Join us as we build capacity and resilience for futures where our human bodies and our more-than-human landscapes are liberated

~ Please note: These sessions are open to People of Colour only ~

Peaks of Colour's Soma Sessions are monthly spaces that invite global majority communities to deepen their connection with themselves, each other and the land.

Set in the Peak District, these informal and intimate sessions will offer an introduction to embodied and nature-allied practices that can assist in our healing from gendered and racialised trauma.

A space of repetition as Black Feminist practice (Foluke Taylor), and rehearsal as an abolitionist priority (Ruth Wilson Gilmore), Soma Sessions will support us to build capacity and resilience for a future in which the boundaries between our human bodies and our more-than-human landscapes are decomposed.

Soma Sessions #16: Becoming Bird w Roo Dhissou

Inspired by birdsong, vibration and practices of deep listening, this gentle Soma Session invites participants into an embodied journey of voice, sound and rest. Through playful sonic exercises using bird instruments and vocal mimicry (humming, harmonising, bird-call explorations, live ambient instrumentation featuring the peacock inspired strings of the Taus, and clay bird whistles), we will explore sound as a collective, ancestral and healing practice. Rooted in deep listening, collective harmony and more-than-human worlds, the session will culminate in a lullaby-style sound bath, offering space for stillness, nervous system care and intentional rest.

Date: Saturday 29th August

Time: 10:30am

Meeting location: Flying Horse Lawn, Lodge Lane, Sheffield, S6 5SP

Accessibility: There is a short walk over grass from the carpark to the session location.

Duration: 2-3 hours

Additional details: There is free parking at Flying Horse Lawn along Lodge Lane.

We reccomend organising car shares via our closed Facebook group: here.

The Sunday bus is now back running. We recommend getting the 120 at 8:54am (arriving at 09:46am) in case of delays.

What to bring/wear

Walking boots / Comfy footwear

Plenty of water

Weather appropriate clothing/items eg Waterproofs/sun cream

Blanket, sit matt, yoga matt or something comfy to sit on

Any self-soothing items that you find helpful eg fidget toy or scented oils

About Peaks of Colour

Peaks of Colour is a Peak District-based nature-for-healing club, by and for People of Colour only. Founded in 2021 by Evie Muir, Peaks of Colour offers creative and holistic Walkshops, that explore alternative routes to healing and justice. Grounded in a Black Feminist, abolitionist, and nature-allied practice, our spaces invite communities to heal from gendered and racial trauma through an informal and intimate introduction to our local landscapes.

Join our Facebook group to stay up to date with our monthly adventures.

About Roo Dhissou

Roo Dhissou is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, publisher and sound practitioner based in Birmingham. Working across sculpture, installation, sound, writing, craft and socially engaged practice, her work explores grief, disability justice, ritual, rest and collective care. Alongside her artistic practice, she runs Jalebi Press and is currently completing a PhD exploring material, social and environmental justice through creative practice.

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