Soma Sessions #10: Ancestral Venerations w Tamsin Alamayah

~ Please note: These sessions are open to People of Colour only ~

Peaks of Colour's Soma Sessions are monthly spaces that invite global majority communities to deepen their connection with themselves, each other and the land.

Set in the Peak District, these informal and intimate sessions will offer an introduction to embodied and nature-allied practices that can assist in our healing from gendered and racialised trauma.

A space of repetition as Black Feminist practice (Foluke Taylor), and rehearsal as an abolitionist priority (Ruth Wilson Gilmore), Soma Sessions will support us to build capacity and resilience for a future in which the boundaries between our human bodies and our more-than-human landscapes are decomposed.

Session #10: Ancestral Venerations w Tamsin Alamayah

In our final Soma Sessions of the year Tamsin will guide us to remember that we are never walking our revolutionary paths alone. A celebration of ancestral reclamation, we will venerate those that came before us by gently tending to the colonial wounds held within our bodies, society and the earth. Through herbal tea meditations, somatic practices, movement, alter making and a community meal, we will experience practices that support us to come home to our lineage and reveal ancestral medicine that can help us tend to generational pain.

Date: Sunday 30th November

Time: 10:30am

Meeting location: Flying Horse Lawn, Lodge Lane, Sheffield, S6 5SP

Accessibility: There is a short walk over grass from the carpark to the session location.

Duration: 2-3 hours

Additional details: There is free parking at Flying Horse Lawn along Lodge Lane.

We reccomend organising car shares via our closed Facebook group: here.

The Sunday bus is now back running. We recommend getting the 120 at 8:54am (arriving at 09:46am) in case of delays.

What to bring/wear

• Walking boots / Comfy footwear
• Plenty of water
• Weather appropriate clothing/items eg Waterproofs/sun cream
• Blanket, sit matt, yoga matt or something comfy to sit on
• Any self-soothing items that you find helpful eg fidget toy or scented oils
• An item that reminds you of an ancester you would like to bring into the space
• A dish to contribute to the pot luck

About Peaks of Colour

Peaks of Colour is a Peak District-based nature-for-healing club, by and for People of Colour only. Founded in 2021 by Evie Muir, Peaks of Colour offers creative and holistic Walkshops, that explore alternative routes to healing and justice. Grounded in a Black Feminist, abolitionist, and nature-allied practice, our spaces invite communities to heal from gendered and racial trauma through an informal and intimate introduction to our local landscapes.

Join our Facebook group to stay up to date with our monthly adventures.

About Tamsin Alamayah

Tamsin Amayah Willow is a traditional Caribbean healer and birthkeeper born. She is deeply guided by her blended ancestry, her connection to the elemental forces and the cyclical nature of life. Her work focuses on supporting people to disentangle from harmful colonial systems and rekindle their relationship with their embodied sovereignty, community medicine and inherent earth connection.