Radical Well Being Bodywork

Radical Well Being Bodywork Transformational Therapeutic Bodywork in Portland, Oregon with Niema Lightseed Wilson, LMT #24018
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Trying to encapsulate the creative process in a photo is tricky. Trying to explain how essential our creativity is in an...
10/13/2023

Trying to encapsulate the creative process in a photo is tricky.
Trying to explain how essential our creativity is in an age of collapse and colonialism is, well, the work of my life.

But this pic is close… returning to our instruments, listening for the muse, asking again and again how we can transmute the suffering of the world into wisdom and beauty. Maybe having a companion along the way.

We’re exploring these and other aspects of the creative process in Charming the Muse, a course through the that runs until Nov 14, and you can join us through tonight if you’d like to explore your own creative process and how to make medicinal art in these times.

Art continues to be how I make sense of the world, with poetry as an encapsulation and expression of the ineffable, insu...
08/18/2022

Art continues to be how I make sense of the world, with poetry as an encapsulation and expression of the ineffable, insufferable, and sublime.

I’m excited to share poetry at an in-person event for the first time since Feb 2020.
Amanda of ALIST owned by Amanda Mailey] curates beautiful gatherings that celebrate women-identified business founders and I’m honored to be a part of this one, and to share the stage with and
Join us on August 31, tickets at the link in ALIST owned by Amanda Mailey] bio.

What is care? My immediate reaction to the altercation at that event was an upwelling of deep longing. As a fat Black wo...
04/05/2022

What is care?

My immediate reaction to the altercation at that event was an upwelling of deep longing.
As a fat Black woman with autoimmunity I have rarely felt protected and truly cared for in this world. Most of the times I have been able to settle into being held by another human have been on a massage table or in a classroom, which is likely part of why I’m called to work in those spaces - our vocations are often expressions of what we wish was in the world.
I’m grateful for the people who have held me as precious and worthy of care, and I strive to do the same for everyone who works with me.

I’m seeing bodywork clients on Weds and Fridays in this beautiful office on NE Broadway, if you’re in Portland come let us explore care together.

What are the stories we tell, and how do they shape our world?What are the ways our intrinsic human needs get twisted in...
11/25/2021

What are the stories we tell, and how do they shape our world?
What are the ways our intrinsic human needs get twisted into tools to further entrench empire?

The day I am posting this has come to be recognized within the U.S. as a holiday of family and feasting, but for indigenous folks this is a day of mourning. The stories we were told in school, making construction paper turkeys by tracing our hands and celebrating the brave pilgrims, were lies constructed to hide the legacy of genocide.

It's also complicated, like all this work, because celebrating our loved ones, sharing food, and practicing gratitude are essential human needs. I remember looking forward to this day because some years this was the only time I saw my cousins, and for many working families this is one of few moments each year that everyone can come together. That's why it is so twisted, genocide has been hidden under and woven into our intrinsic need for connection and celebration. Capitalism squeezes life such that the only time some people can connect with their families is on an imperialist holiday glorifying a massacre.

So, do what you need to do, enjoy that meal, love up grandma, laugh at your niblings' jokes. But also learn about the origins of this day, have those hard conversations when you can, support the efforts of the indigenous people in your area, and take steps towards divesting from this lie of a holiday and creating traditions with your family not based on colonial genocide.

So we can start to tell new stories of healing, restoration, and true community.

Holding autumn in time With oil and wood Like I could keep these dying ones in my chromated hand for a moment longer,If ...
11/08/2021

Holding autumn in time
With oil and wood
Like I could keep these dying ones in my
chromated hand for a moment longer,
If I get the shading just so.

More progress shots, behind the scenes shared, poetry, and liberation resources on my patreon

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