Resmaa Menakem: Somatic Abolitionism

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Resmaa Menakem is an author, artist, and psychotherapist specializing in the effects of trauma on the human body, as well as relationships within Black families and Black society. He's the author of the beautiful and inspiring book, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon and Resmaa Menakem discuss racism from the perspectives of trauma and body-centered psychology. Resmaa unpacks some of the language he's introduced into our vocabulary around racism—including "white-body supremacy" and "somatic abolitionism"—helping listeners to deepen their understanding of the structural and philosophical underpinnings of racism in the Western world. They also discuss the ways our bodies metabolize our experiences around racism, and the importance of finding healing in community. This interview originally appeared in Sounds True's Walking Together, a collection of free resources for healing racism. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name's Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True,
0:08.0	and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available.
0:24.3	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness,
0:31.5	emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.6	The Sounds True Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools
0:46.0	to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:53.8	If you'd like to learn more or feel
0:56.4	inspired to become a supporter, please visit SoundsTruefoundation.org.
1:07.4	You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today is a special episode, a conversation that I had
1:13.8	with New York Times best-selling author, healer, and trauma specialist, Resma Menacum.
1:21.0	Resma describes himself as a cultural trauma navigator, a communal provocateur and coach, someone who considers it his
1:32.3	job in the moment to make the invisible visible. This conversation was originally broadcast
1:40.1	as part of a free series of teachings and resources at Sounds True,
1:46.3	in which we express our standing in solidarity with the black community,
1:52.2	and also our desire to step up and work proactively as a multimedia company
1:58.8	that stands for social justice.
2:01.8	This page of teachings and resources at Sounds True is called Walking Together,
2:07.9	growing in awareness and accountability, and putting our love into action.
2:13.4	And I encourage you to visit us at Walking Together. And here's the URL.
2:18.6	It's product.
2:20.0	Dot soundstrue.com backslash walking dash together.
2:27.8	Again, product.
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