The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning - Resmaa Menakem

\n \nThe New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother's Hands surveys the deteriorating political climate and presents an urgent call for action to protect ourselves and our country.\n \nThrough the coordinated repetition of lies, anti-democratic elements in American society are working to incite mass radicalization, widespread chaos, and a collective trauma response in tens of millions of American bodies. \n\n \nCurrently, most of us are utterly unprepared for this potential mayhem. This book can help prepare us--and, if possible, prevent further destruction. \n \nIn The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through a step-by-step program of somatic practices addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence. \n\n \nThis preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on mental and emotional practices that can help us \n\n \n- Build presence and discernment in our bodies \n- Settle our bodies during the heat of conflict \n- Maintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations \n- Heal our personal and collective racialized trauma \n- Practice body-centered social action \n- Turn toward instead of on one another \n\n \nThe Quaking of America is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us build a living, embodied antiracist culture. \n