Trauma and Rhythm

How might those who have faced trauma find healing through hyperventilation, icy dips in a snowy river, or even something as…

Collective Memory & Cultural Trauma

Well, this was a profound interaction with our group. We dove into the first chapter of Roy Eyerman’s work, titled, “Collective Memory.” This chapter delves into the problematic nature of how we remember history. And in the North American collective memory is heavily…

The Body Keeps the Score of Cultural Trauma

The Cone Heads came together last week to discuss the first few chapters of Van der Kolk’s, The Body Keeps the Score. Our initial conversation focused on the idea of trauma, as described in the introduction of this book which states that trauma is…

Women, Art, and Expression: A Theological Exploration — Bearing Suffering Creatively

This week we discussed Karen Baker-Fletcher’s chapter titled “More Than Suffering — The Healing & Resurrecting Spirit of God” from her book Dancing with God, and the previous week we discussed Stephen Levine’s chapter titled “The Play of…

Bearing Witness to the Cultural Trauma of Slavery

Heirlooms and Accessories: Trauma in the First Degree

An Imagination to Heal Imagination

Le Groupe Feministe

An Unspoken Language

Bodies and Agency in the World

This week Colin’s Corner began their discussion in a manner befitting their name — in a quiet, cozy corner on the second floor of TSS. We began from chapter six of Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score…