Circling for BIPOC Homies with Ahran Lee

Circling for BIPOC Homies is a meaningful and transformative space for connection, healing, and empowerment that’s just for us. Rooted in conscious communication and cultivating mutual presence, Circling creates a container where folks can come together to share freely, process real time emotions, and build authentic relationships.

Circling is a relational mindfulness practice where a group of people sit in a circle and gather to have free flowing conversation. Guided by facilitator Ahran Lee, we foster connection, aliveness, and awareness in every circle through deep listening and present-oriented communication. Some of the benefits of a Circling practice includes:

• Conflict repair skills
• Accessing empathy
• Cultivating self awareness
• Increasing social-relational intelligence
• Developing full body listening
• Practicing vulnerability
• Honing authentic expression
• Increasing body awareness
• Practicing mindfulness
• Learning how to ask and receive
  

In a world where systemic oppression often silences BIPOC perspectives, Circling for BIPOC Homies provides an affirming space to explore safely and practice vulnerability without the burden of educating or accommodating dominant cultural norms. This practice fosters a sense of collective and individual healing and solidarity, reminding us that we are not alone in this thing called life.

Sliding Scale $20-$35

Ahran is a 1.5 Korean American personal liberation coach, facilitator, and multidisciplinary artist based in Oakland, California. Cultivating interconnectedness and kinship is central to her professional and creative work. Ahran focuses on community building by empowering Global Majority individuals (BIPOC) to explore their identities beyond oppressive frameworks, reclaim their inherent power and authentic selves, and engage in personalized experiences such as one-on-one coaching, group facilitation on skillful communication, and creativity workshops. Ahran combines her experience as an artist, daughter of blue collar immigrants, and survivor, weaving mind-body modalities and anti-racist practices into her work. Ahran wants to be the first generation in her lineage who boldly breaks away from unhealthy patterns by creating and occupying space loudly and proudly. Ahran is an energy mover. Ahran is an ancestral pattern shifter. You can learn more about her work at www.instagram.com/ahranmakes/

Host or Publisher The Berkeley Alembic Foundation