usher liberation
embody visions

Supporting you to lead in service to liberation

I support people & groups to move towards their visions, reckon with legacies of harm and step into accountability, reparative action and collective healing through the body. 

Finding our Way

Embodied practice for purposeful action

“Our ability to dream of something different, to name longing, to articulate a vision and commit to it… is the way we bring about change for ourselves, and for the world.”

— Prentis Hemphill: What it takes to heal

Trainings & Workshops

Supremacy Work

1:1 Sessions to find & move towards purpose
Group containers for learning & changing together
Composting internalised supremacy into accountability & right-sized action

Hi, I’m Joy (they/them)

I’m an embodiment practitioner, facilitator & educator working at the intersection of personal & collective transformation. 
 
With a background in social justice work in the UK, I found somatics at a crossroads of burnout, conflict, short-sighted strategies & untended power dynamics all derailing our efforts to build power in movements for justice.
 

I work in collaboration with Tripod: Training for Creative Social Action, Urgent Bodies and Soulwork&Co to support groups oriented towards collective liberation to build their capacity & resilience through embodied interventions.

— Prentis Hemphill: What it takes to heal

“We are what we practice

We are always practicing something.

Is what you’re practicing aligned with what you care about?

 

– STACI HAINES