“Scarcity is such an enormous and all-­consuming ideology that no matter how far I traveled on my journey, it always followed.city is such an enormous and all-­consuming ideology that no matter how far I traveled on my journey, it always followed”.

The all american logic of Individualism insists that people should be able to “go it alone” and "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" and strive for self reliance. But our fixation with the “small self” (the self as an object that does not extend beyond the edges of our body) actually limits our human potential. It keeps us alone and isolated. It makes us reject our own needs and the needs of others. It sets us up for shame and makes us believe we are unworthy of belonging. And it denies our humanity. 

In this clinic we will examine how we’ve been shaped by a culture of individualism and how to recover ourselves from the lie of separation. Through embodied inquiry, radical reflection and courageous conversation, we will unlearn the patterns and tendencies that stem from