environment for everything else in the body) where the trauma is held in the body. His book was pivotal for me in confirming the theories I had found in my clients’ bodies around race & trauma. I have been involved with IMCW for over a decade & your work, Tara, has been pivotal in me staying grounded to be able to do the work I do. This was so valuable for me as a Somatic Abolitionist & Fascial Specialist. I am eternally grateful for this video.
Thank you Resmaa. Such important work. 🙏
Thank you for this interview, Tara Brach. I am moved. Resmaa Menakem's historical perspective combined with embodied practices are profound, and this approach to understanding and healing racialized trauma is essential if I am to engage in a journey of genuine transformation. The nine generations piece is as sobering as the specific practices Resmaa's book -- and this interview -- offers. Astounding, and it feels wholly important not to let the length of time it will take for real cultural and systemic transformation to occur, to get in the way of beginning and doing the work right now.
As a person of Jewish heritage, i know I've embodied the trauma of generations of persecution, as well as the holocaust that occurred just in the middle of the last century: my body holds and moves from fear (terror, really), rage, freeze, flight, fight, and sometimes despair. It feels absolutely necessary to metabolize as much of that as I'm able, to use it to hear clearly the trauma of people in Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous bodies, and be an agent of care, of transformation.
LOVE this interview Tara and Resmaa. Have watched it three time! Excellent!!!
Can’t thank u enough for this interview!! ❣️🙏
I’m a white woman who has spent a lot of time educating myself on the truth of our history, learning to see “whiteness”, & lots of self questioning. Nothing has resonated with me as deep as Resmaa’s work!!
I believe with every fiber of my being that his work is the way to TRUE positive change.
One of the best interviews with Resmaa Menakem I've heard.
Thank you Resmaa, I've purchased your book. I have suspected for a long time that we all need healing. For me, it started when my mother was dying...Our history, as a people, is so complex, it's difficult to know where to start...
Thank you for giving us the narrative...
I can barely speak since participating live. I am very sobered, and deeply touched by the embodied truth telling, and the brutal honesty and fierce compassion being modelled here for us.i cant look back, and I cant think Tara and Resma enough.
I know I need to listen to this again now, there was so much here of value. I've always believed our bodies are our teachers so this all makes sense to me. Also, when you say nine generations, I can already see the difference in perception of race in my children and grandchildren, change takes commitment and time. Thank you for your wisdom, insights and honesty. I will now reflect on this, set healing, find out more and deepen my journey , there is far to go. Thank you
Love this man. Love his book. Half way through and I'm mesmerized. Yes! Somatic Abolitionism. I'm ready to learn.
His work is revolutionary, frankly. I have learned so much from RM and believe one really has to be spiritually / emotionally ready for the high level of this work - it is not really mainstream yet, and looking at a few of the angry comments below, I see how at least half of white America feels deep down "I don't see race" etc. they completely miss the point - that the trauma and belief system is stuck in their bodies, it's ancestral, it's not on the surface. They're not ready. I guess this is what scares me with this work? So few are really ready to feel, lean in, listen, heal? Anyway. My biggest question after reading my Grandmother's Hands and listening to many of his presentations is where do immigrant bodies fit into this: non-white, non-Indigenous, non-black. And maybe, they don't fit into this framework. I believe the experiences of immigrant bodies are very different from black, white, Indigenous bodies. Perhaps it is really something separate that needs its own healing as we either have tried to assimilate into white society or reclaim our identities after the fact.
Thank you so much for sharing your conversation with Resmaa!
It was awe-inspiring to watch him schooling us in white-body supremacy and "essence."
As I did the meditation.... First of all as an Irish person I was aware that I and my ancestors are a body of culture who experienced racism from being colonized. Secondly as a white person, something became blaringly clear in me the minute I processed the word sanctioned. That is that we make ourselves belong to a way of being when we sanction something by not speaking up by not addressing the horror. Being numb to horror is a real thing. I felt numb to horror for years. I could not even express or name the horror...thats how numb I was.
Thank you both!!
Brilliant interview! Thank you!!
This was amazing. Honestly exactly what I needed. Thank you so much ❤️
Thank you. Deep bow!
Thank you for this insightful conversation! It would be great to also have links to Resmaa's mentioned book and course in the description.
Totally agree - would love to see Resmaa’s links in the description here
@@gnomie2.0 and @Johannes Berger thank you for your response! You can find the link to Resmaa's website in the description, as well as on the ending slate @1:01:00
@@TaraBrach Thank you so much! Sorry if I missed that link the first time! 💕💕💕
www.tarabrach.com/calendar/wednesday-night-meditation-resmaa-menakem/
Wow! Good stuff!
At first I thought the title was “healing radicalized trauma,” and I clicked right away, but I misread.
I really was excited when I saw this , but I read other people’s comments and they seemed to have been helped. I have ordered the book and I am hopeful it will be helpful. Tara would you consider breaking this down for us. I don’t feel I understand how to do what he is talking about. Maybe his terminology was over by head.
It's a process. 💜 There is a lot to learn and unlearn. Part of what Resmaa is saying is that this work of collective healing related to racial trauma is slow and will take many generations to see through. It requires us to be in our bodies as we do practices like the visualization he guided us through. He is also saying that an antiracist *culture* is needed. There is a lot to digest! Happy to continue chatting if you see this comment 😊
I’m so shook from this…how do you ask someone to witness you?.. I have the desire to find people interested in this work. How do I find a group of people interested in healing somatic white supremacy.. powerful.. I’m open to feedback!
I've had some other white folks who I've shared this with get angry at me for not giving them a "trigger warning" about the visualization exercise. I feel very conflicted about that. I did not receive a warning about what the visualization would be when I initially watched this, and I do think it's important for white people to understand this process of numbing from a visceral level. I also understand that white folks have also experienced violence in their ancestry as well as in their immediate families. Just curious what others think about "trigger warnings" when it comes to themes of racial violence.
Thank you Thank you. Ok stay in the body. Witness and help to identify in each other (white bodies) that which we don't want to experience as it relates to race. Silence. Breathing. Stay away from narratives and becoming a book club. Be with what is emerging.
Tara put up a LIVE meditation a couple of days ago with another lady leading a meditation, she had a white dress... anyone know her name? The video got removed.
Kate Johnson - here she is! ruclips.net/video/bBLJyjdKJck/видео.html
@@TaraBrach Oh, thank you very much :)
I live near the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania. I've noticed around here more and more interracial couples and their children . . . a surprising number really. I wondered if Resmaa thinks that this phenomenon might help with speeding up the profound changes required as to the supremacy of white bodies? Maybe we won't need 9 generations? I already perceive a difference in the deep assumptions in my children's generation. And too, the media, both social communication and entertainment expression seems to be changing in leaps and bounds in its portrayal, presumptions and inference as to "speciesness."
I am also very curious about the role of interracial relationships in all this. I do think that interracial friendships, family relationships, and romantic and partnerships all can help speed up this process. It certainly has sped up my own process or reckoning with the fear, grief, guilt, shame, confusion, longing, and hope in my own white body!
Tara is a RIDICULOUS OLD WOMAN!
Why?
Anybody know where I can find her hot dog story? “She thinks I’m real”
THIS. So so grateful 🙏