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Decolonizing My Mind: A Self-Assessment Journey

Decolonizing My Mind:
A Self-Assessment Journey

This self-assessment tool invites you to reflect on your journey of decolonizing your mind through storytelling, embodiment, and reconnection. As described in “Decolonizing my Mind -A practitioner’s journey,” this process is not simply about “becoming aware” but about a relational, co-creative process that unfolds in interactions with others and the more-than-human world.

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Part 1: Storytelling Awareness

Reflect on how stories shape your perspective and relationships.

How do you notice colonial narratives influencing the stories you tell yourself and others?
Consider binary thinking, hero-villain tropes, or “othering” of people or nature
On a scale of 1-10, how aware are you of the stories that shape your worldview?
Unaware Somewhat aware Fully aware

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi

TAKE A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND ENTER THIS FIELD RUMI SPEAKS OF

What do you notice?
How does it feel?
What gestures emerge from the space?

Part 2: Embodied Presence

Explore your relationship with your body, others, and the more-than-human world.

When have you experienced a moment of deep connection beyond words? Describe this embodied experience.
How does your body respond when you encounter perspectives or beings that feel “other” to you?

Part 3: Ubuntu & Interconnection

“Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu” — “A person is a person through other people.”

Where do you experience interconnection in your daily life?
With humans, non-humans, ancestors, future generations…
On a scale of 1-10, how often do you experience yourself as part of a larger web of life?
Rarely Sometimes Frequently

Part 4: Re-rooting the Self

Envision your journey toward becoming space and presence.

What futures become possible when you shift your presence to include more than cognitive understanding?
What practices help you “become space” rather than just “hold space”?
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Your Reflective Journey

Thank you for engaging in this self-assessment. This is not about reaching a destination but about continuing a journey of awareness, embodiment, and reconnection.

Consider revisiting this assessment periodically to notice shifts in your awareness and experience.

Next Steps

To deepen your practice of decolonizing

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An embodied process to recognize, process, and map your process with this work.

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Witness and explore your relationships to this work in a joint session for pairs or teams.

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A workshop to explore embodied tools to share, heal, and grow together with your peers.

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