Confronting Death - Free Workshop for BIPOC

This is a free workshop for Black, Indigenous and/or people of colour (BIPOC), only. 

For BIPOC, recent events are bringing mortality closer still to our door. Whether it be the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities or the violent machinations of white supremacism, abroad and here in the UK, BIPOC continue to be faced with the spectre of death in a particularly confronting manner.

How BIPOC relate to death and dying is often a complex interweaving of modernity and tradition. Yet for many of us in western society, death remains taboo, it has become forbidden and even shameful. Ritual and practice which fosters a relationship with death and the expression of grief have been replaced by a collective denial of death and the suppression of emotion.

This workshop aims to provide a safe space for BIPOC to delve deeper into our relationship with death and dying. We will touch on how mortality moves us, how death is impacting on our lives in the present, and how we can cultivate a more nourishing relationship with death, during the current times and well beyond.

To these ends we will employ sharing, embodiment and journaling, all via Zoom. If you haven’t used this before, please join 15 minutes early to download the free software and check your connection. To get the most out of this workshop, prepare a quiet space where you won’t be interrupted. Please bring a notebook and pen.

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATOR

Bilal is a British Pakistani, born in London. He is a facilitator, personal resilience trainer and artist exploring what it means to be alive and our relationship with death. Bilal regularly hosts Death Cafe‘s, is training as a death doulas with Red Tent End of Life Doulas, holds grief tending workshops, is a personal resilience trainer with Tough Cookie and the co-founder of Dark Matters LDN.

FEEDBACK

“This was a death and life-affirming experience and it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that it changed my life and possibly death ;) The way you guided the group and held space was incredible. You've created an empathetic, caring and safe environment within the first few minutes of the event starting. The meditation and exercises allowed me to explore shadows I am scared to look at and open myself up to thoughts and feelings I tend to avoid. I am really looking forward to more sessions.”  - Katie S.

"It was such a heart soothing and soul enriching experience to participate in the space you created. I felt so utterly welcomed, free to bring whatever was alive in me, and never pressured to be anywhere I wasn't. I had moments of feeling a huge resistance in myself, and was allowed to dance with that, and invite what was hiding underneath. The threads that you wove to create our container felt so gently, lovingly and intentionally woven, held with both sincerity and lightness." - Anon

Death cafe feedback - https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/activities/death-cafe

EVENT DETAILS
 
This event requires free zoom account which you can set up here: https://zoom.us 
Instructions on how to join will be included in your confirmation email.  

TICKET PRICES: This is a free workshop for Black, Indigenous and/or people of colour (BIPOC), only. 

EVENT TIMES: 7-9pm London, UK (GMT+1) 
ZOOM ROOM OPENS: 6.45pm   
NO ENTRY AFTER: 7.15pm  

ENQUIRIES: bilal@psychedelicsociety.org.uk

ACCESS: Attendance requires a working internet connection, and a Zoom account (you can download for free). If you have any access requirements please get in touch. Our UK events are intended for a sober audience. This workshop is accessible to those above age (16+), regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, religious beliefs and otherwise.

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