For Organisations

Within social justice organisations & community-tending, somatic practice & ritual can support us to be more fully here together.

To experience steady ground within challenge, to feel resourced & connected, and to embody our vision through how we are being as well as what we are doing.

 

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I especially love offering somatic practice to people who do not have easeful access to the rest they need, because of the systems we live within: global majority, disabled, queer, trans, and diasporic kin; migrant & refugee communities; unhoused people; those impacted by systemic injustice; and communities living within poverty. My work celebrates and is rooted in the wisdom & alchemy of these experiences.

 

Whether your organisation or community group is big or small, if you're working for collective healing & social justice, I'd love to support you. 

 

I create spaces where people can:

  • experience rest, nourishment, play & care
  • connect deeply to themselves and each other through guided somatic practice & ritual
  • express themselves through movement, speaking, music, writing, dance, poetry, art, storytelling, & any other creative processes


What I bring:

  • experience as an embodiment teacher, facilitator, writer & healing arts practitioner, alongside 20 years experience of organising for change within grassroots community
  • a calm playful energy of possibility and a commitment to vision
  • an understanding of both the long arc of change and the urgency of our times
  • an ability to drop in quickly to the energy of a group, with steady presence
  • lived experience of how to be in processes that welcome neurodiversity, disability & intersectionality
  • a way of holding space that honours multiplicity and all that is here
  • a knack for making spaces feel full of beauty & care, in-person and online


"dia led a somatic centering workshop for queer parents and parents-to-be for our queer family building community. They hold space with intention, gentleness, sweetness, and lack of judgement— and I felt so safe in their care. The workshop left me and others feeling grounded and connected to our ancestors and our queer joy. I would highly recommend them as a deeply qualified leader of healing work."

- Marea Goodman, Pregnant Together

 

I'm available for paid collaborations to:

  • support your team to craft somatic practice and ritual together that makes sense for your organisation's culture & values ~ to bring more connection, presence, rest & play into your work
  • facilitate spaces for the people who access your services ~ so they can receive nourishment and learn somatic practices that will meet them where they are
  • offer ready or bespoke-for-you workshops, retreats, gatherings & trainings
  • hold space for you all to be in nourishing practices and feel held during periods of ongoing or heightened stress
  • craft written resources & design visioning processes so that the heart of your work can be felt when you share it
  • deliver online wherever you are in the world
  • deliver in-person within Europe/internationally, when travel costs are covered
  • design creatively within funding budgets

 

Organisations I've supported include:

Verture | supporting climate resilience team with a half-day workshop of wellbeing practices, alongside a longer process to support them to sense into shared vision during a time of organisational transition

Pregnant Together | workshop teaching affirmative somatic practice to queer parents, parents-to-be & caregivers

Saje Scotland | an 18-month process of collating and editing survivors' stories & art into a book, supporting each contributor from idea to page

Turn2Us | long-term one-to-one sessions for staff members

University of the Arts London | collaborating with an illustrator, to design written resources & wellbeing practices to support students

 

Community Facilitation

Within community-tending, I've facilitated hundreds of gatherings over the past five years, with many participants flowing these practices back into their own beloved groups and offerings. From workshop series introducing people to somatic practices, to weekly peer support groups, from playful ceremony around our stories & lineage, to creative sessions mapping out support & making wellbeing toolkits, I love crafting spaces that feel intentional, accessible, and full of warmth.

 

Would you like to explore an offering for your organisation or community group? 

I'd love to connect - please send me an email - let's skip the small talk and explore what's possible.