Honouring Embodied Wisdom

Note: Please be advised that this program takes place at The Bentway Studio, located at 55 Fort York Blvd, Toronto, beside Canoe Landing Park.

As disabled people, our bodies hold infinite knowledge about our experiences. However, all too often, disabled people are encouraged to disconnect from and/or ignore the knowledge that our bodies share with us through our experiences with pain, fatigue and limitations.

In this workshop facilitated by artist Shay Erlich, participants are invited to reach through the ableist forces that seek to separate disabled people from their embodied experiences and to rediscover their bodies and internal experiences as sites of wisdom and information to be honoured and respected.

Participants are offered the time and space to reflect on the ways that they have experienced this pressure to disconnect from their bodies. Then, drawing from active mindfulness practices, participants will be guided as a group to experience the wisdom of our bodies and will have the opportunity to reflect on and develop strategies for how they can make more space to be present and embody experiences in their day-to-day lives.

Accessibility accommodations are available for this program. If you have questions about attending a program, would like assistance securing tickets, or have accessibility requests, please email programs@torontobiennial.org.

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This program is part of Keeping Time, a workshop series that centres embodied learning by inviting intergenerational audiences of all abilities to pay special attention to time, space and movement through somatic learning and unlearning.

This program is presented in partnership with The Bentway.