Francesca Maximé

@Francesca Maximé welcomes jazz pianist Emmet Cohen to @Be Here Now Network's #ReRooted podcast for a conversation about how music truly comes from the heart, the importance of practice, and much more. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, Emmet Cohen is an internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and dedicated music educator. He has performed, recorded, or collaborated with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy Heat...h, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Christian McBride, Kurt Elling, Billy Hart, Herlin Riley, Lea DeLaria, and Bill T. Jones. Learn more about Emmet and sign up for his newsletter at www.emmetcohen.com. Music from the Heart Francesca welcomes Emmet to ReRooted, and asks about how he became the pianist he is today. Emmet talks about how important improvisation is to jazz music, and how music truly comes from the heart. He reflects on the appreciation and great respect he has for the jazz artists who came before him, and the great joy he brings to his music. Anything I can do for the music, I think, is more important than anything I can do for myself. Emmet Cohen John Forté discusses the spirit of music on Mindrolling Ep. 386 Practice Routines (13:23) Francesca brings up the importance of practice, and Emmet shares how his routine has evolved over the years. They play some of Emmet’s music, and he talks about how he uses the music to communicate with his bandmates as they play. Francesca explores how Emmet’s presence in his music can really bring people into the present moment. Your presence and focus and attention to detail, I think gives people a certain degree of permission to really just sink in to observing the experience. Francesca Maximé Watch Emmet Cohen and Vanisha Gould perform What a Little Moonlight Can Do during a recent edition of Live From Emmet’s Place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMprrVeuaU4 Breath is an Anchor (32:25) Francesca asks Emmet about his yoga practice; Emmet talks about how the breath is an anchor in both yoga and his music. They discuss Emmet’s new album, Future Stride, and whether he’ll continue the Live From Emmet’s Place live stream in the future. Whatever’s next, Emmet will bring along his sense of goodness, joy, and respect. As I was learning [yoga], I’d learn how the breath integrated into all of this, and it really kind of reminded me of the way that I always thought about my breath when I played music. Emmet Cohen

Repost from @adriennemareebrown know your nature. Posted @withregram @queers4climatejustice Thank you @climateresilienceproject for the shoutout on this BEAUTIFUL illustrated intro to queer ecologies with the powerful words of queer ecojustice project co-founder @desidezmg <3... I couldn’t possibly say it any more brilliantly than @movementgeneration’s Deseree Fontenot- Queer ecology is a lens through which we can reimagine our relationships to the living world and to each other with the knowledge that we’re on a planet full of immensely diverse forms of embodiment, sex and gender variations, kinship, care systems, and strategies for living and reproducing. They are expansive and complex and don’t fit into neat categories, and that holds many lessons for us. From red foxes, grizzly bears, red squirrels, parrot fish, and avocado trees to fungi, bottlenose dolphins, bonobo monkeys, giraffes, flamingoes, and Greylag geese, there are infinite examples of plants and animals that defy, transcend, and expand conceptions of gender, sexuality, family structure, community-building, and more. The more-than-human world provides an abundance of affirmation and inspiration for our own queerness and the queering of new worlds Side note: I am not a biologist/ecologist and much of this info was new for me! Therefore, I borrowed much of the descriptive language used in the examples from Biological Exuberance by Bruce Bagemihl which was written in 1999. I’m confident that these words can and should be challenged and decolonized to more precisely describe behavior, embodiment, and relationship- this post may need continued iterations! Accounts to follow that are beautifully exploring queer ecology in more depth- @alokvmenon @queers4climatejustice @queernature @queerwildlife @queerquechua @queerecology #DWGTF #QueerEcology #Queers4ClimateJustice #QueerMagic #MoreThanHumanWorld #Queer

http://publish.uwo.ca/~rlanius/ Francesca Maximé welcomes Dr. Ruth Lanius for a conversation about how racialized trauma lives in the body and can ultimately lead to a lesser sense of self. Ruth Lanius, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, is the director of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research unit at the University of Western Ontario. She established the Traumatic Stress Service and the Traumatic Stress Service Workplace Program, services that specialize in the tr...eatment and research of PTSD and related comorbid disorders. She has written more than 100 published papers and chapters in the field of traumatic stress and is an author of the book, Healing the Traumatized Self. Racialized Trauma in the Body Francesca and Ruth begin with a conversation around how racialized trauma lives in the body, and how the inescapable stress can basically shut down a traumatized person’s system. They talk about the effects of trauma from an intergenerational viewpoint, and how chronic trauma ultimately can lead to a lesser sense of self. I think we see this large intergenerational transmission of trauma, and we really need to think about the mechanisms and how we can intervene at an individual and at a community level. Ruth Lanius Raghu Markus and James Gordon, MD, talk about transforming trauma on Mindrolling Ep. 336 Community Healing (17:00) The conversation turns to how the system of white supremacy and racialized trauma affects white people. Francesca asks Ruth how she addresses issues of racialized trauma with her patients. Ruth explains some of the basic brain function around PTSD, how it affects the sense of self, and the importance of community as a place of healing. Being in a community gives you a feeling of a sense of belonging, which is so critical. If you don’t feel like you belong, that’s an incredible, painful, intense feeling. Ruth Lanius Mindfulness and Trauma (35:10) Francesca and Ruth discuss what a reparative multiracial community might look like, and how we can do healing work within a system that is set up for division. They talk about the impact of mindfulness practice on trauma, and how there can be a rebirth of the sense of self. I think that hope is so critical for change. There’s nothing worse than going to see somebody and them telling you, ‘Well, you’re a hopeless case, you’ll never get better.’ That’s a really toxic place to start from. But to have hope and to know that the brain is very malleable and that it can change through good treatment, I think is really important. Ruth Lanius http://publish.uwo.ca/~rlanius/ https://www.schulich.uwo.ca//Faculty%20Biographies/ruth_la

Please join me January for this talk on using mindfulness to transform shame to compassion with InsightLA 30th https://insightla.org/event/shame/2021-01-16-10-00/

Repost from @juneambrose #sobersaturday Incase you were wondering! Happy #kwanzaa

Orchids are gorgeous and also not a plant I’ve ever disciplined myself to care for well. I used to keep them and cut the bloom stalks down with a scissors when the blossoms had all gone and any dead buds had fallen off. I would sometimes keep the green leaves for a while or eventually tire of it and toss it. This one I guess I kept for a while and ignored bc I wasn’t around it to water or fuss with it. I came back to it to give it the monthly watering the other day and notice...d a new bloom stalk emerging. I had futzed with it little and it regenerated all on its own. (You can see the brown cut down stalks in one of the pics. ) Sunshine, minimal water and a temperate environment is all it needed to do what it already knows how to go: grow and bloom and reach for the light. You are that too. Happy holidays today and every day to everyone struggling, everyone joyful, everyone feeling light or heavy or both, and those flying solo or those partnered or otherwise accompanied this day. The essence of a spiritual life to me is compassion and appreciation. Sending faith and trust in the unfolding and emerging ‘new’ to you and all beings this and all days. #mindfulness #holidays #emergence #growth #newyear See more

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Sarah Peyton https://empathybrain.com/ Sarah Peyton - EmpathyBrain.com joins Francesca Maximé for a conversation about the effect of white supremacy on people’s neurobiology, and how we need to let go of the unconscious contracts we make with ourselves. Sarah Peyton, an international speaker and facilitator, has a passion for weaving together neuroscience knowledge and experiences of healing that unify people with their brains and bodies. Sarah offers healing experiences of h...earing ourselves and others deeply, and body-centered explorations of families over generations. She is the author of Your Resonant Self and the Your Resonant Self Workbook. Learn more about Sarah and check out her free offerings at empathybrain.com. The Bridge of Understanding Francesca welcomes Sarah to ReRooted and asks about the larger cultural influences of white supremacy that affect people’s neurobiology. Sarah talks about the different ways white supremacy burdens the immune system, and how the bridge of understanding helps create resilience in the body. That bridge of understanding creates a little resilience, it balances the nervous system. It allows us to be restored to a sense of mattering and belonging. And mattering and belonging are the most important things for human bodies. Sarah Peyton Don’t miss Francesca’s free anti-racism resources at maximeclarity.com Unconscious Contracts (15:25) Francesca and Sarah discuss the shame that comes up for many white people around white supremacy. Sarah talks about the unconscious contracts we make with ourselves to always be right and how that eventually feeds into a cycle of shame and rage. They explore how acknowledging the pain caused by white supremacy is imperative to healing. Shame casts our eyes down, and many people have a rage response to their own shame. Sarah Peyton Dr. Janet E. Helms joins Francesca to discuss whiteness and systemic racism on ReRooted Ep. 32 Claiming Accountability (32:25) Sarah talks about seeing the ways systemic racism are reflected within ourselves. She and Francesca discuss the uprising taking place in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and how white people can start claim accountability by letting go of their unconscious contracts. The more we understand about the nervous system and about shame, and about that rage response to try to come out of shame, the more we become equanimous to the slings and arrows of fortune and we start to claim our accountability, and claim our self-care and care of others. Sarah Peyton

My latest #ReRooted podcast with Sarah Peyton - EmpathyBrain.com - Unconscious Contracts & healing from racialized trauma

Repost from @lamarodowens I spent the afternoon at the water and found myself reflecting on how exhausted I was. Everything and everyone feels exhausted. I want all of us to get free but I’m tired of that liberation work being co-opted by performative work of those of dominate communities. I’m tired of complaints like it’s too hard or I’m scared or I don’t know what to do. I’m tired of the extraordinary prophetic vision of Black folks and other members of oppressed c...ommunities being diminished because its too uncomfortable. Liberation work is not easy for anyone. It would be so much easier for those of us committed to liberation work if some of you just admitted that you don’t feel like doing the work because you can’t bear to be uncomfortable and that there are too many risks for you to negotiate. I absolutely understand that. I won’t be angry with you but I admit I will no longer take your critique of liberation work seriously. Perhaps the most compassionate thing would be to stop sucking energy out of collective liberation work by getting in the way with your performativity theatre. Please. It’s distracting and divisive and only perpetuates systems of abuse and control. There are all these calls to reach out to Trump supporters to unify the country. Whatever. That is officially the last thing I will be doing. The demand for reconciliation is always the burden of the most oppressed because maybe we think that taking a moral high ground will convince other dominate communities who profess solidarity with us to actually be in solidarity with us. But for me solidarity means that you will respect my right and justification to be petty and still love me. I am not an expert on the work but regardless of that I have worked. I have worked very hard. I have lost many things. I have sacrificed so much that the sacrifices have left wounds I am still mourning. I am not an expert but I know work and I know loss. And not only am I mourning for myself, I am also mourning for all the others that will not do their work despite what it will cost for the rest of us. And I quote Tobe Nwigwe as a closing thought: Try Jesus, please don’t try me.

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Sarah Peyton - EmpathyBrain.com Sarah Peyton joins Francesca Maximé for a conversation about the effect of white supremacy on people’s neurobiology, and how we need to let go of the unconscious contracts we make with ourselves. Sarah Peyton, an international speaker and facilitator, has a passion for weaving together neuroscience knowledge and experiences of healing that unify people with their brains and bodies. Sarah offers healing experiences of hearing ourselves and other...s deeply, and body-centered explorations of families over generations. She is the author of Your Resonant Self and the Your Resonant Self Workbook. Learn more about Sarah and check out her free offerings at empathybrain.com. The Bridge of Understanding Francesca welcomes Sarah to ReRooted and asks about the larger cultural influences of white supremacy that affect people’s neurobiology. Sarah talks about the different ways white supremacy burdens the immune system, and how the bridge of understanding helps create resilience in the body. That bridge of understanding creates a little resilience, it balances the nervous system. It allows us to be restored to a sense of mattering and belonging. And mattering and belonging are the most important things for human bodies. Sarah Peyton Don’t miss Francesca’s free anti-racism resources at maximeclarity.com Unconscious Contracts (15:25) Francesca and Sarah discuss the shame that comes up for many white people around white supremacy. Sarah talks about the unconscious contracts we make with ourselves to always be right and how that eventually feeds into a cycle of shame and rage. They explore how acknowledging the pain caused by white supremacy is imperative to healing. Shame casts our eyes down, and many people have a rage response to their own shame. Sarah Peyton Dr. Janet E. Helms joins Francesca to discuss whiteness and systemic racism on ReRooted Ep. 32 Claiming Accountability (32:25) Sarah talks about seeing the ways systemic racism are reflected within ourselves. She and Francesca discuss the uprising taking place in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, and how white people can start claim accountability by letting go of their unconscious contracts. The more we understand about the nervous system and about shame, and about that rage response to try to come out of shame, the more we become equanimous to the slings and arrows of fortune and we start to claim our accountability, and claim our self-care and care of others. Sarah Peyton https://beherenownetwork.com/francesca-maxime-rerooted-ep-/

Repost from @iamsoniaroberts To write honestly and practically about how the lessons of otherness start early and leave indelible marks because I know they shake our confidence, stifle our ambition, and undermine our sense of possibility. Despite my accomplishments, every once in a while a single article or a nasty reader comment about my hairstyle or my skin color can spin my self-assurance into second thoughts. They never last long, but the fact that I still grapple with... doubt about my rightness to be where I am proves how resilient these experiences can be. -Stacey Abrams from Lead From The Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change Go buy Stacey Abrams book, she deserves to be paid! #Royalty #StaceyAbrams

You know I like cats #happyhalloween #catwoman #catwomancostume #earthakitt with the original growl (also - to be clear, this is circa 1998! Tonight I’m staying home and listening to a live stream of super jazz from the empty @bluenotenyc - which I highly encourage others to do also! )

Repost from @newyorkermag Happy Halloween! #NewYorkerCartoons @t.j.hamilton