1. Micro Aggression Body Practice- In this practice, I took myself to a place in which I experienced a micro aggression in regard to my sexuality. My bisexuality was diminished by another person's words from within the LGBT community. As I went through this, I experienced a freezing feeling. This feeling of disbelief and inability to respond in the moment. My body freezes when I am faced with uncomfortable feelings. This practice of moving and releasing that feeling after putting myself into felt very freeing. Additionally, reflecting and feeling into a micro aggression that I have experienced combined with the understandings of micro aggressions that were spoken through in this book in relation to racial micro aggressions- I understand that while I experienced this, it is so incredibly different than the micro aggressions experienced by black bodies. It does however, help me to develop more empathy.
2. Being the Only White Body at a Wedding- Similar to the above, I felt a freezing feeling. I did not feel any "rational fear" in my mind as I went through this. The idea of being in a room of 300 black people does not scare me or make me feel uncomfortable. The uncomfortable feeling comes from the fact that my BODY freezes at the comment of "come on in, we don't bite". My body is not comfortable with this setting and that is a bizarre feeling to come to realize.
3. Asking a Black Body for Comfort- In this body practice I was taken back to my mentor when I first became a teacher. I worked with predominately black and brown students and my mentor was black. I often relied on her to educate me on injustices in our educational system and the best way to navigate. In this body practice I felt guilt looking back on how much I, as a white body, relied on another black body to help ME in this. Having this awareness, I navigate the world in a more mindful and intentional way with what I know now.