Mariya Javed-Payne

At her core, Mariya is passionate about social justice and embodied anti-racism practices, such as somatic abolitionism, to promote the healing of marginalized communities from historical and racial trauma. She has spent the last two years under the guidance of Resmaa Menakem, Carlin Quinn, Karine Bell, and Erin Trent Johnson, who are leaders in embodied anti-racism work and the somatic abolitionism movement. She is dedicated to creating an accountable culture shift in therapy spaces, workplaces and society that goes beyond the cognitive to truly embody anti-oppressive ways of being.