Nourishing Self-Expression & Creativity
*This event is a part of a three part Somatic Nourishment series centring Black African Diasporic women and gender expansive beings: Sat/Feb 14: Fire & Spirit: Somatic Movement and Dance | Sun/Feb15: Ancestral Hands (Attend separately or all three)
Your creative expression is a living extension of all who came before you. Your voice, your movement, your art—these carry forward the cultures, the stories, the dreams that your ancestors held. To create is to keep their spirit alive. To express yourself is to honour the gift of your unique presence.
In this practice, we gather to nourish our creativity through three interwoven modalities: movement and dance, drawing, and writing. We honour that creative expression—particularly within Black culture—is necessity. It is how we remember ourselves, how we speak our truths, how we keep our cultures vibrant and alive.
Through gentle invitation and spacious holding, you'll be supported to explore movement as creative language, to let your hands create marks and images, to give voice to what wants to be expressed. We honour the creative force that moves through you, trusting your body's wisdom and witnessing the beauty of authentic self-expression.
Throughout, you'll have the opportunity to:
Explore movement and dance as creative expression
Create through drawing, mark-making, and visual expression
Write, journal, and give voice to inner knowing
Weave together all three modalities in your own unique way
Opportunity to engage with your creativity in community
Honour your creative expression as sacred and essential
Who This Practice Welcomes
This practice is a part of a series centring Black African Diasporic women and gender expansive beings, offering sacred space for those living at the intersections of anti-Black racism and gender-based oppression. You may be called here to express, to create, to honour the voice within. You might be an established artist seeking community and inspiration, or someone who hasn't created in years and is ready to return.
No previous experience with movement, dance, or somatic practice is needed. Creativity lives in every body. Expression is our birthright. You can participate with whatever materials you have available, or simply with your body and breath. All movements are adaptable and can be explored seated, standing, or lying down. Resting is always an option.
For questions about accessibility or to discuss how this practice can support your needs, please contact Camille at [email protected]
What to Expect:
Duration: 2 hrs.
Format: Virtual (Zoom link provided upon registration)
How the practice unfolds:
Introduction and Orientation to the practice
Opening and acknowledgement. We'll acknowledge the land, honour the elements, spirits & energetic support. (Camera's will be on for this portion only and then will become optional for the duration of our time.)
Expressive Somatic Movement & Dance Practice - Guided: somatic explorations, imagery, gentle movement and dance/stillness, sound, breath +music
Woven together with Somatic Expressive Arts - drawing, writing, creating your own art
Integration - Contemplation/reflection, and space for optional sharing
Closing — Gratitude and goodbyes
What to Prepare:
A private space where you can move freely
Yoga mat or place to lie down
Comfortable clothing that invites movement
Drawing paper and coloured pencils/markers/crayons
Journal or paper and pen
Something to hydrate yourself with
A clear glass of water and a white candle (or candle alternative)
Your Facilitator
Camille Djokoto (they/them) is a Somatic Therapist, Somatic Movement and Dance Practitioner, Somatic Coach and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner™. As an African Diasporic being, neuroexpansive™, artist and facilitator, they bring 40+ years of dance and movement experience with 14 years of healing work in mental health through somatic and embodied practices. Their approach is relational, experiential, and embodied—guided by ancestral wisdom they celebrate collective liberation, embodied resilience, and diasporic healing.
Camille's work centres lived experience and autonomy, offering invitations and options. They create space for participants to discover authentic movements and organic experiences honouring that each person carries their own embodied history and wisdom.
Instagram: @camilledjokoto.somatics
Website: camille-djokoto.com
Important Note:
Virtual wait room opens at 10:45 AM. We begin at 11:00 AM. Since I'm holding both facilitation and tech, arrivals after 11:00 AM may experience a wait until after our Opening ceremony, when I'm able to welcome you in.
Group Size: This will run with any number - up to a limit of 25 participants.
Price: PWYC $0-$35 CAD
No Recordings: This experience will not be recorded.
Refunds: No refunds are provided for missed events. All refunds are subject to service fee charges.
A note of invitation: Please don't let a lack of materials keep you from joining. You are welcome exactly as you are, with whatever you have available. The medicine of this practice lives in your intention and presence, not in perfect preparation.