Reciprocal Embeddedness through the Spirit of Black Awesomeness

An online conversation hosted by the Transformative Studies Ph.D. program

Whether we are conscious of it or not, reciprocal embeddedness shapes how we participate in the matrix of life. One of the oldest dimensions of embeddedness is our shared human ancestral Dark/Black mother, from whom we all inherited mitochondrial DNA, passed down from mother to child. This means that we all came from the same womb, and part of this original womb is now a part of each of us. The whole of humanity is Dark/Black, like our mother. Even when we cannot or will not see the Darkness/Blackness within, it doesn’t stop it from resonating within. This begs the question: why the archetypal fear of Darkness/Blackness? May it be a clue to its awesomeness?

Join Daniel Deslauriers and Sidni Appleseed for an exciting discussion about why we are awesome, the multidimensionality of awesomeness, and how our awesomeness is interconnected through a Reciprocally Embedded Spirit of Black Awesomeness. 

Meet the Hosts

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Daniel Deslauriers is Professor in the Transformative Studies Doctorate at CIIS. Teacher, author and performer, he directs narrative, theoretical, and art-based research at CIIS. He co-wrote Integral dreaming. A holistic approach to dreams (SUNY). His work intersects contemplative, transpersonal, and consciousness studies, as well as embodied relational practices, which led him to study and teach Contact Improvisation.

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Sidni Appleseed is a doctoral researcher in Transformative Studies focusing on awe phenomenology. Her work examines how awe can be understood as a transformative experience and applied in strengths-based approaches. As an educator, her goal is to highlight pathways that encourage individual, community, and global awesomeness

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