Wildbody is Healing at the Intersection of embodiment,
Lineage, and Justice.
belonging is the blueprint
of the body
We all come from people who at one time engaged in body-based practices to bring them back into alignment with themselves, their communities, and the natural world. When we participate in an intentional practice of noticing, exploring, and expressing the internal state of our bodies through movement, voice, and awareness - we are practicing somatics. Like remembering a lost language, a somatic practice can open up a whole new world of meaning for our lives.
Systems of oppression rely on severing the connection we innately have with our bodies. wildbody focuses on the recovery of ancestral wisdom through body-based practice. We fiercely celebrate queer + trans bodies, and strive for accessibility, racial justice, and dignity for all bodies. We reject the notion of a “standard” or neutral body, and aim to challenge the appropriation and erasure of Indigenous knowledge in the field of somatics.
Returning to the wildness and cellular intelligence that lives in each of us
— through practice, education, and community —
is at the heart of these offerings.
Welcome, I’m so glad you found your way here.
I’m Marika (she/her), a writer, researcher, and practitioner of somatics. I deeply believe that reconnecting with our bodies is vital to ending systems of domination and supremacy and I am passionate about supporting people to find connection, belonging, and liberation through the wisdom of their bodies.
“As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious and full of detail; it wants to polish itself; it wants to love another body; it is the only vessel in the world that can hold, in a mix of power and sweetness: words, song, gesture, passion, ideas, ingenuity, devotion, merriment, vanity, and virtue.
Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”
— Mary Oliver, Evidence
wildbody is based in Thadinadonnih (“the place where they built”) colonially known as .Guelph, Canada - lands of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples, the current treaty territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and governed by the Dish with One Spoon Covenant.