• The ability to align your body, words, and actions with your longings in the world 

• A community of practice and relationships with peers who are in it with you

• Practices that deepen your embodied physical awareness and ability to be present, open, and connected

• Understanding of embodied anti-racist frameworks

• Monthly one-to-one coaching with a member of the teaching team 

• Three in-person retreats spread across seven months

• Monthly practice & methodology calls in between retreats to stay in practice together and go deeper on concepts and political analysis

• Virtual small groups with members of the teaching team

• Practitioner track for those who have completed more than 12 days of in-person courses

• Peer-to-peer groups to go deeper into topics and practices based on interest and experience

A four-day somatics course or the equivalent in this lineage, like Embodied Leadership

This course is offered on a sliding scale. The true cost of this program is $12,000 per participant. All prices include room and meals for each course. We support participants in carpooling to the training site. 

Organizational: $7,000-$20,000: For participants with organizational sponsorship, the registration tier is based on each organization’s annual budget. 

• $20,000 per registrant if the budget is above $30 million 

• $16,000 per registrant if the budget is between $20-$30 million 

• $14,000 per registrant if the budget is between $10 - $20 million

• $10,000 per registrant if the budget is between $5 - $10 million

• $7,000 per registrant if the budget is below $5 million

Individual: $4,000-$20,000+ for participants who are registering as without organizational sponsorship, the registration is based on personal capacity. 

• Builder $16,000-$20,000+- for those who have generational or inherited wealth and want to off-set the costs of the program for other participants

• Sustainer $12,001-$15,999: for those who have generational or inherited wealth

• Supporter $10,000-$12,000: for those who have a regular income and additional support, either from other employment or alternative sources, and have funds to support other projects beyond paying their rent or mortgage ($12,000 is the true cost to cover the costs of running a course)

• Capacity $8,000-$9,999: for those who have a regular income and are comfortably paying their rent or mortgage

• Grounded $6,000-$7,999: for those who are paying their mortgage or rent

• Equity $4,000-$5,999: for those who are challenged to make ends meet

Please note that we allocate a specific number of registrations at each tier for each course. That way, Embodying Racial Justice can cover the costs associated with running the course. The specifics vary for each course, and one sample breakdown of the slots available at each tier is: 

• 1- Builder- $16,000-$20,000+

• 2 - Sustainer  $12,001-$16,000

• 3 - Organizational $6,000-$16,000

• 6 - Supporter (this is the true cost to ERJ per course participant) $10,000-$12,000

• 4 - Capacity $8,000-$9,999

• 3 - Grounded  $6,000-$7,999

• 3 - Equity $4,000-$5,999

This infographic provides more details on the sliding-scale tiers for consideration. 

Offering a sliding-scale registration system allows the widest range of participants to pay at a level that is meaningful to them and within their means. Some forms of embodied work are inaccessible to people across income levels and class backgrounds. At ERJ,, our commitment is to making somatics as accessible as possible for the sake of growing our movements for justice. 

All of this only works if everyone pays at the level they are able - not at a level lower than what they can pay. Together, we can achieve financial balance by each paying in line with our abilities. 

The registration fee pays facilitators a living wage, supports the redistribution of funds to local Black and Indigenous groups as well as Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, and includes the organizing and administrative support associated with the course. This also includes all meals and snacks during the course.

We want to make this work financially for as many people as possible, and we want to be in dialogue with you about what will support you to participate. Please contact us if you would like to discuss finances.