Developed by Ashira Darwish under siege and in exile, Ashira Active Meditation draws on Sufi whirling, somatic release, and Indigenous Palestinian practices to help you heal from personal and collective trauma, in community.
Embodying Liberation
Ashira Darwish developed Ashira Active Meditation while living under siege and in exile, drawing on Sufi whirling, somatic release, and Indigenous Palestinian practices to process what her body was carrying. In this 8-week live course, she teaches that practice to people living with ongoing trauma, whether it’s personal, inherited, or the kind that comes from watching collective harm unfold day after day.
Each session combines movement, grief ritual, and storytelling, so you’re learning with your body as much as your mind.
Over 8 weeks, you’ll:
Understand how continuous trauma shapes the nervous system
Work with the body as a place that holds both memory and the capacity to heal
Practice movement, grief rituals, and storytelling in community
Reclaim joy as a form of resistance
Questions we’ll sit with together:
How do we grieve and build resilience at the same time?
How can our bodies carry healing across generations?
What does it mean to be fully alive in times of collapse?
This course centers SWANA and global majority communities, and everything you learn is rooted in culture, grounded in the body, and built to sustain you long after the cohort ends.
Anyone looking for embodied tools for personal and collective resilience
Live Sessions
Interactive classes with your instructor
Session Recordings
Lifetime access to all recordings
Community Access
Connect with fellow learners
Certificate
Proof of course completion
The Body Keeps the Score
Understanding how oppression lives in our bodies
Somatic Practices for Release
Tools for releasing stored tension and trauma
Reconnecting with Body Wisdom
Listening to what your body knows
Embodied Freedom
Living liberation in your daily life
Learners will design a personal or community-based ritual (eg guided meditation, movement practice, storytelling circle, or grief ritual)
They will also prepare a personal case study + presentation documenting their healing journey throughout the course and how they’ve applied Ashira Active Meditation in service of their communities.

Healer
Somatic practitioner and liberation educator guiding others to embody freedom and healing through body-centered practices. Ashira is a motivational speaker, investigative journalist, and the visionary creator of Ashira Active Meditation — a trauma integration modality rooted in embodied movement, ancestral wisdom, liberation psychology, and neuro-somatic healing. Her work is a lifeline for those navigating the impacts of war, displacement, and intergenerational trauma, particularly among Palestinian communities. Ashira’s journey into healing began after a life-altering injury in 2012 that left her paralyzed with a severed spinal cord. Defying every medical prognosis, she embarked on a personal and spiritual path of recovery that not only restored her mobility but led to the creation of a groundbreaking method for trauma transformation. Her approach blends active meditation, Sufi and Kundalini practices, sound healing, and trauma-informed movement into a dynamic, culturally rooted modality. Grounded in the principles of liberation psychology, Ashira’s work emphasizes healing as a collective, justice-centered process — reconnecting individuals not only to their bodies, but to their communities, histories, and power. Recognized for its effectiveness in treating ADHD, PTSD, and continuous trauma in both children and adults, her method transcends clinical frameworks by restoring dignity, embodiment, and spiritual sovereignty to survivors. Ashira’s pioneering research established a link between spinning movements and trauma therapy. Her studies revealed that spinning can safely activate the prefrontal cortex — a key area affected by trauma and neurodegeneration — offering a transformative tool for emotional regulation and nervous system restoration. She is a certified EFT therapist, trauma coach, and sound healer, and her healing philosophy is both deeply personal and globally relevant. In 2021, she was honored by the Indian Society for Applied Behavioural Science for her contributions to societal transformation. In 2023, she was named one of Palestine’s most inspirational women by Build Palestine. Beyond her healing practice, Ashira is known for her fearless journalism and advocacy. She has collaborated with organizations such as BBC, Internews, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch, bringing global attention to Palestinian voices, stories, and resilience. Through her initiative, Catharsis Holistic Healing, she has trained over 200 Arab-world practitioners and continues to offer free trauma support to communities in crisis — from Gaza to refugee camps, from classrooms to frontlines of resistance. Ashira’s life is a testament to what is possible when healing is embodied, liberation is holistic, and community is sacred. Her work weaves together science, spirit, and struggle — offering not just recovery, but reclamation.
$800
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October 14
25 students max
8 sessions
90 min each