In this episode, Kerry speaks with Tanya Birl-Torres, a mom, dancer, and social activist who helps organizations make systems visible through movement. We talk about what it means to embody the systems that we are trying to change, shared power, and how exhausting all white, male spaces can get. Tanya explains how the oppressive systems that have been created live in the bodies of the marginalized.

Tanya also talks about the energetic healing of reparations and the concept of reciprocity as a rebalancing of what has been knocked out of balance.

We touch on topics of White envy of Black Joy, the flatness of all White spaces, and how White supremacy operates in all of this. Check it out!

Tanya has taken her years of experience as a professional Broadway performer and melded it with her love and passion for justice. With a deep and grounded sense of presence, Tanya uses her voice to provoke curiosity, promote love, and empower others to create change from the inside out. Tanya has been a guest speaker for “The Dream Unfinished” an activist orchestra highlighting the under-recognized works for artists of color. She spoke about being one of the “tokens” on Broadway and how that has informed her life and career promoting advocacy and education as a way to continually diversify the arts. Tanya was a guest speaker at the Faith + feminism rally supporting the Women's March here in New York City. She spoke of these turbulent times being a new day and a new opportunity for those who were not in mind when this country was founded to take their rightful seat at the table. Tanya is the founder of SoHumanity and creator of the Embodying Change workshop series and retreat which focuses on the Rights of the Body and how we can reclaim them as an act of liberation. She is also a 500hr E-RYT Yoga teacher and has recently led 100 educators in New York and Denver to bring yoga and mindfulness into the classroom through the Breathe for Change program. Her most recent collaboration is with revolutionary Urban Educator Chris Emdin and founder of hip-hop Ed on the power of embodying the knowledge that we receive.

Email: sohumanitynyc@gmail.com

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Episode Timestamp:

Snippet - 00:00 - 00: 14
General Intro - 00:14 - 01:32
Tanya's Intro - 01:32 - 7:08
Main Interview - 7:08 - 30:53
Coaching Commercial - 30:53 - 32:27
Continuation of Main Interview - 32:27 - 01:03:39
General Outro - 01:03:39 - -01:04:18