Grand Traverse County Democratic Committee (MI) - Administrative Account

Embodied Leadership for Electoral Organizing

March 21, 2026

1:00 - 5:00 pm 

Location: TBD


Are you considering running for public office?


Do you feel like you have something to offer your community? Or want to make change and have impact in your community?


Do you feel ready to offer something but feel like you don鈥檛 have the skills you need to use your voice and your creativity, to step into your power?


Somatics is a path of practice that supports us to reconnect to our own power and take skillful action. It deepens our awareness of our own reactive patterns and helps us learn how to keep moving toward what we care about even when we鈥檙e under pressure. We practice connecting with our own embodied agency and power because we have the potential to influence the conditions of our lives and this world.


Often our power and agency is sourced from what we love, what we care about, what we are a fight for and what we long for in the world. These times are calling for more of us to show up with courage and clarity about what we love.


Join us to feel the power of embodied leadership in you. All levels of somatics welcome. 


This workshop will include practical body-based practice paired with group discussion to integrate this learning. Together we will explore practices to support you to:


  • Increase your awareness of embodiment: your emotions, sensations and behaviors
  • Deepen your clarity and connection to your longings and what you care about 
  • Staying connected to what you care about inside of change
  • Coordinate more effectively with others
  • Practice stepping into your power and having impact for the sake of the common good. 
  • Practice holding complexity as a key skill to navigating conflict 
  • Develop community for the sake of creating more belonging and visioning together


Cost per person: Three tiers --


Low cost - $40  |  True cost - $60 |  Sustainer cost - $80


Please choose the cost level that is accessible for you. No one turned away from lack of funds - please indicate interest in a scholarship by choosing scholarship request.


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