Wellness
While attending BlackStar we encourage you to take care of yourselves. While you might find the film festival content and experience exciting and joyful, you might also find the experience activating and at times stressful.
With that in mind, we have created a few resources for festival participants.
Grounding Practices
Need a quiet moment to collect yourself? Try one of our grounding practices – available virtually anytime.
Gather, Rest, Reset (9:29)
A centering gratitude practice to help you feel grounded, spacious, and present during the sensory feast that is BlackStar Fest. Guided by meditation teacher Kate Johnson.
Returning Home (7:39)
For when you feel overwhelmed or triggered and would like some guidance coming home to your body again. Guided by mindfulness coach and mental health clinician Shesheena Bray.
Events
In-Theater Grounding Sessions
Pre-grounding sessions will be offered in-theater before the screening of the following films. The intention of these sessions are to support audience members as they engage sensitive and potentially triggering content, from a place of resource and agency.
Resources for Learning and Action
Here are a few resources to support in continuing the learning journey and moving our knowledge into actionable ways that remind us of our individual and collective power.
Listen
6-episode podcast series from Movement Generation on parenting in a pandemic, queer ecology, black land & liberation, and being okay with the unknown
Green Dreamer episode 351 Learning Environmentalism Through the Lens of Black Feminism
Green Dreamer is a community-supported, in(ter)dependent podcast exploring our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance and wellness *for all*.
Do
Thich Nhat Hanh
Guided video practices from The Embodiment Institute – a training institute that supports transformation through somatic practice rooted in Black, Native, Buddhist and healing justice lineages
Wellness Practitioners
Kate Johnson
Shesheena Bray
Sheena Sood
Yoga Instructor
