Hey fam, it's me, Amara. Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans

stories to save trans lives. Sadly, we're now in a world that constantly demands our resistance.

It demands that we speak up for ourselves and stand up for ourselves almost on a constant basis. At a time like this, it can seem that rest is not a luxury, and as attacks on trans people intensify,

it's more important, however, despite this reality, that we

center wellness, healing, well-being, and the practices that can sustain us through the fight.

So in this episode, we're going to talk about what it really means to care for ourselves,

even during this time of intensity, as well as each other.

So from physical movement to meditation, to collective healing and ancestral wisdom,

we're going to explore how rest and reset can be a path to sustain resilience.

First, I speak with yoga instructor, Avery Kalapa, about the power of

embodied practice and how reconnecting with our bodies can sustain us in our truth.

The yoga practice is a way of setting a boundary between me and the world, because the world

is worlding really hard right now.

Then I talk with healer and cultural strategist, Adaku Uta, about building sustainable

movements through rest, ritual, and community care.

Part of my longing and my desire and my interest in somatics is just like a reclamation

that we get to exist right now.

Like, we get to be alive.

But before we begin, let's start at as always. And for trans people, choosing rest as a radical act of

self-love and resistance, in this special trans joy segment, we're going to do something a little

different, a guided meditation led by one of our guests this episode, yoga instructor

Avery Kalapa. Known for their grounding, affirming approach to embodied practice,

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