Stick it to the System(s)

Following your soul’s purpose is a way to put cracks into systems of oppression. When you decide addressing old stories, healing traumas, and looking for joy in the darkness, the systems cannot continue to hold against your pure light. 

Within white supremacy, there are many -isms that are hooked into us and in order to break those chords, getting really clear about who you are outside of those systems is key. 

A Practice for sticking it to a system:

• Grab your favorite note taking supplies

• Get comfy

• Take three grounding breaths

• Take a breath in through your base and scan each of your chakra points. Notice if there is a hitch or tightness at any point. This is an indicator that the systems are affecting that chakra in a negative way. 

• Pick one -ism that you know has hooked in and is a succubis on your true identity. (racism, transphobia, sexism, etc.)

• Free write for 3-5 minutes from an observational lens: How is this -ism holding me back from expressing my soul’s purpose fully and freely?

• Identify and align the blocks holding you back with where you felt any hitches in your Chakra scan. If you hitched at your heart space, is there hurt that needs to be addressed and resolved? If the hitch came at your root chakra, does this -ism have a perceived or real affect on your security?

• Start to identify why and where these blocks live in your body.

• Choose one to address.

• Free write for 3-5 minutes from a practical lens: What can I do to interrupt, change, resolve the way these blocks show up? 

• Create a ritual to practice over the next month that softens the hold the block has on you. For example, if you found that you have internalized sexist viewpoints about your body and find you are repeating statements to yourself that are body shaming, then create a ritual in which you light a candle and say three things about your body that are honoring and aligned with your purpose. “I am thankful for this body that carries my badass brain around each day.” “My thighs are strong and curvy.” “I honor my family by loving my body.”

Once you feel like you are able to loosen the block and release it, then repeat with another block or another -ism. 

As we do the work of unstitching ourselves from the lies of white supremacy and all its children, we have so much more of ourselves to quilt into the tapestry of unconditional love.