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Group Facilitator - Grief worker & Educator
🎙 Vernacular Pathways
Art: @remembering_the_unforgettable & @an.anthropology.of.presence 🎞📸

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We’ve always thought about creating a space, not simply products. A physical space, meeting, and connection. Meeting and turning into our bodies and getting to know them more.
Beyond excited to introduce you to SOFT SPACE.

The dream is to see injustice and oppression towards BIPOC bodies end one day. But until we get there how can BIPOC bodies live fully and thrive in a racist system? When do our bodies experience ease, rest, deep relaxation, and long-lasting well-being?

Race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) which is not considered as a mental health disorder, refers to the mental and emotional injury that can occur as the result of living within a racist system or experiencing events of racism.
And as what we live and go through affects our bodies in such a profound way, we need to nurture it and provide it with the softness it deserves but does not get in the world we are living today.
As a consequence, at RECONEKT, we are convinced that as BIPOC, “wellness” does not have the same meaning as it has for white bodies.

Soft space is designed with non-triggering, but instead gentle tools that will help us understand:
🌿 Our nervous system and how it functions under anxiety.
🌿 The anatomy of breath, and how to use breathing exercises to calm the brain waves, regulate and befriend the nervous system.
🌿 Nurture and restore the body with skincare, somatic movements, and self-massage.
🌿 The power of plants and essential oils for our well-being.

The first Soft Space will be held on 7 and 8th May 2022 in a 1-day retreat in Berlin with @diasporawellnessclub (Helen Workneh, Jivamukti Yoga teacher), produced by @my.premium.travel
Link in bio for more details
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#reconekt #softspace #wellnessretreat

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So good! Here’s what we’ve learned from your comments:
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👉 Use photos to capture the attention of people.
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👉 Then use your caption to capture the heart and mind of people.
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👉 It’s ok if the photo or video is the main focus of your post and if the caption is not a masterpiece every single time. Depending on what you post, some people love to scroll on Instagram to see beautiful / fun / captivating / inspiring photos. Sometimes that’s all they want to do and that’s totally fine.
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👉 If you write a caption, make the first sentence captivating. A lot of people said that if the first sentence catch their attention, they will keep reading (@lizwhite.co , @jasminestar are great at doing this 🙌).
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👉 The majority of people DO READ captions. So don’t be afraid to write a caption and share your thoughts. Those who read will appreciate you, your efforts and your story.
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👉 People seem to prefer short captions. Their time is valuable. If your caption is long, it is fine as long as you are telling your story. It’s gotta be worth their time. People love to read captions to CONNECT with YOU on a deeper level - they want to learn about you, learn from you or get inspired or motivated by you.
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That brings me to the last point:
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👉 A lot of people said that they read captions based on WHO posts. Who posts matters. It means that YOU matter - YOU, reading this, matter.
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Your comments reinforced something 👉 That you need to embrace yourself and your passion to the fullest. People will stick around if they feel like they can trust you, get to know you, get inspired or entertained by you, or learn from you.
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Your comments reinforced the fact that 👉 we are all here to CONNECT with each other. And that people want to connect with people.
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Be yourself. Trust yourself 👉 You cannot fake being real.
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Wow! Well, THAT was a long caption 😄 Was it useful? Does it make you more confident about what to do for YOUR Instagram account?
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Leave a big thumb up 👍 in the comments if you have enjoyed our last few posts. And we shall do more of these!
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