{"product_id":"the-quaking-of-america-an-embodied-guide-to-navigating-our-nations-upheaval-and-racial-reckoning","title":"The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning\u003c\/h1\u003eResmaa Menakem MSW  LICSW  SEP\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Central Recovery Press\u003cbr\u003eApril 12 2022\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781949481747\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1949481743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMy Grandmother's Hands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e surveys America's deteriorating democracy and offers embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"All of us need to read this book--and then act on it.\"--Angela Rye, NPR political analyst and former CNN commentator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. His brilliant new book could not be more timely.\"--Michael Eric Dyson, author of \u003ci\u003eEntertaining Race\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLong Time Coming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Quaking of America\u003c\/i\u003e, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough 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. Currently, most of us are utterly unprepared for this potential mayhem. This book can help prepare us--and possibly prevent further destruction. This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eBuild presence and discernment in our bodies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eSettle our bodies during the heat of conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eMaintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situations\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHeal our personal and collective racialized trauma\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePractice embodied social action\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eTurn \u003ci\u003etoward\u003c\/i\u003e instead of \u003ci\u003eon\u003c\/i\u003e one another\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eQuaking of America\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070413434925,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_440c339c-9bdc-487d-b2fe-847b3f686d16.jpg?v=1765188140","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/the-quaking-of-america-an-embodied-guide-to-navigating-our-nations-upheaval-and-racial-reckoning","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}