What I learned (and unlearned) on sabbatical
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Hey y’all.

I’m just returning from a semi-sabbatical in Brazil that was both
unexpected and totally on time. I was called to Brazil to
continue my own journey of American Detox. I wanted to better
understand how cultures of domination are playing out beyond the
US; examine the violence and impact of the American gaze (and how
I’ve internalized that in my own work); explore the deep
practices of resistance and healing that are embedded in Brazil’s
history and culture. And I wanted to be a student again…to learn
and unlearn, to get lost in translation, to be humbled by not
knowing and to allow myself to experience awe. The definition of
awe is a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or
wonder. It is the breath held, body at attention and mind focused
on bearing witness to the beautiful and often complex reality
right in front of us.

I am still integrating and finding my words for this experience
and will share more as I emerge, but it was definitely the
chiropractic adjustment that I needed to unlock new questions and
spaces of practice. Here’s what’s emerging for me in 2024:

* What are the edges of my discomfort? Where am I growing? Where
am I stuck?
* What are the conditions that allow me to see and feel more
clearly the space beyond my constructed experience?
* How do we with+stand this transition and navigate the
in-between from where we are coming from and where we are going?
* How do we build a tolerance for the constancy of change and
uncertainty?
* How do we balance hope and despair?
* What does it look like to meet each moment with awe and the
presence of a powerful response?

What I know now more than ever - in the face of endless violence,
accelerating crises, chaotic and compromised elections and more -
is that we need each other, we need to be ready for whatever, and
we need to cultivate greater capacity and creativity to heal
forward and shape a different future. Join me this year as we
live into the questions and prepare ourselves for what’s next.
Here's where you can find me:

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The call for white people to “do the work” is a serious
one. Not just because of the historical and present, pervasive
and persistent, embodied and systemic impact of white supremacy
on Black and Brown people, but because it threatens our
democracy, our planet and our humanity as a whole. White
supremacy is bad for all of us.

Unlearning Whiteness
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* is a virtual space designed for well-meaning white people who
are ready to reckon with how we’re implicated in the system of
white supremacy and what it's going to take to detox our
body/mind and heal our humanity.

Through embodied practice, radical inquiry and courageous
conversation, we will explore how we got here, where we are
situated in unequal systems, how we’ve internalized dominant
culture, what white supremacy is costing us and what our right
role/responsibility is in getting free.

*In collaboration with Embodied Social Justice Certificate
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, a 3 month program for people who are serious about social
justice and collective liberation featuring rev Angel kyodo
williams, Dr Angel Acosta, Resmaa Manakem, Patrisse Cullers, Dr
Ruby Gibson, Staci Haines, Dr Kelsey Blackwell and more
(including me:).

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Registration is open!
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Registration is open!
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Spring is a time for purification, renewal and birth. Join
me for a powerful retreat to cleanse the body, clear the mind and
catalyze change. DETOX 2024
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retreat that is designed to meet you where you are and guide you
through a journey of detoxification and renewal. Over the course
of 7 days, we will move through an experience of grounding and
detoxification, reflection and reconciliation, creativity and
manifestation as we make the transition from where we are coming
from and where we are going. Our journey will include daily
embodied practice, journaling, LIVE community coaching and tools
for transformation and self care rituals. It will be a powerful
and nourishing experience that will soothe your soul and seed
your highest intention.

Sign up before by March 31st and get 10% off! Use code EARLYBIRD
at checkout!

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Sign up for Detox Chakra Cleanse!
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We are in the midst of a powerful turning - still
untangling ourselves from the wounds of the past while trying to
grow into who we are meant to be in the world. So many of us are
feeling the power of this shift on a personal and collective
level. All of us - maiden, mothers, enchantresses, crones - hold
the power of transition - creativity and rebirth. Honoring this
cycle of creation - conception, gestation, birth and release -
and our place in it will determine what’s next and what’s
possible.

WOMB ( [link removed] ) is a ritual and
retreat for women who are ready to own their power and place in
the world. Our journey will be supported and inspired by majestic
desert habitat of Joshua Tree, CA, nourishing plant based meals,
replenishing self care practices and guided ritual. Through
embodied movement, radical inquiry, rituals of remembering and
reclaiming and mutual support and care, we will awaken our
feminine power to hold change and birth new worlds for ourselves
and each other.

Sign up by Spring Equinox (March 19th) and get $50 off with code
EQUINOX!

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Join us in Joshua Tree!
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True healing and liberation calls us to unpack and unlearn
all that we’ve accumulated along the way: limiting beliefs,
habitual patterns, attachments and addictions – so that we can
break down the barriers and breakthrough to freedom.

Recovering ourselves: A 12-step Approach to Liberation
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new/old wisdom, neuroscience research, somatic healing, rites and
rituals and relational organizing towards a shared practice detox
and recovery. Led by recovery specialist, Nikki Myers and
movement organizer, Kerri Kelly, this training will be a deep and
embodied exploration into how we've been shaped by dominant
culture rooted in separation, supremacy and scarcity and what
it’s going to take to heal.

Fall immersion will be hybrid (in person and virtual) and kicks
off with an in-person retreat on October 3rd in Millerton NY.

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Reserve your seat now!
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Reserve your seat now!
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Here we come 2024. Look forward to seeing you along the
way.

Kerri Kelly email signature

[email protected]
[email protected]
( [email protected] )415.971.6383 ( tel:4159716383 )

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