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Notes from Past Sessions
Session TwoJune 6, 2026
Practices & Rituals
Centering
Walking in Space: Off-Center / Center
Mutual Connection
Gratitude
Inspiration
bell hooks (and m. scott peck) definition of love: “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth”
Carla Bergman & Nick Montgomery on Spinoza’s definition of joy: “the whole point of life is to become capable of new things, with others. Spinoza’s name for this process is joy. [,..] processes through which people become more alive, more capable, and more powerful together.”
Session OneApril 25, 2026
Practices & Rituals
Centering
Rowing
Walking in Space
Shapes: Urgency; Power-Over; Power-Under; Centered
Humming
Inspiration
bell hooks (and m. scott peck) definition of love: “the will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth”
Carla Bergman & Nick Montgomery on Spinoza’s definition of joy: “the whole point of life is to become capable of new things, with others. Spinoza’s name for this process is joy. [,..] processes through which people become more alive, more capable, and more powerful together.”
Medicine Cabinet
a storehouse of resources for healing
Essays
Miki Kashtan - “The Power of the Soft Qualities to Transform Patriarchy”, “A Love Letter To My Brothers”, “The Radical Implications of Staying Within Capacity”, “Needs Choreography and Mutual Influencing”, “Why Capitalism Cannot Be Redeemed”, “What’s Mine To Do?”,
adrienne maree brown - “What Your Body Has To Do With Social Change”; “Relinquishing The Patriarchy”
Staci K. Haines - “The Transformative Power of Practice”, “Somatics, Healing & Social Justice”
Susan Raffo - “Helping White Men Lose Control”; “On Rest and Being Part of a Pack”
Tema Okun - “White Supremacy Culture Characteristics”
Podcasts
Prentis Hemphill - “Breaking Out of Control Mode”; “Traitors to Patriarchy”
Alok Vaid-Menon - “The Urgent Need for Compassion”; “On Unruly Beauty”
Richie Reseda - “On Dismantling Patriarchy”; “Questioning Culture”
adrienne maree brown - “Are You Satisfiable?”, “Visioning”
Miki Kashtan - “Aliveness & Flow”, “What Could Possibly Go Right”, “The Case for the Gift Economy”
Videos
Richie Reseda - “The Feminist on Cell Block Y”
Richard Strozzi-Heckler - “7 Days of Embodied Living” (series)
Bayo Akomolafe - “Why We Need Postactivism Today”; “Where to Go”
Practices
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