Soma Sessions #15: Wild Swimming w/ Swim Dem Crew
About this Event
~ Please note: These sessions are open to People of Colour only ~
**Please only join this session if you consider yourself to be a confident swimmer.
Peaks of Colour's Soma Sessions are monthly spaces that invite global majority communities to deepen their connection with themselves, each other and the land.
Set in the Peak District, these informal and intimate sessions will offer an introduction to embodied and nature-allied practices that can assist in our healing from gendered and racialised trauma.
A space of repetition as Black Feminist practice (Foluke Taylor), and rehearsal as an abolitionist priority (Ruth Wilson Gilmore), Soma Sessions will support us to build capacity and resilience for a future in which the boundaries between our human bodies and our more-than-human landscapes are decomposed.
Session #15: Wild Swimming w/ Swim Dem Crew
Did you know, 60% of our human bodies are made up of water? Join us in the more-than-human bodies of water that hold and hydrate our Green City, as we explore how connecting with the waters in and around us can facilitate our inter-personal healing. Through conversational prompts curated to aid our intimacy and vulnerability, Swim Dem will support us to plunge (literally!) into an element that has guided generations before us.
**Please only join this session if you consider yourself to be a confident swimmer.
Date: Sunday 26th July
Time: 10:30am
Meeting location: Flying Horse Lawn, Lodge Lane, Sheffield, S6 5SP
Accessibility: There is a short walk over grass from the carpark to the session location. We will then walk for approximately half a mile, from Flying Horse Lawn to the swim spot. This includes walking downhill, over a bridge and on uneven terrain.
Duration: 2-3 hours
Additional details: There is free parking at Flying Horse Lawn along Lodge Lane.
We reccomend organising car shares via our closed Facebook group: .
The Sunday bus is now back running. We recommend getting the 51 at 11:42am (arriving at 12:27pm) in case of delays.
What to bring/wear
- Walking boots / Comfy footwear
- Swimwear
- Wet Suit / Dry Robe / Swimming Shoes / Swimming Gloves / Swim Cap / Wooly Hat (Optional)
- Plenty of water
- Weather appropriate clothing/items eg Waterproofs/sun cream
- Blanket, sit matt, yoga matt or something comfy to sit on
- Any self-soothing items that you find helpful eg fidget toy or scented oils
**Please only join this session if you consider yourself to be a confident swimmer.
About
Peaks of Colour is a Peak District-based nature-for-healing club, by and for People of Colour only. Founded in 2021 by Evie Muir, Peaks of Colour offers creative and holistic Walkshops, that explore alternative routes to healing and justice. Grounded in a Black Feminist, abolitionist, and nature-allied practice, our spaces invite communities to heal from gendered and racial trauma through an informal and intimate introduction to our local landscapes.
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About
Peigh and Nathanial are the co-founders of Swim Dem Crew: an inner city swimming club that believes in the power of community. The pioneers of social swimming, Swim Dem understand swimming as a tool of empowerment, personal development, self and affirmation. They create spaces for communities to learn together, free of the barriers that make us feel unwelcome before our feet even touch the water.
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