03: The Case for Embodiment in DEI

A Recipe For Transformation

Do you listen to what your body tells you?

Our stories are stored in our bodies. Healing requires us to feel, to move, to let our bodies know what they know and to honor their knowing. But so many of us are habitually disconnected from our bodies that it can feel like a major challenge to learn to “listen” more closely to our own bodies, let alone to bring this topic into the workplace and to DEI work.

In episode 3 of A Recipe for Transformation, Chrysta Wilson goes into the topic of somatics or embodiment, and reveals why including the body is important in DEI work, highlighting in particular:

• We know key information in our bodies, often before we know it in our minds; why paying attention to the subtle cues we notice in the body is important.
• What embodiment / somatics means in the context of DEI work.
• See the issues, feel the issues; the importance of including healing work in the DEI process and what that means about expanding the nature of the work.
• Why learning to honor our own bodies is a crucial piece of doing DEI work
• 4 great practices to build a stronger connection with your body

"When we’re more connected to our bodies it shows up in how we lead. We’re able to create deeper DEI strategies that address the harms that DEI was aimed to address in the first place. When we forget that we are whole human beings with a body, how can we build a future for all human beings to thrive?”

Chrysta Wilson

S2 E3, A Recipe for Transformation

www.RecipeForTransformation.com

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