“I want us to recognize that the world is simply a reflection of what it is we believe. And oftentimes what we are experiencing is simply our own trauma on loop. And so that’s all we can see. And so what we create ends up being inside of the vacuum of our trauma. But that’s not how life has to be. There is zero reason why reparations couldn’t happen in our life, there’s zero reason- anything is possible. Anything.” ✨Have you listened to Sonya’s most recent ‘What’s Up, Y’all?’ video? ✨ To watch check out the video on her page, and to engage in deeper conversation and support Sonya‘s work directly, sign up for her Patreon at Patreon.com/SonyaReneeTaylor ✨ • • Image description: an audiogram with a grey background featuring a cutout image of Sonya Renee Taylor. In grey and purple text reads “‘The world is a reflection of what we believe,” “Sonya Renee Taylor,” “Join the Conversation: patreon.com/sonyareneetaylor.” The audio playing is the text written at the top of the caption. • #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #TBINAA #RadicalSelfLove #Patreon #SonyaReneeTaylor

Join Sonya for her FIRST EVER public astrology reading on Friday August 18th at 5:30PM EST as she shares a live birth chart reading for @Junauda Petrus, creative activist and author of Can We Please Give the Police Departments to the Grandmothers? Hope to see you there!! 🔮🌿✨ . . [image description: digital flyer featuring Junauda Petrus standing among green foliage, basking in nature with closed eyes and a serene expression. Next to Junauda is a matching green background with a sparkly gold arch that reads in green, yellow, and white: “Reading the Stars, Sonya Renee Taylor’s FIRST LIVE birth chart reading for Junauda Petrus, Fri Aug 18th 5:30 PM EST”.] . . #SonyaReneeTaylor #JunaudaPetrus #BirthChart #BirthChartReading #NatalChart #NatalChartReading

🚨Joy In The Time of The Apocalyps IS TODAY🚨 with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 It’s not too late to get your tickets!! “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Link for tickets at bit.ly/joyinapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown #JessicaLanyadoo

alexis (social media manager) here- things have been pretty quiet on our socials as we wrap up this year of completion, but @sonyareneetaylor asked me to amplify this today! 🥹🙈 my best friend and I just released our first single together as the duo @sugarspellmusic 🪄 we’re super excited to have it out in the world, and really believe in allowing music to be a vessel for radical self love, trust, and divine guidance. we had a lot of fun creating it and we hope you have just as much fun listening. you can find us on all streaming platforms under “sugarspell,” link in the @sugarspellmusic bio ❤️‍🔥 let us know what you think! • • video description: a digital and film camera shot visualizer featuring different scenes of @sugarspellmusic dancing together, playing cats cradle, and refueling at a moody lit gas station. their song “eclipse” plays in the background. • • #TBINAA #TheBodyIsNotAnApology

🚨2 DAYS until Joy In The Time of The Apocalypse🚨 with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 It’s not too late to get your tickets!! “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Link for tickets at bit.ly/joyinapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown #JessicaLanyadoo

RADICAL MOVEMENT SCHEDULE UPDATES ❤️‍🔥 Now every first Wednesday of the month only through December! It’s never too late to join, see you at 2pm! ✨ .⠀ .⠀ [image description: digital flyer featuring a sparkling purple sunset over some mountains and the message “EVERYBODY AND EVERY BODY WELCOME!” at the top in off-white. Below and centered is a silver disco ball with black musical notes swirling around it. Underneath in large yellow caps reads, “RADICAL MOVEMENT DANCE CLASS TODAY”. In smaller white font reads: “EVERY WED 2 PM PST / 5 PM EST | ZOOM LINK @ buff.ly/3nrHPoD | ALWAYS FREE | INSTRUCTOR TIPS WELCOME”. Next to this smaller font is a digital illustration of a Black femme person with purple hair, a dark tank top, and a white skirt. They are smiling and have their hands up in mid-motion as they gesture to the words in white.]⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #RadicalMovement #RadicalMovementDanceClass #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #TBINAA #RadicalSelfLove

🚨6 DAYS to get your tickets for Joy In The Time of The Apocalypse🚨 with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Link for tickets at bit.ly/joyinapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown #JessicaLanyadoo

Have you gotten your ticket yet for ❤️‍🔥Joy in the Time of Apocalypse❤️‍🔥 with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Link for tickets at bit.ly/joyinapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown #JessicaLanyadoo

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Posted @withregram • @andreagibson Nearly two decades of love and admiration for these two beautiful friends of mine. Each moment with them calls me to more compassion, courage, and honesty. What holy medicine it is to cry and laugh while sandwiched in their arms. Their work in the world has been so deeply healing for so many. If you’ve not yet read Sonya’s book ‘The Body Is Not An Apology’ go get it. Your precious life deserves it. @thebodyisnotanapology • • ID: Sonya Renee Taylor, Andrea Gibson and Denise Jolly (from left to right) pose together with smiles in front of a background of greenery. • • #TBINAA #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #SonyaReneeTaylor

❤️‍🔥Joy in the Time of Apocalypse❤️‍🔥 In addition to the event on August 6th, we will also be having an Instagram Live Conversation TOMORROW at 12pm PT/3pm ET with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 __________________ Register for the August 6th at bit.ly/joyintheapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available Recording will be available after the event to those who register • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #TBINAA #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown

❤️‍🔥Joy in the Time of Apocalypse❤️‍🔥 In addition to the event on August 6th, we will also be having an Instagram Live Conversation THIS FRIDAY at 12pm PT/3pm ET with @sonyareneetaylor @adriennemareebrown @jessica_lanyadoo 🎊💫 __________________ Register for the August 6th at bit.ly/joyintheapocalypse (also in our Instagram bio)! “I can’t be a pessimist because I’m alive. To be a pessimist means you have agreed that human life is an academic matter, so I’m forced to be an optimist. I’m forced to believe that we can survive whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin Each day the world seems to unveil a new calamity to behold; a new atrocity to grieve. Still somehow, we are expected to continue on in the midst of chaos, colonialism, and capitalism. But how do we live in what seems to be a dying world? Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo, and authors adrienne maree brown and Sonya Renee Taylor, come together in this cosmic virtual gathering, to discuss how astrology, liberation, and spirituality might help us find our way through these apocalyptic times. Not only to survive but that we might even find joy in the midst of transformation and global change. Join us on Sun, Aug 06, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT for a celestial experience. Closed caption available Language translation captions for non-English speaking participants available Recording will be available after the event to those who register • • ID: An event flyer with a psychedelic patterned multicolored background featuring three circle framed images of adrienne maree brown, Jessica Lanyadoo, and Sonya Renee Taylor. White text offers details for the event mentioned earlier in the caption. • • #TBINAA #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #SonyaReneeTaylor #adriennemareebrown #JessicaLanyadoo

“I never feel like the person at the grocery store who I interact with when they’re not at work the next time I don’t feel ghosted, right? We had an exchange, and then we didn’t have an exchange again- I don’t feel ghosted, right? And so the only way that we can feel ghosted is if we have attached to that person’s energy such that when they withdrawal their personhood, we still feel connected to them. We feel haunted. When I feel ghosted, what was I expecting from this person? And what am I still expecting from this person? Because whatever that remaining or lingering expectation is, is the energy of attachment. It’s the energy of wanting someone to do something for you.” ✨Have you listened to Sonya’s most recent ‘What’s Up, Y’all?’ video? ✨ To watch check out the video on her page, and to engage in deeper conversation and support Sonya‘s work directly, sign up for her Patreon at Patreon.com/SonyaReneeTaylor ✨ • • Image description: an audiogram with a grey background featuring a cutout image of Sonya Renee Taylor. In grey and purple text reads “‘Ghosting and Practicing Non-Attachment,” “Sonya Renee Taylor,” “Join the Conversation: patreon.com/sonyareneetaylor.” The audio playing is the text written at the top of the caption. • #TheBodyIsNotAnApology #TBINAA #RadicalSelfLove #Patreon #SonyaReneeTaylor