FIERCE VULNERABILITY

History

Developed in 2018 by Kazu Haga, Chris Moore-Backman, Anuttara Lakshmin Nath and Sierra Pickett, Fierce Vulnerability was initially envisioned as a new kind of direct action training; one that, rather than leading with an energy of “shutting things down",” can lead with a spirit of “opening things up.” One that understands that above all else, we are here to bring healing to the world.

Over the years, it has developed into something much more than a direct action workshop. It is our longing to see a fundamental transformation in how we relate to ourselves, to each other and to Earth.

It is about building a movement that can mobilize the power to stop injustice while cultivating the love necessary to heal it. About building a movement that has the audacity to aim for collective liberation as well as the humility to know that as the Earth goes through the Great Turning, we are not the agents of change - we can only be in relationship to it.

By weaving together spiritual practice*, trauma healing and the lineage of nonviolent action, we attempt to hold the paradoxes of our times. The need for power and love; audacity and humility; fierceness and vulnerability.

    • Basic understanding of trauma and how it affects our brains and bodies.

    • The concept of trauma and healing existing in fractals.

    • Various emotional regulation tools, and how to build them into our movement spaces.

    • Some of the major delusions that society holds that keeps us from being able to heal.

    • How to generate an environment that gives us the best chance at collective healing.

    • How to bring all of these skills into the public through direct actions, public witness and creative interventions.

    • How to view nonviolent action as a modality of collective trauma healing.

    • The Fierce Vulnerability training is typically offered as a 2.5 day experience.