Tricia Hersey: Rest & Collective Care as Tools for Liberation
Tricia Hershey, founder of The Nap Ministry, on rest as a way to resist and disrupt systems of oppression.
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Tricia Hersey is a Chicago native living in Atlanta with over 20 years of experience collaborating with communities as a performance artist, theater maker, theologian, and community organizer. She is the founder of The Nap Ministry, an organization that examines rest as a form of resistance and reparations by curating spaces for the community to rest via Collective Napping Experiences, immersive workshops and performance art installations. Her research interests include Black liberation theology, womanism, somatics, and cultural trauma. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Divinity from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.
Tricia’s work has been seen with Chicago Public Schools, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, The Atlantic, United States Peace Corps, Google Global and organizations nationwide and internationally. You can follow The Nap Ministry on all social media platforms at @thenapministry and her website is triciahersey.com
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I loved the way Tricia was able to TALK and EXPLAIN WITHOUT interruption. REFRESHING.
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My dad would say that too: "I'm resting my eyes." Mom would say: "Every shut eye ain't sleeping." 🙌🏽
I watched this weeping 😭😭😭Spoke to my core. I'm ready to REST ❤
I. Am. Mindblown. This is a powerful message to those who're struggling to recover from illness. Thank you soo much for creating 'Nap Ministry'.
This is an incredible presentation and discussion. Tricia, thank you for your revolutionary work. We absolutely need this wisdom individually and culturally. I will be learning more about Tricia's work and sharing it with others. Thank you, Sounds True, for featuring Tricia.
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What an absolute joke. This woman is poison to a society. I promise you the Russians and Chinese aren't resting, they're working... hard.
Goosebumps just listening to Tricia. Thank you for bringing more awareness about how our sleep, nap, rest, and spirit really is. Please government and corporation, take it easy on us.
The most important work out there to date. Thank you Tricia
Since preschool naps have been my thing. It's a way to reset your day and promote wellness of your mind , body and spirit.
What an incredibly important and empowered talk on resting. Trisha’s perspective lifts us out of the solitary, escapist vein that runs through the healing arts, inspiring instead a restful revolution of community connection and collective healing.
Amen. Thank you for sharing this important work by Tricia Hersey.
What a beautiful discussion ! This is transformative! Thank you!
I love this thank you I rest my eyes as well if it gets too quiet then I know my kids are up to something. ❤️
This is beautiful how you put all the pieces together! Thank you for reclaiming rest as a radical act of independence that that allows us to have the reverence which I believe is crucial to mutual respect. I have been teaching for many years that in the presence of reverence there can be no violence. And so when we take time to honor that our bodies need time to process so much of what is going on, at so many levels all the time right now, only then can we have the presence of mind to treat ourselves and each other with respect. You have an amazing vision and your work is very important please stay woke!
29:42 deep rest practice - calendar boundaries
This sistah is fire! First 5 min will slay you!💛🔥
So very true!!! In Yoga, the resting pose in which you lie down completely relaxed, (called Shavasana) is considered the most important pose of the entire session!
Wonderful conversation. Wonderful wisdom. Thank you.
This was amazing listen and I am so grateful to be able to hear from you. I love your perspective and you being willing to share your story and knowledge with us. 💕✨
So glad I found this….great work…
Grand Rising! Just found you on Instagram. How refreshing ! Yes closed eyes are not sleeping but resting. My mother did this and so do I. 💜
This is one of the most important things I recently listened to. And just listening was deeply resting. Thank you. ♥️🙏
I love this so much. I am here in my journey but didn't have the words. Thank you!
This is truly amazing organizing and resistance!
So so revolutionary.
Thank you Tricia! This was major for me....
Bloody hell, I'm listening to this and still, the guilt I feel that I'm not being more 'actively productive' shows how I need to listen to it another few times and literally read the book.
Wonderful interview 💕💕
Interesting how the interviewer didn't address white supremacy in any of her questions. Talked about everything else except what is at the core of this work. Great presentation by Tricia, extremely constructive information.
This is a wonderful discussion of what it really means to care for self.
Hi Tricia, Your presentation is amazing. I would like to talk to you about the Nap Ministry. I am from South Africa. How I start talking to you? This is beautiful and really a need to many many of us.
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Yes!
G💎LD. Absolute G💎LD. ❤️🙏🏼❤️💎❤️🙏🏼❤️ Thank You soOo vEry mUch ❤️🙏🏼❤️💎❤️🙏🏼❤️
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In my tradition, we call this practice qailulah.
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