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\u201cIf we\u2019re soaking in all these default practices that are power-over practices that are reflected to us through the media, through our families and communities, through how the economy works, it means we\u2019re embodying things that we might not even agree with that might not at all align with our values, but we\u2019re embodying them anyway.\u201d

Staci K. Haines is a somatics innovator and the author of The Politics of Trauma. In her decades of working and teaching in the field of somatics, Staci has grown fascinated with the \u201chow\u201d rather than the \u201cwhy.\u201d She invokes questions such as how we are shaped, how we cultivate resilience, how we practice, and how we transform.

Observing somatics as a holistic paradigm shift, Staci offers insight into the body as a form of place\u2014a place where the personal meets the collective. With this in mind, she invites us to explore how working with embodied somatic practices in safe and accessible ways can shape the ways in which we want to respond to, act on, and heal cycles of trauma. By leaning on the phrase \u201cwe become what we practice,\u201d Staci poses somatics as a relational space where social justice, collective aliveness, and personal healing align in untangling the knots of exploitative power. Ultimately, she expresses the urgent need for collective resourcefulness as guided by somatic awareness.\xa0

(The musical offering featured in this episode is Trust The Sun by\xa0Oropendola. The episode-inspired artwork is by Nano F\xe9vrier.)

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