Take one of our many self-directed courses at your own pace
All our bodies—bodies of all pigment—are infected by the virus of white-body supremacy. Our online courses are a collection of embodied knowledge courses that empower you to develop embodied racial literacy so you can develop a life and community centered on abolishing white body supremacy.
Introduction Courses
Cultural Somatics 5 Session eCourse
This short free course is designed to begin to help people confront the idea of racialized trauma, the impact of it, and how it begins to move through generations. Get a glimpse of the process before going more in-depth with the other courses.
$FREE
Somatic Elicitation Practice
Somatic Abolitionism is a living, embodied practice and culture building that requires endurance, adjustment, stamina, discernment, and resource cultivation. These traits can be built, day by day, through reps. This course will help you build these traits, to recognize the impact of racialized trauma, unhealed pain, and body constriction from White Body Supremacy, and to better identify and respond to these somatic elicitations.
$103
CSI 101: Racialized Trauma
This course is designed to help people confront the idea of racialized trauma, the impact of it, and how it begins to move through generations. This course will also help you begin to pay attention to and listen to your body, and better orient and ground yourself.
$117
Micro-Certificate Courses
These are more advanced classes. The prerequisite for registering for the Micro Certificate Bundle is to first attend a live-virtual Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism course with Resmaa and certified coaches, held by our partners Education for Racial Equality (ERE). After registering for the Foundations course with ERE, you will get access to register for the CSI Micro-Certificate bundle.
CSI 201: The Basics of Somatic Abolitionism: From the Individual to the Communal
Discover how to evaluate your body out of curiosity, rather than fear and have the capacity to relate to the connection of mind and body and reclaim it. Gain an understanding and knowledge of the effects of sociocultural factors and the historical content on the physical and mental health of the body.
$263.00
CSI 210: Racialization and Communal Leadership in Relation to Somatic Abolitionism
You will understand the value of settledness and self-awareness and cultural healing. Learn and teach the importance of: • Traumatic retentions – and grow out of them • Historical and intergenerational trauma • African history and culture • Children the basics of body awareness and somatic healing • Regard for one another • Mobilizing as a community
$263.00
CSI 226: Land Theft and Racialization Trauma of BIBOC in Relation to Somatic Abolitionism
As you acknowledge the impact of WBS and the theft of BIBOC land, culture, and language you will learn the value of compassionate self-care as well as safeguarding your body. Few skills are more essential than the ability to settle your body as a settled body invites and accepts efforts to mend it, while an unsettled body tends to resist those efforts.
$263.00
CSI 251: Ethics of Somatic Abolitionism
The following ethical standards are relevant to the professional activities of Somatic Abolitionists and Social Workers. You will learn the IV Standards of Practice that establish guidelines for the conduct of Somatic Abolitionists. These standards concern: (1) Education and Training, (2) Practitioner Responsibilities, (3) Self-Representation as a Professional, and (4) Ethical Responsibilities.
$263.00
Self-directed Micro Certificate - Four Course Bundle
Buy all four courses now and save! With this bundle purchase, you will receive: CSI 201, CSI 210, CSI 226, and CSI 251. NOTE: This bundle is intended to accompany the live-virtual class: Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism, with Resmaa and certified coaches, hosted by Education for Racial Equality (ERE). Registration for this Foundations course is handled directly through ERE. Register for the Foundations course first with ERE, and then register here for the CSI Micro Certificate bundle.
$1029.00