Decolonizing The Body

This was a space that welcomed my authentic self. By learning and exploring myself more fully through the videos, readings, and prompts, I was able to bring to the surface emotions that have been suffocated. I am grateful for Kelsey’s use of decolonized, femme, revolutionary writers’ and artists’ work to support our healing journey. Through this course, I better understand the gentle nudges of my body to move and rest in ways that honor how energy needs to flow in and through me.

— Shari G., Leadership Coach and Consultant

So, wow! Decolonizing The Body was a wide-open doorway into exploration, expansion, nourishment, creativity, and healing, all held within a wonderfully supportive community. Everything – from the thoughtfully curated materials, videos, embodiment exercises, and group gatherings – were intriguing, enriching, and challenging. I wanted to push my growth edge as I work to decolonize my heart and mind and write new narratives for myself and this course could not have been more relevant to this process. Throughout it all, Kelsey's thoughtfulness and warmth touched every aspect of the journey and she has an incredible ability to hold light and dark, joy and sadness, gentleness and fierceness, ambiguity and clarity, complexity and simplicity with skill and wisdom. I am so grateful she created this wonderful offering.

— Dina B., Therapist

This program has sprouted a new-found curiosity and healing journey for me. I looked forward to our weekly gatherings and I noticed how quickly my body felt at ease to be in the company of other women of color. The facilitator was amazingly in tune with all of us which also helped me open up and feel connected. Thank you Kelsey for creating this space and I hope that you can continue to build this program for more women to connect and heal.

— Alicia C., Artist and Therapist

Coaching

I am on a journey of change and discovery.  It is a bit scary but not only that, exciting.  The six months of somatic coaching has been so pivotal to my current state and stage of life. I am grateful for the honoring and respectful space given for me to self-reflect and pause and grow.

--Ayanna L., Educator

My coaching with Kelsey has changed my understanding of my body for the better and encouraged me to get more in touch with my spiritual self. I feel more deeply connected with my intuition and recognizing my body's needs. As someone who disassociates with their body as a defensive mechanism, I often struggled with responding and giving my body what it needs in the moment. Although it's something I'll probably forever be working on, I've realized that my noticing of my body's needs have become clearer and more definitive in its messaging. I've also become more in touch with my energy levels: what nourishes and gives me life, and what takes away my energy. Thanks to Kelsey's suggestions, I've become more confident at saying yes to the things that I want to, and either saying no or putting up boundaries to the things that are draining. I've been able to re-allocate my energies into areas that I want to focus on, instead of the areas I feel obligated to show up for.

--Amy F, DEI Manager

I am spending less energy and time doubting myself and moving more fully and with less residue through whatever is present and arising. I see more discernment around where in me I am responding from, more gentleness with myself when I am off centre and more confidence in my ability to move from and move back towards centre. I am firmly rooted in, and practicing how to embody, the clarity that I want to shape myself and my life around what I yearn and long for and that this is the practice of individual and collective liberation.

--Chaiti S., Educator, farmer, parent

Throughout my time with Kelsey, I learned that I am enough which is not something I was expecting. This is something that I've been working with my therapist on and the practices Kelsey taught me how to embody those practices into my everyday life. I feel that I have gained more ease in my life and also learned how to just let go. I've always heard the saying, "sit with your feeling" and Kelsey helped break that down to actually make sense to me. When I'm feeling any strong emotion, I know how to tap into my body and sit with it without judgment. It's a peaceful place I can recenter and connect with my body.

--Chelsea S., Senior Admission Advisor  

Thanks to my work with Kelsey, I'm finding more moments of agency in which I feel capable of slowing down to listen to what my body needs. I not only feel more connected to the wisdom of my body but have been able to develop a stronger connection to calls and messages from my ancestors. Kelsey helped me to tune in more deeply to myself and the world around me. In moments of activation, I feel more capable of responding from a centered place vs. reacting to feelings of fear.  I'm hopeful that the benefits of our time together will ripple out for generations to come.

--Carly T. licensed clinical social worker

 The work we did together was like 10 years of therapy in a 3 month span.I'm in awe of what working with Kelsey has brought to my heart and soul. The language of my body was revealed in our sessions. I was able to tune in and sit with every part of me. Kelsey shared tools that are truly helpful and relevant. I am still unraveling depths and layers of understanding and integration because now I know how to tune-in and listen to my specific frequency.

--Evelyn, S-P, Intuitive Purpose Coach

Kelsey was instrumental in helping me find a foothold in my life. When I stayed with her I was going through a divorce, and with her guidance I was able to return to the parts of myself that had been lost. I felt very seen by her; she saw the light in me and helped me to draw it out. After 20 years of time away from the stage, I finally wrote and performed a one person show where I processed many significant moments of my life. Kelsey was there to celebrate with me. I find her to be immensely uplifting, encouraging, positive and intuitive. I have been to several therapists on my life, and Kelsey has by far been the most impactful. I cannot recommend her enough. 
--Denise, Actor and Teacher

I discovered that what was once impossible for me was always possible because of my time with Kelsey: to come home to my body and to find my belonging to this world. To have received Kelsey’s support has been life-changing and life-affirming for me and for those who came before me— and I hope for those I wish to pay it forward to. The wisdom of Kelsey’s practices weaves through generations as together we engage in the practice of creating a more caring place here for those of us who seek to celebrate our presence in it— for that reason alone, Kelsey’s work is utterly urgent and immeasurably necessary. I believe my experience with Kelsey is what “healing” feels like.

--Zoe Lexia C., Community Organizer and Artist