Tuesday, June 30, 7-8:30pm, this on-line event requires advance registration

Inhale/Exhale is a free program for restorative healing for activists and organizers in the progressive, left, and radical movement. We all need space to reground and heal, after protests, from our trauma to sustain ourselves and the work. The brutality, the anxiety for our loved ones’ safety, the images of peaceful protesters being brutalized by the state is traumatic. Let’s honor our bodies and the movement by taking a moment to heal. Join Luz Emma Cañas Madrigal, an Afro-Latinx Queer healer from Cleveland, as they teach us about Capoeira and guide us through movement.

In this workshop, participants will learn of the origins of Capoeira and its rich history of colonial resistance. Participants will learn basic movement and how to apply those movements in self-defense.

Capoeira Angola is an Afro-Brazilian martial dance with origins in Central and West Africa. During the colonial era, this and other martial practices were uprooted and transplanted to Brazil via the trans-Atlantic slave trade by the Portuguese. In Brazil, the art evolved with influences from different African tribes as well as from the indigenous culture of Brazil, and the effects of European colonialism. Capoeira Angola movements are offensive and defensive, and are primarily made up of kicks, sweeps, and escapes. The Capoeira ceremony takes place in a circle, and is accompanied by music and song indicative of African martial arts.

Tickets for this event will be by Eventbrite.

Hosted by Ohio Voice and The People’s Mansion.