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DAY 8 - (Week 2 , DAY 1 )
DAY 8 - (Week 2 , DAY 1 )
Dr. Dominique C. Hill
Dr. Dominique C. Hill
Healer
The Gift of Vulnerability
The Gift of Vulnerability
Theme
Groove[ing] thru Resistance
Groove[ing] thru Resistance
Guided Practice
On this day...
On this day...
We enter our bodily archive and explore, through movement and mindfulness, memories, soundtracks, and other resistances that cause hesitation and even stop us from giving and receiving ourselves and others as gifts.
Meditation Practices
Meditation Practices
DR. DOMINIQUE C. HILL BIO
Body-lyricist | Scholar | CreativeLover
Dr. Dominique C. Hill comes from southern uproot migration to East coast neighbor(hoods), three generations of Black women “making a way outta no way,” poetry as voice, intergenerational silences, the home of Lucille Clifton, imagination, dancing before she could walk, and the public library. As an transdisciplinary scholar, Hill’s research conjoins feminist, critical race, and performance theories and methodologies, to create scholarship, and teaching/learning environments that are inquiry and body centered, critical, and imaginative. As a Blackqueer body-lyricist, Hill uses the body as a tool to cross and dismantle hierarchical barriers, create pathways for self exploration, and spark intergenerational conversations between Black girls and women. A Black girlhood scholar and homegirl of Saving Our Lives Hear Our Truths (SOLHOT), Hill takes seriously the process of making space for Black girl freedom and is an assistant professor of Women's Studies at Colgate University.
Liberation Journal Prompt
Liberation Journal Prompt
Sitting with the words of Audre Lorde, “And of course I am afraid, because the transformation of silence into language and action is an act of self-revelation, and that always seems fraught with danger,” engage in some bodily way the following questions:
What stories have I told myself that stop me from being my full self (in the presence of others and/or myself)?
Where do I begin to take steps into owning the fullness that is me?
Who/What would I gift this w(holy) person to and how might this person receive their yearnings?
Click to use the Penzu JournalingApp
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
GDM_Day 8 Vocab [NO DATES].pdfWeekly Questions: What are the masks that I wear that are ready to be put down? What is my relationship to accountability; with myself and to others I care for and value? How do I show up in authentic allyship without inviting the performance of my ego to steer? Where can I practice transformative justice within my most intimate relationships and interactions to be liberatory? Am I aware of the microaggressions committed in my presence, how will I begin responding to microaggressions? Can I relinquish my conditioned responses enough to invite expanded beliefs of liberation into my awareness?
Song of the Day
Song of the Day
Listen to the full 28 Day Meditation for Black Liberation playlist made by Mark Gutierrez on Spotify.
"UMI SAYS"
"UMI SAYS"
By Mos Def
By Mos Def
Mos Def takes a moment to express his heart without filter. This song reveals his weaknesses and insecurities, and reminds us of the power of intent. A celebration of the lessons his mother (his “Umi”) imparted, Mos Def reminds us to, “shine your light on the world.” The repeating refrain “I want black to people to be free, to be free…” draws us into a meditation, a prayer, a chant, a demand. For Mos Def, self-love, community, and heritage are liberating.
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