QTIBPOC Grounding Workshop: Cultivating Your Inner Voice
By Switchboard’s QTIBPoC Program
What are grounding workshops?
Switchboard's QTIBPOC Grounding Workshops are free community gatherings, specifically for queer, trans and intersex people, who are Bla(c)k and/or people of colour.
‘Grounding’ means to return to our bodies, in time and place, and reconnect with ourselves, each other, and the land. We bring people together and practice grounding through different expressions and practices.
Recalibrating & Connectivity: A three-part series
This February, join us for our three-part workshop series, Recalibrating & Connectivity, curated by Jackie Sheppard and Rosie Clynes.
Come and develop your practice of belonging and co-existence, through:
Connection to place (land, nature, place-based relationality)
Connection to self (cultivating the inner creative voice)
Community connection (community making, lateral relationalities & co-operation).
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About this workshop: Cultivating your inner voice
Rosie will guide us through a series of gentle prompts to coax out our creative voice. Come and try out new ways of meeting ourselves and exploring who we are, through creative expression.
Rosie’s approach centres curiosity, reflection and consideration. She is also informed by her personal cultural expressions, including honouring ‘Taksu’, the Balinese concept of sacred creative energy.
Jackie will co-facilitate with Rosie, drawing on their own cultural knowledge bases to help inspire and guide the group.
This is a great opportunity to connect to nature and practice self-reflection and connection, with QTIBPOC community.
What to expect
We will meet at Egan Reserve, Coburg, by the Merri Creek. We will be invited to sit on the grass, outdoors.
Expect a gentle and low-stakes experience. A group meditation, an exploration of our creative desires, and learning how to integrate creative expression into our daily lives.
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About the facilitators
Komang (Rosie) Clynes is a Balinese/Celtic-Australian singer, artist and electronic music producer based on Wurundjeri Country with a background in community arts, wellbeing and youth music.
As an artist, her work explores themes of landscape, ancestral knowledge and Balinese philosophy. As an arts worker, Rosie has a strong interest in community healing and has produced and facilitated workshops for marginalised creatives and young people, including electronic music production workshops.
Jackie Sheppard is an interdisciplinary performing artist whose practice is grounded in dance, performance, embodiment, writing, installation, workshop facilitation, and somatic storytelling.
Through their creations, Jackie attempts to identify and interrogate intergenerational, ancestral, and embodied storylines, interrogating First Nations themes, as relevant to their personal lived experience as a First Nations person.
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Access needs
If you have access needs or questions regarding travel along the Merri (or any other access needs or questions), get in touch via qtibpoc@switchboard.org.au. We will explore what options are available to ensure your engagement can be meaningful.
Important to note
These workshops are not designed as a substitute for therapy, counselling or professional mental health care services. If you need someone to talk to, or would like to be linked in with these supports, please contact our Rainbow Door helpline or QLife. By registering and agreeing to participate in this workshop, you acknowledge and understand the above considerations.