In Oakland, CA

In Partnership with Be Well Natural

Through grounding somatic practices and group exercises drawn from Rainbow of Desire, a methodology from Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed, we’ll express what’s often unspoken and reconnect to the intelligence of our bodies. This is not theatre as in acting for actors - but instead a format for expressing deeper (sometimes intentionally buried) truths. No experience is needed—just a willingness to show up as you are.

Facilitation Team

Levana Saxon, cofounder of PFCC,  has been a Popular Educator and Theatre of the Oppressed facilitator for 25 years. Six years ago, right after her daughter was born, her husband became mysteriously disabled and a year later was diagnosed with ALS/ Lou Gehrig’s disease. Becoming a caregiver has been a rollercoaster of epic proportions and has swallowed her almost completely. As her family has entered into a more stable phase of his disease, she finally has the opportunity to integrate her life’s work with her new life and offer this workshop to her community of fellow caregivers in the spirit of mutual aid - to speak together what feels unspeakable and lift up the knowledge we hold to make it through this.

Celana Pearson is owner operator of Be Well Natural and co-founder of Elevated Legacy. She is a cranial sacral therapist and life-long student of Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Shorin Kan Karate. She worked in youth health policy for 13 years at the Alameda County Public Health Dept. and led arts programming with youth at a number of non-profits before going back to school to become a healer.  She has been a caregiver for her son with Cerebral Palsy and Seizure disorder for 18 years. She is excited to move her body, connect, share stories and create community with other caregivers.