07/14/2022
It is a heartwarming pleasure to watch this budding community grow. We encourage connection and communication amongst all of our Ambry friends but we know human-ing can be tricky and sometimes we need guidance about how to build bridges across spaces of difference; about how to navigate intimate connections.
We sent out a newsletter earlier this week that shared our Community Care Guidelines. (Have you signed up for the newsletter yet?) In it, we shared a list of agreements and affirmations that will help guide us when moving on and off the mat.
These guidelines are directly attributed to the works of , , Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens ‘From Safe Space to Brave Places: A New Way to Frame Dialogue Around Diversity and Social Justice’ and inspired by learning spaces facilitated by , and .
Ambry is a space of refuge but it is not an escape from the world. It is assumed that lived experiences enter our space with each individual. These are the assumed truths that we carry into space together. It is important to name them. By participating in the spaces we hold together, in-person and online, you are agreeing to respect and abide by these community care guidelines.
Here are a few that we shared. Keep an eye out for the full list to be posted in the studio.
-Use, respect and embrace one another’s pronouns.
-Speak and listen deeply from the heart.
-All bodies and all identities are welcomed, celebrated and uplifted; especially those who have been marginalized by dominant culture.
-Keep respectful confidentiality when you are in conversation with others.
-We each have agency to make choices for our own bodies. The right to give and revoke consent to be touched is absolute.
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