Have you ever had that gut feeling that something is off or wrong, but you held back or hesitated to say something because you didn't want to make any "waves," disturb the "peace," or upset your friends, co-workers, boss, etc.?

Have you ever wanted to interrupt bullshit, toxic behavior in your friend group or workplace, but you're afraid if it's not the "right time or place"?

Have you ever been gaslit, tone-policed, or silenced within an intimate, group, or work setting when you've tried to speak out about toxic, harmful, or violent behavior or language, and now you're second-guessing yourself and wondering if you're the problem?

Workshop Flow & Topics

🌀 Opening + Grounding (15 min)
We’ll begin by landing in our bodies and naming our personal and political lineages, crediting the Black feminists, Indigenous land protectors, and somatic teachers who laid this path.

• A reframe of the Land Acknowledgment as a living practice of disrupting erasure

• A brief origin story of Terra Incognita Media, the history of imperialism, and the "white man's burden," laying the foundation for how modern outdoor culture was built on domination and conquest

🔥 The Legacy of Toxic Masculinity in the Outdoors (25 min)
We’ll explore toxic masculinity as a symptom or expression of ongoing colonization and patriarchy, not just individual behavior, and how it’s deeply rooted in extraction, exploitation, and control.

• How settler colonialism shaped outdoor spaces through exclusion, ownership, and myth-making

• The rise of the "warrior complex": From Manifest Destiny to mountain summits—why recreation became about domination, not relationship

🎥 Naming the Pattern: How It’s Reinforced (30 min)
We’ll look at cultural narratives in media that normalizes toxic masculinity, even in “progressive” spaces.

• We'll explore "Peter Pan Syndrome" and "Himpathy"

• How certain identities are upheld as heroes, leaders, or protectors

• How outdoor culture, storytelling, and branding shape our ideas about who deserves to belong and be centered

🚨 Beyond the Outdoors: Systems of Domination (15 min)
The pattern doesn’t stop at the trailhead.

• Connecting the dots between the outdoor industry and the Military Industrial Complex

• A look at religious and political roots of control: ancient patterns of domination still alive in modern systems

🧠 Sites of Shaping + Internalized Oppression (30 min)
We bring the focus inward: how systems of dominance live inside our bodies.

• Staci K. Haines’ framework of Sites of Shaping

• DARVO, gaslighting, and survival adaptations

• Reflective journaling + group share

💖 Reimagining Leadership + Collective Healing (30 min)
We unlearn the myths of power and success and imagine leadership as relational, embodied, and liberatory.

• Pulling from Audre Lorde, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, bell hooks, and Dominique Drakeford: relational power as leadership

• What does it mean to "Tend to Your 500 Sq. Feet"? (credit to Toi Smith)

🌬️ Somatic Integration + Embodied Practice (25–30 min)
We’ll close with a somatic practice to anchor your learning in the body and heart.

• Meditation on relational, heart-centered leadership

• Collective reflection, closing prompts, and next steps
  
  There will be an open Q+A and facilitated group discussion at the end. We'll chat as a community, shared strategies as to how to make the outdoors a safer space for all, brainstorm ideas, and create connections across time and space!
  
  This workshop is based on the essay, "Ambient Dominion: How 'Free Solo' Points to an Epidemic of Toxic Masculinity."

Attendees will leave this workshop with a heightened ability to pinpoint, understand, and discern what toxic masculinity looks like in the outdoor industry, as well as learn strategies for disrupting it in real-time. Attendees will also gain valuable tools for self-care, nervous system regulation, and compassion through a somatic approach.

This workshop will be about 2.5 hours of content with breaks, plus 30 minutes of Q+A for a total of 3 hours.

This workshop will take place on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 from 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET - 7pm PT / 9m CT / 10pm ET.

Zoom link provided upon registration.

The workshop will be recorded, and you’ll have access to the replay 48 hours after the event. Please note that this recording may also be used for future sales of the workshop. By attending live, you agree to this use.

We charge differently for group organizations and/or corporate teams.

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