The Body & Collective Resistance 

In the framework of our project  4 + 3 = 1  and together with Refuge Worldwide, we warmly invite you to participate in this body and resistance workshop with Camille Barton.

We are living through times of great change. This moment calls for new forms of embodied connection and collectivity to tend the soil for sustained resistance and creative interventions that serve life. This workshop will provide an entry point to considering how we can befriend our bodies, and listen to the wisdom of our bodies, in order to create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. 

We will explore some of the framing around the legacies of René Decartes’ work, known as Cartesian Dualism or Mind Body separation – which has created many hierarchies that are entangled with oppressions, including racism, ableism and human domination. There will be exercises on embodied consent – clarifying how you can hear a yes and a no in your body. This can be an example of what it feels like to listen to or connect with the wisdom of the body as opposed to the rational processing of the mind. 

There will be space for sharing and reflections as well as pleasure-focused dancing to explore how we can envision more beautiful futures and our role in creating them.