Brotherflow Workshop #3: The Wounds That Keep Us From Being Ourselves by Lester David Arias

Kunstinstituut Melly & Brotherflow are proud to present our second season of free workshop series from October to December for men and male-identifying individuals.

This Laboratory for New Masculinities is a four-part somatic workshop series exploring how masculinity can be experienced and expressed differently through the body: by softening, feeling, listening, playing, and connecting. Each session is led by a different practitioner, offering a distinct lens on embodiment and the many ways we can relate to ourselves and others.

THE PROGRAM:

25 October: Sacred Pelvis — The Centre of Groove by Diego Oliveira & Priscilla Verwaaijen

8 November: Growing Awareness Through Touch by Joost van Veen & Pedro Lechuga-Farias

22 November: The Wounds That Keep Us From Being Ourselves by Lester David Arias

13 December: Breath, Body & Brotherhood by Luis Bracamontes

Workshop #3: The Wounds That Keep Us From Being Ourselves by Lester David Arias

Want to join this workshop? Book your free ticket here!

The Wounds That Keep Us From Being Ourselves is a personal exploration workshop by Lester David, inspired by Lise Bourbeau’s work on the five emotional wounds of childhood: rejection, abandonment, humiliation, betrayal, and injustice — and the masks we develop to protect ourselves from them. The workshop offers a study of these wounds and of the ways in which they shape, often unconsciously, the process of accepting and living one's masculinity authentically.

The approach combines conceptual understanding with practical experience: through creative writing exercises, participants connect with their subconscious mind and their memories in order to identify and release patterns that originate in these wounds, while a series of physical exercises works on releasing fear and shame at the expressive level, understanding the body as a territory where these experiences are also stored and can be transformed. The result is a space of guided support that integrates reflection, creativity, and embodied expression in order to reconnect with a more genuine identity.

This workshop is for people who identify as men, aged 18 and over, and will be held in English.