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Emergent Liberation Collective Podcast is a seeding space for somatics and spirituality as vehicles for regenerative belonging.

T. Aisha Edwards and Kaila June, both somatic facilitators, invite a journey of collective remembering toward renewal and dreaming into the unknown.

ELC acknowledges personal and ancestral trauma as embedded in the oppressive socio historical context of EMPIRE (body hierarchy, colonization, totalitarian agricultural economic systems) that privileges some living beings over others and privileges the visible over the invisible. We desire to participate in a relational web that acknowledges spirit and community as sources of wisdom.

ELC co-creates an open ended praxis to disentangle the embodied beliefs and imprints of colonized civilization in order to plant new seeds and remember our base relationship with earth and life. By offering vulnerable conversations, inspired readings and somatic practices, ELC desires to awaken curiosity, insight and hunger for deeper shared wisdom and radical renewal. Like a murmuration of starlings, we thread a somatic way, a participatory field toward listening and learning together.

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  • Magic From The Root

    Happy Solstice!

    Today I'm sharing an interview with my dear friend T. Aisha Edwards (xe/she). Xe is a fire breathing light warrior, somatic liberationist, writer, Healer, and the proud child of Jamaican immigrants. I've done Solstice rituals with Aisha for several years now, and I was excited to invite xer into my Coven in 2020. In this episode we talk about having Imposter Syndrome, Decolonizing Spirituality, Hyper-empaths, Seeing Spirits, and how it all connects to xer work as a therapist. There are lots of laughs, an epic gold power suit, and some sweet tips for your path in this chat. Enjoy and Solstice Blessings to you and yours! Listen HERE

  • So Many Wings

    Join us for a conversation with T. Aisha Edwards where we discuss recovering from complex trauma, somatics for liberation, Radical Rest, and so much more.

    Topics we cover include:

    Unburdening the impacts of socialized oppressions for POCs and Queer/Trans folks

    Using healing justice to support folks on the front lines of racial justice uprisings

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    The trauma-informed stabilization model

    Parts work: unblending and befriending

    Listen HERE

  • Here’s How to Find a BIPOC Therapist in Portland Three local therapists on connecting with someone who gets it.

    This year has taken a toll on many people’s mental health, but it’s been especially hard on BIPOC populations. Many are looking to start or resume treatment, though most services are being delivered remotely. Read HERE

  • New Healing Collective Radical Rest Believes if You Free the Body, the Mind Will Follow.

    T Aisha Edwards really wants to be the official White House therapist.

    "If I was Donald Trump's therapist, we would live in a different America," she says with a laugh. "I'm not even playing. Quote me."

    She laughs, but the sentiment is authentic. After 14 years serving marginalized communities with high-risk, out-of-control-behaviors, Edwards has come to see mental health as a way to learn how the body becomes a vehicle for oppressive systems, both in the physical world and within. She credits those insights to somatic therapy—a practice emphasizing the connection between mind and body—which is also a driving force behind the health collective she founded, Radical Rest. Read HERE

  • The Path from Trauma—Discussions on Wellness with T. Aisha Edwards

    Listen to this special extended episode and interview with T. Aisha Edwards. We get in deep and talk about psychology, mindfulness, trauma, race/racism, interracial relationships, intergenerational healing, astrology in Aisha’s chart and more!

    T. Aisha Edwards is a somatic trauma therapist, who is dedicated and enthusiastic about integrating mind and body in holistic mental health care. She understands that painful life experiences not only undermine our quality of life, but also our capacity for connection and our physical health. Aisha uses approaches informed by interpersonal neuroscience, traditional Chinese medicine, somatic psychology and western/indigenous herbalism to support clients and help them overcome the barriers between talk and healing. Read HERE