A gentle weekly embodiment practice incorporating Harmony Tai Chi, InfiniChi meditations, Self-Healing QiGong, Yang Style TaiChi, and Afro-diasporic dance, closing with a brief creative writing/art/dance exercise.

• Tuesdays 9am PST // 12 noon EST

• Sliding scale, no one turned away

• ASL interpretation provided

Energetic Exchange:

Suggested offering for those with structural advantages/wealth:* $20 drop-in or $55 per month (35% off)

Suggested offering for Patrons: $5 or more per class to compensate the translators; tips for me are welcome but not obligatory (thank you for supporting me on a consistent basis!) Become a patron here.

Caregivers, undocumented people, frontline workers, trans people, indigenous people, Black folks, disabled people, and anyone else who's in need: whatever is feasible based on your situation.

If your body needs to move and money is an obstacle, please come and share my work with someone who might be able to pay full-price. Your well-being is priceless, and everyone deserves to feel good in their bodies.

*This investment allows me to hold liberatory, accessible space and compensate interpreters. I hope one day that we follow the lead of indigenous peoples and our more-than-human kin in mutually beneficial exchange. Until then, I do have bills that only accept currency rather than barter. Unsure where you fall on a sliding scale? I suggest taking Resource Generation’s class privilege quiz and reading this article.

Instructor Bio:

I have been studying and performing Afro-diasporic dance for eleven years. My core practice is Mandé dance of the Bamana people from present-day Mali, but I have also spent years practicing Yorùbá and Afro-Brazilian dance in Los Angeles, CA. I have studied Guinean, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Haitian dance in New York, NY; Durham, NC; Cambridge, MA; and Los Angeles, CA. My teachers have included Omowale and Francis Awe, Tania Melendez, Silfredo La O, Kimberly Miguel Mullen, Seydou Coulibaly, Michelle Bach-Coulibaly, Rachel Hernandez, Linda Yudin, Luiz Badaró, Samantha Blake Goodman, Vera Passos, Gisella Ferreira, Vida Vierra, Amen Santo, Ana Laidley and Jean Appolon. I have taught and choreographed for Beneficent Congregational Church, Barrington Congregational Church, Providence Public Schools, Global Dance Arts, the Providence Parks and Recreation Department, Brown University Recreation, and the Brown University Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies. I have performed with the New Works/World Traditions Dance Company, The Axé Collective, Swing Brazil Tribe, The Nigerian Talking Drum Ensemble, and Ballet Folclórico Do Brasil.

At Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I have completed Self-Healing QiGong, Harmony Tai Chi, InfiniChi levels 1, 2a and 2b, and am currently enrolled in Crane Style Qigong with Dr. Dao-Shing Ni and Meditations for Cancer Treatment and Prevention with the dean of the College of Tao. My father taught me Yang Style Tai Chi as well.