Thank you!

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Ways to Explore the Veil in Everyday Life

Thank you for stepping into this work with me.

Before we gather for the fuller program, here’s something to carry with you.

Exploring the veil isn’t only something we “do” in workshops — it’s a way of moving through the world with more awareness and care, for ourselves and for each other.

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Below are some ways to practice lifting the veil gently in daily life. Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t, and trust your own pacing.

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For BIPOC Folks

• Pause to check in with your body when conversations about race arise. Do you want to engage right now, or protect your energy?

• Name what you feel without needing to explain it. Even silently to yourself.

• Notice the small signals your body gives you when something doesn’t feel safe — a quickened heartbeat, tension in your stomach, an impulse to shut down. Trust those signals.

• Give yourself permission to rest, disconnect, and seek spaces where you don’t have to educate or perform resilience.

• Be gentle with yourself if you feel anger, grief, numbness, or confusion. None of it makes you “too much.”

• Seek connection with others who share parts of your lived experience. Even small moments of resonance can nourish you.

• Remember that protecting your boundaries is a sacred act, not selfishness.

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For White-Bodied Folks

• Notice when you feel the urge to “explain,” “fix,” or reassure yourself that you’re one of the good ones. Pause. Breathe. Stay curious instead.

• When you hear a story of harm or discomfort from a BIPOC person, see if you can listen without centering your own feelings or guilt.

• Explore whose voices fill your social media, your bookshelf, your podcasts, your professional circles. How might you widen that circle?

• Practice being okay with discomfort. Notice it in your body. What happens in your breath, your posture, your jaw?

• Reflect gently on your lineage. How has whiteness shaped the way you see the world — and yourself?

• Find other white-bodied people committed to this work and talk honestly about what comes up for you. Accountability is loving.

• Remember: Awareness is not the same as shame. This work is about integrity, connection, and possibility.

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What This Work Can Offer All of Us

• A deeper sense of belonging — to yourself, your body, your communities

• Greater capacity to stay present through discomfort rather than avoid it

• More honest, intimate relationships across lines of difference

• A clearer sense of your own values and integrity

• Liberation from silence and pretending

• Tools to help you move from reaction to choice

 

This is lifelong work. It unfolds in layers. And it’s worth it.

Thanks for being here. I’m so looking forward to exploring more with you soon.

With care,
Juel