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listening: three brains (or more) instead of one
listening: three brains (or more) instead of one
body practices, collective change, healing justice, liberationSusan RaffoFebruary 27, 2021healing justice, Suzanne River, Global Somatics, Susan Raffo, gut brain, brain, heart brain, there brains, cellular membrane, liberation, social justiceComment
In honor of revolutionary love:  remembering Saint Valentine
In honor of revolutionary love: remembering Saint Valentine
Susan RaffoFebruary 14, 2021catholicism, healing, Valentine, Valentine's Day, resistance, revolution, Christianity, CatholicismComment
Embodying impact
Embodying impact
collective change, liberationSusan RaffoJanuary 27, 2021impact, violence, healing justiceComment
on anger and rage and the heat of protest.... with gratitude to kente circle
on anger and rage and the heat of protest.... with gratitude to kente circle
Susan RaffoNovember 1, 2020Comment
Fortifying in COVID times
Fortifying in COVID times
Susan RaffoMay 4, 2020healing justice, "Susan Raffo", fortification, COVID 19, medical industrial complex Comment
time to redistribute those stimulus checks, baby
time to redistribute those stimulus checks, baby
healing justice, collective change, liberation, economic justiceSusan RaffoMarch 27, 2020healing justice, economic justice, stimulus check, money, community, collective care, Susan Raffo, mutual aid Comments
coronavirus and community care... a few weeks in
coronavirus and community care... a few weeks in
Susan RaffoMarch 13, 2020 Comments
coronavirus, climate change and community care
coronavirus, climate change and community care
Susan RaffoFebruary 29, 2020healing justice, coronavirus, climate change, health, collective careComment
Building collective liberation: wondering about a protocol for healers
Building collective liberation: wondering about a protocol for healers
Susan RaffoFebruary 21, 2020healing justice, trauma, collective care, liberation, community power, cultural appropriation, bodywork, healers Comments
Aligning the relational field: a love story about retelling the creation of craniosacral therapy (and a lot of other touch-based bodywork as well)
Aligning the relational field: a love story about retelling the creation of craniosacral therapy (and a lot of other touch-based bodywork as well)
Susan RaffoJanuary 25, 2020craniosacral therapy, healing justice, genocide, history, creation story, origins, Susan Raffo, Cherokee, Shawnee, Andrew Taylor Still, Osteopathy, William Sutherland, Hugh Milne, Dr. Lewis Mehl-MadronaComment
why learning anatomy matters
why learning anatomy matters
Susan RaffoJanuary 19, 2020healing justice, anatomy, trauma, Susan Raffo, eugenicsComment
What happens to the body when it hates and why it is so pleasurable
What happens to the body when it hates and why it is so pleasurable
ancestors, healing justice, liberation, hateSusan RaffoDecember 29, 2019healing justice, Susan Raffo, hate, healing, social justice, violenceComment
On rest and being part of a pack: looking to coyote
On rest and being part of a pack: looking to coyote
healing justiceSusan RaffoDecember 9, 2019healing justice, "Susan Raffo", rest, sleep, coyote, pack, survival, predator, traumaComment
eldering and attachment and fear and control, no wonder we hardly talk to each other
eldering and attachment and fear and control, no wonder we hardly talk to each other
ancestors, collective change, healing justice, liberation, aging, elderingSusan RaffoNovember 23, 2019healing justice, trauma, aging, elder, healing, Susan Raffo, boomer, cultureComment
how our bodies read the air
how our bodies read the air
ancestors, body practices, healing justice, land and self, breathingSusan RaffoNovember 7, 2019healing, healing justice, Susan Raffo, breath, breathing, oxygen, air, trauma Comment
queerly classed and healing justice
queerly classed and healing justice
ancestors, healing justice, sexual violence, classSusan RaffoOctober 26, 2019healing justice, Susan Raffo, class, queerness, Queerly Classed, trauma, history, original woundsComment
words like sonar: power and communication
words like sonar: power and communication
Susan RaffoOctober 16, 2019healing, Susan Raffo, sonar, language, justice, healing justice, social justice, bodies, trauma, white supremacy, race Comment
The extant of moral injury
The extant of moral injury
healing justice, white supremacySusan RaffoOctober 10, 2019Susan Raffo, healing, trauma, moral injury, perpetration, dominance, war, compassion, military, PTSD, white supremacyComment
You smell good, thank god I’m safe, oh wait….
You smell good, thank god I’m safe, oh wait….
healing justice, self and kin/community, ancestorsSusan RaffoOctober 3, 2019healing justice, Susan Raffo, smell, chemical sensitivities, trauma, limbic system, bodies Comment
free radicals or the economy of consultants and liberation work
free radicals or the economy of consultants and liberation work
healing justice, nonprofitsSusan RaffoOctober 1, 2019healing, healing justice, Susan Raffo, trauma, free radical, consultant, nonprofit
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susan raffo is a bodyworker, cultural worker and writer who focuses her work through the lens of healing justice.

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