As part of the Healing Justice: Holistic Self-Care During Challenging Times series, this Rediscovering Spirit session aims to increase awareness of interdependence of the self, relationships, work and the world. Spiritual practice can contribute to healing justice in the following ways: 1) Help to cultivate balance and alleviate stress in one’s life; 2) Learn how to de-identify with things that no longer serve us; 3) Increase connection and 4) Increase personal and collective empowerment such that one can more effectively work with, and on behalf of others to alleviate suffering and end oppression.

U-M Counseling and Psychological Services will offer two workshops (“Healing Justice in the Fabric of Community” and “Healing Justice: Rediscovering Spirit” ) focused on components of Loretta Pyles’ (2018) Healing Justice: Self-Care for Change Makers. To be true to healing justice, it’s vital to highlight its origins. The movement was originally created by queer folx, BIPOC, women and those with disabilities starting from the 60s with a resurgence in the late 2000s. U-M participants will learn ways of healing “a sense of brokenness or disconnection that may be a result of trauma, oppressive socio-cultural narratives and practices or the ways in which humans may lose touch with each other and themselves.”

All students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) are invited to attend this powerful session!

Register on Sessions: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/40778