TRICIA HERSEY on Rest as Resistance [ENCORE] /267

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🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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This week we are rebroadcasting our interview with Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry, originally aired in June of 2020. With a historical analysis of slavery and plantation labor, this week’s episode prompts us, at this critical time, to consider what is stolen from those among us who cannot rest under white supremacy and capitalism. In this incredibly rich offering, we speak with Tricia on the myths of grind culture, rest as resistance, and reclaiming our imaginative power through sleep. Capitalism and white supremacy have tricked us into believing that our self-worth is tied to our productivity. Tricia shares with us the revolutionary power of rest. Tricia Hersey is a Chicago native living in Atlanta with over 20 years of experience collaborating with communities as a performance artist, theater maker, spiritual director, and community organizer. She is the founder of The Nap Ministry, an organization that examines rest as a form of resistance by curating safe spaces for the community to rest via Collective Napping Experiences, immersive workshops and performance art installations. Her research interests include black liberation theology, womanism, somatics, and cultural trauma. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.Music by Seba Kaapstad, Real J Wallace, and Beautiful Chorus. Visit our website at forthewild.world for the full episode description, references, and action points.Support the show

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0:47.3	Welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young.
0:51.2	This week we are re-broadcasting our interview with Trisha Hersey of the NAP ministry.
0:56.3	Originally aired in June of 2020. We hope you enjoy this special encore episode.
1:27.2	All we do is fight for truth, not yet been found yet, not yet been found.
1:41.6	To not rest is really being violent towards your body.
1:45.0	To align yourself with a system that says, your body doesn't belong to you.
1:50.4	Keep working. You are simply a tool for our production.
1:53.6	To align yourself with that is a slow spiritual that as well.
2:02.1	Welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young.
2:06.0	I'm so excited to be joined by Trisha Hersey to speak on disrupting grind culture
2:11.6	and finding liberation through rest. Trisha is a Chicago native living in Atlanta
2:17.6	with over 20 years of experience collaborating with communities as a performance artist,
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