This FREE retreat is an immersive experience designed for the Bay Area Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
What to Expect
This three-day retreat is designed as an affinity space for Asian Pacific Americans. This year's retreat theme aims to support survivors of sexual assault within our communities. In collective, we will co-create a safe and nurturing space for healing, empowerment, and collective resilience. You do not have to be a survivor to participate and disclosure is not required. Participants will be introduced to the Moving Rasa framework through guided exercises and reflections, both outdoors and indoors. We will explore the philosophy and basic tools of Moving Rasa as a means of expression, witnessing, and communication. In particular this retreat will focus on creating a playful and trusting community that is able to openly address and move through our relationships to sex, sexualities and sexual violence in a healing and empowering way.
Expect story sharing and natural cross-pollination among participants, fostering a collective learning experience.
No Prior Experience Needed
No prior experience in movement or the arts is necessary. Thanks to the American Rescue Plan for Survivors of Sexual Assault, this inclusive workshop is free and open to individuals of the local Bay Area AAPI community, embracing all abilities, ages, and classes. The cohort size will be limited to approximately 15 people to ensure equitable representation across identities within the AAPI community. Priority will be given to AAPI who have prior exposure to Moving Rasa. That said, all AAPI are encouraged to apply.
Moving Rasa: Grounding Knowledge and Social Justice
Unveil the transformative power of Moving Rasa, a unique approach that intertwines knowledge and social justice with the wisdom of our bodies through movement improvisation. Participants will learn to trust their interconnectedness with others and the world around them, navigating obstacles to self-expression and expanding their capacity to improvise in changing and challenging environments. The term "Rasa" means taste or essence in Indonesian, and Moving Rasa connects participants to their Rasa, embracing their cultures, histories, and spirituality as vital for authentic relationship-building and creating unity through diversity.
Register Now
Please register here, and we will get back to you to confirm your status. We look forward to welcoming you to this transformative experience.
General Itinerary (Subject to shift as needed by the group via consensus)
Location: at The Place, and various Parks like Dimond Park in Oakland, CA
Shared meals are not required, but highly recommended. They are a time for us to share culturally specific food and deepen our connection through casual conversation.
Friday Aug 23rd
6-9p Introduction to Moving Rasa and Theme: Addressing Sexual Violence in our Communities
Saturday, Aug 24th
10-1p Consent and Community Agreements
1-3p Break and meal sharing
3-6p Creative perception and agency with the Moving Rasa Lenses
Sunday Aug 25th
9:30-12:30p Improvising with Others and the Topics
12:30-2:30p Break and meal sharing
2:30-5:30p Collective Design and Synthesis