The Soothe Circle, Lake George, CO (2025)

10/08/2024

Join The Soothe Circle's in-person session, where Dea Lott will guide the SOOTHE Circle through a restorative yoga class that may ease and calm our distress after we experience and witness injustices, violence, and loss.

Class will include gentle yoga postures that use blankets, bolsters, pillows, guided breathing, and a spiritually-focused meditation to promote calm and deep relaxation of the nervous system to empower us to heal and liberate ourselves.

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Pre-Registration is Required at Eventbrite or www.thesoothecircle.org

August 22, 2024 at 7pm
October 17, 2024 at 6pm
November 13, 2024 at 6pm
December 19, 2024 at 6pm
Morgan Cares
2101 E Biddle Street, Stone Building
Baltimore, MD 21213
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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

08/30/2024

Last week, the SOOTHE Circle presented its first ever in-person SOOTHE Circle session at the Morgan CARES location in East Baltimore.

Dea Lott, a healing justice practitioner, yoga philosophy teacher, inactive social justice attorney, and founder of the SOOTHE Circle, guided the Circle through a slow and therapeutic restorative yoga practice designed to support recovery from trauma due to racial and police violence.

Using a combination of comfy and supportive props, gentle poses, and the stabilizing energy of gravity, our little Circle explored deep relaxation to encourage our nervous systems to shift from a state of reactivity to a state of rest. Culturally sensitive and trauma-informed meditation and breath guidance was offered for the Circle to manage their emotions and thoughts to calm the mind.

When taught with shared cultural identity, lived experience, yoga philosophy, and trauma-informed design, restorative yoga can be a wonderful holistic practice for enduring through and recovering from periods of distress, stress, and burnout.

The SOOTHE Circle is honored to join with Morgan Cares and its staff as we work to achieve our mutual visions of healing justice/health equity. Learn more about the SOOTHE Circle by visiting our website and watch our social media accounts for future in-person sessions of the SOOTHE Circle.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc. - a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

08/03/2024

Dea C. Lott, J.D., RYT will bless the SOOTHE Circle with an in-person session of "Daily Wellness Practices for Healing, Calm and Hope" at Morgan CARES on August 22, 2024 at 7pm, 2101 E Biddle Street, Stone Building, Suite 1204, Baltimore, MD 21213. Registration required at www.thesoothecircle.org.

For the SOOTHE Circle’s first in-person session, Dea will guide attendees through restorative and self-healing yoga practices that may heal, ease, and calm our distress after we experience and witness injustices, violence, and loss. After the practice, Dea will discuss ancestral views on healing - passed down from African Indigenous, Classical Yoga, and Black American traditions - that empower us to heal and liberate ourselves.

Presenter Bio:
Dea Lott, J.D., RYT-200 is the founder of DivineSense and the SOOTHE Circle. Dea is a wellness consultant, healing justice practitioner, register yoga philosophy teacher, mediator, movement lawyer, community organizer, and student of ancestral indigenous spiritual philosophies and practices.

She has over 20 years of combined personal and professional experience using African Indigenous, Classical Yoga, Black American spiritual traditions, and other wellness modalities to support overall health and wellbeing. Dea has also worked on social justice issues, as an attorney, law professor, campaign manager, organizer, and in various other roles, for over 15 years.

She was inspired to create the SOOTHE Circle after experiencing systemic racial violence and after police violence harmed her family member and killed her family friend, Herman Whitfield III.

After going through her own healing process alone and, later, supporting her relative and the Whitfield family, she recognized the need for an alternative system of community-led care for the victims of systemic violence that is free from the persistent harms of individual and systemic racism and inequities.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

07/31/2024

‼️TONIGHT Healing from Violence through Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. at 7pm (EDT)‼️

The Soothe Circle is a wellness program for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and race-based violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org.

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Natasha A. Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC of the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle on July 31st, 2024 at 7pm (EDT).

Presenter Bio:
Natasha A. Thomas PhD, MT-BC (They/She + any neo-pronouns offered with respect) is a Q***r, Black, Disabled child of Caribbean immigrants from St. Vincent, an island that has historically been home to shipwreck and volcano, as well as the Kalinago people and descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, among others.

Natasha holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and teaches Music Therapy at IUPUI, on the land of the Miami people (Indianapolis, Indiana), where she lives with her spouse and three year old. Natasha is a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. and co-host of their podcast Black Creative Healing.

When not actively creating or playing with their child, you can find Natasha exploring ancestral concepts of creativity and healing (particularly within African spiritual cosmologies), cooking, gardening, or community building with kin or anyone else willing to join them. She works with those who are ready to transform.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The Soothe Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

07/30/2024

‼️Sign Up for Healing from Violence through Black Music Therapy this Wednesday July 31st at 7pm (EDT)‼️

The Soothe Circle is a wellness program for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and race-based violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org.

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Natasha A. Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC of the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle on July 31st, 2024 at 7pm (EDT).

Presenter Bio:
Natasha A. Thomas PhD, MT-BC (They/She + any neo-pronouns offered with respect) is a Q***r, Black, Disabled child of Caribbean immigrants from St. Vincent, an island that has historically been home to shipwreck and volcano, as well as the Kalinago people and descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, among others.

Natasha holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and teaches Music Therapy at IUPUI, on the land of the Miami people (Indianapolis, Indiana), where she lives with her spouse and three year old. Natasha is a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. and co-host of their podcast Black Creative Healing.

When not actively creating or playing with their child, you can find Natasha exploring ancestral concepts of creativity and healing (particularly within African spiritual cosmologies), cooking, gardening, or community building with kin or anyone else willing to join them. She works with those who are ready to transform.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The Soothe Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

07/25/2024

‼️Sign Up for Healing through Black Music Therapy next Wednesday July 31st at 7pm (EDT)‼️

The Soothe Circle is a wellness program for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and race-based violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org.

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Natasha A. Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC of the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle on July 31st, 2024 at 7pm (EDT).

Presenter Bio:
Natasha A. Thomas PhD, MT-BC (They/She + any neo-pronouns offered with respect) is a Q***r, Black, Disabled child of Caribbean immigrants from St. Vincent, an island that has historically been home to shipwreck and volcano, as well as the Kalinago people and descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, among others.

Natasha holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and teaches Music Therapy at IUPUI, on the land of the Miami people (Indianapolis, Indiana), where she lives with her spouse and three year old. Natasha is a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. and co-host of their podcast Black Creative Healing.

When not actively creating or playing with their child, you can find Natasha exploring ancestral concepts of creativity and healing (particularly within African spiritual cosmologies), cooking, gardening, or community building with kin or anyone else willing to join them. She works with those who are ready to transform.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The Soothe Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

07/21/2024

JOIN US for The SOOTHE Circle on July 31st at 7pm (EDT) for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and race-based violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or by emailing info@thesoothecircle.org.

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Natasha A. Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC of the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle on July 31st, 2024 at 7pm (EDT).

Presenter Bio:
Natasha A. Thomas PhD, MT-BC (They/She + any neo-pronouns offered with respect) is a Q***r, Black, Disabled child of Caribbean immigrants from St. Vincent, an island that has historically been home to shipwreck and volcano, as well as the Kalinago people and descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, among others.

Natasha holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and teaches Music Therapy at IUPUI, on the land of the Miami people (Indianapolis, Indiana), where she lives with her spouse and three year old. Natasha is a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. and co-host of their podcast Black Creative Healing.

When not actively creating or playing with their child, you can find Natasha exploring ancestral concepts of creativity and healing (particularly within African spiritual cosmologies), cooking, gardening, or community building with kin or anyone else willing to join them. She works with those who are ready to transform.

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The Soothe Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The Soothe Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

07/09/2024

JOIN US for The SOOTHE Circle on July 31st at 7pm (EDT) for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and race-based violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or by emailing info@thesoothecircle.org.

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Natasha A. Thomas, Ph.D., MT-BC of the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle on July 31st, 2024 at 7pm (EDT).

Presenter Bio:
Natasha A. Thomas PhD, MT-BC (They/She + any neo-pronouns offered with respect) is a Q***r, Black, Disabled child of Caribbean immigrants from St. Vincent, an island that has historically been home to shipwreck and volcano, as well as the Kalinago people and descendants of the Trans Atlantic Slave trade, among others.

Natasha holds a PhD in Expressive Therapies and teaches Music Therapy at IUPUI, on the land of the Miami people (Indianapolis, Indiana), where she lives with her spouse and three year old. Natasha is a member of the steering committee for the Black Music Therapy Network, Inc. and co-host of their podcast Black Creative Healing.

When not actively creating or playing with their child, you can find Natasha exploring ancestral concepts of creativity and healing (particularly within African spiritual cosmologies), cooking, gardening, or community building with kin or anyone else willing to join them. She works with those who are ready to transform.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The Soothe Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

06/12/2024

TUNE IN TONIGHT, June 12th at 7pm (EDT)!!! for the June for wellness support for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and racial violence.

All sessions are VIRTUAL and FREE for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcu2tqz4pEtKpEe6DVaNkH3leXqwOTQ6B #/registration

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Rosie Chavez of Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle with a presentation about her organizing work.

Presenter Bio:
Rosie Chavez is the aunt of Jacob Dominguez, who was unarmed when a San Jose police officer killed him in 2017. Ms. Chavez is herself the youngest of five children and the first person in her family to go to college. A single mother of three boys, Chavez is a San Jose City College alumna, earning a certificate of completion in Alcohol and Drug studies. For 17 years, Rosie was a Program Coordinator, Drug Alcohol Counselor, and Mental Health Peer Mentor in San Jose.

She works today with Silicon Valley De-Bug a community organizing, advocacy, and a multimedia storytelling organization based in San Jose, as an expression of her ambition to create social change after police killed her nephew.

A young father, Jacob was profiled by law enforcement because of his background. Right before he lost his life, Jacob participated in a documentary where he was quoted saying, “My hope for this film is when people see someone like me, they see the good.” Learn more at Justice for Jacob Dominguez.

Rosie’s current role as Participatory Defense/Community Release Project Organizer with De-Bug allows her to answer Jacob’s calling “to see the good” in a broader way – to uplift the good in individuals facing charges in the criminal justice system and to empower families in support of their loved ones, drawing on the extensive network of services and resources she has built in the South Bay. In October 2020, out of more than 150 applicants, Rosie was chosen to be a 2021-22 Mothers Against Police Brutality Legacy Fellow.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation made to The SOOTHE Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

06/11/2024

JOIN US for The Soothe Circle on TOMORROW, JUNE 12th, 2024 at 7pm (EDT) for wellness support for individuals and families harmed by police brutality.

All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcu2tqz4pEtKpEe6DVaNkH3leXqwOTQ6B #/registration

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Rosie Chavez of Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle with a presentation about her organizing work.

Presenter Bio:
Rosie Chavez is the aunt of Jacob Dominguez, who was unarmed when a San Jose police officer killed him in 2017. Ms. Chavez is herself the youngest of five children and the first person in her family to go to college. A single mother of three boys, Chavez is a San Jose City College alumna, earning a certificate of completion in Alcohol and Drug studies. For 17 years, Rosie was a Program Coordinator, Drug Alcohol Counselor, and Mental Health Peer Mentor in San Jose.

She works today with Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organizing, advocacy, and a multimedia storytelling organization based in San Jose, as an expression of her ambition to create social change after police killed her nephew.

A young father, Jacob was profiled by law enforcement because of his background. Right before he lost his life, Jacob participated in a documentary where he was quoted saying, “My hope for this film is when people see someone like me, they see the good.” (See for Jacob Dominguez to learn more).

Rosie’s current role as Participatory Defense/Community Release Project Organizer with De-Bug allows her to answer Jacob’s calling “to see the good” in a broader way – to uplift the good in individuals facing charges in the criminal justice system and to empower families in support of their loved ones, drawing on the extensive network of services and resources she has built in the South Bay. In October 2020, out of more than 150 applicants, Rosie was chosen to be a 2021-22 Mothers Against Police Brutality Legacy Fellow.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc. a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The SOOTHE Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

05/31/2024

JOIN US for The Soothe Circle on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th, 2024 at 7pm (EDT) for wellness support for individuals and families harmed by police brutality. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqcu2tqz4pEtKpEe6DVaNkH3leXqwOTQ6B

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Rosie Chavez of Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle with a presentation about her organizing work.

Presenter Bio:
Rosie Chavez is the aunt of Jacob Dominguez, who was unarmed when a San Jose police officer killed him in 2017. Ms. Chavez is herself the youngest of five children and the first person in her family to go to college. A single mother of three boys, Chavez is a San Jose City College alumna, earning a certificate of completion in Alcohol and Drug studies. For 17 years, Rosie was a Program Coordinator, Drug Alcohol Counselor, and Mental Health Peer Mentor in San Jose.

She works today with Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organizing, advocacy, and a multimedia storytelling organization based in San Jose, as an expression of her ambition to create social change after police killed her nephew.

A young father, Jacob was profiled by law enforcement because of his background. Right before he lost his life, Jacob participated in a documentary where he was quoted saying, “My hope for this film is when people see someone like me, they see the good.” (See Justice for Jacob Dominguez to learn more).

Rosie’s current role as Participatory Defense/Community Release Project Organizer with De-Bug allows her to answer Jacob’s calling “to see the good” in a broader way – to uplift the good in individuals facing charges in the criminal justice system and to empower families in support of their loved ones, drawing on the extensive network of services and resources she has built in the South Bay. In October 2020, out of more than 150 applicants, Rosie was chosen to be a 2021-22 Mothers Against Police Brutality Legacy Fellow.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The SOOTHE Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

04/27/2024

JOIN US for The Soothe Circle on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12th, 2024 at 7pm (EDT) for wellness support for individuals and families harmed by police brutality and racial violence. All sessions are virtual and free for impacted people and families who register to attend at www.thesoothecircle.org or by emailing info@thesoothecircle.org.

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At this session, Rosie Chavez from Mothers Against Police Brutality, Inc. will bless the SOOTHE Circle with a presentation.

Presenter Bio:
Rosie Chavez is the aunt of Jacob Dominguez, who was unarmed when a San Jose police officer killed him in 2017. Ms. Chavez is herself the youngest of five children and the first person in her family to go to college. A single mother of three boys, Chavez is a San Jose City College alumna, earning a certificate of completion in Alcohol and Drug studies. For 17 years, Rosie was a Program Coordinator, Drug Alcohol Counselor, and Mental Health Peer Mentor in San Jose.

She works today with Silicon Valley de-Bug, a community organizing, advocacy, and a multimedia storytelling organization based in San Jose, as an expression of her ambition to create social change after police killed her nephew.

A young father, Jacob was profiled by law enforcement because of his background. Right before he lost his life, Jacob participated in a documentary where he was quoted saying, “My hope for this film is when people see someone like me, they see the good.” (See Justice for Jacob Dominguez to learn more).

Rosie’s current role as Participatory Defense/Community Release Project Organizer wiith De-Bug allows her to answer Jacob’s calling “to see the good” in a broader way – to uplift the good in individuals facing charges in the criminal justice system and to empower families in support of their loved ones, drawing on the extensive network of services and resources she has built in the South Bay. In October 2020, out of more than 150 applicants, Rosie was chosen to be a 2021-22 Mothers Against Police Brutality Legacy Fellow.

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The SOOTHE Circle is a community wellness project from DivineSense and is fiscally sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Every donation you make to The SOOTHE Circle is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more at www.thesoothecircle.org

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