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 #17: Like a River w/ Jacob V Joyce

Join us at the waters edge as we welcome autumn with a creative nature writing workshop inspired by the movement, flow and connection of our local rivers. Together we will curate collective poems, write letters to our ancestors, and honour their spirit by creating a Land Acknowledgement Agreement that is informed by the guidance of water spirits and deities. Through practices that centre an entanglement with the natural world, we will sit in the power, gratitude and knowledge that comes from struggle, and rewrite the meaning of our collective “we”.

Date: Sunday 27th September

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 Jacob V Joyce

Jacob V Joyce is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice amplifies historical and nourishes new queer and anti-colonial narratives. Their work is continually grounded by collaborations and conversations with activists, community groups and archives. They are currently a doctoral candidate researching the history of Anti-Colonial Arts Education at Westminster University.

A former artist in residence at the Serpentine Galleries, The Museum of Homelessness, Gasworks, Nottingham Contemporary and the Tate Galleries Education department, their work has recently been exhibited at Somerset House and QUEERCIRCLE, and they have delivered creative sessions at the Barbican and Serpentine.

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