Details
Facilitated by
D. Lamar Hughes and La Shanda Sugg
Date/Time
Saturday | 10:00am - 11:30am | June 28
Cost
Free
Location
The Hive: A Center for Contemplation, Art, and Action | In Person
1628 Hoffner St Cincinnati, OH 45223
About the Class
Domains
Description
Curious about what The Hive is all about?
You’re invited to a rare and intimate preview of The Hive! While our 2025 Cohort of Fellows gathers for our quarterly retreat, you're invited to get to know some of our Members, staff, and Fellows, and then join us for the "lecture" portion of our retreat.
This special morning features a conversation between La Shanda Sugg and D. Lamar Hughes, two of The Hive’s Core Faculty whose friendship and shared practice ground this session in warmth and radical honesty. Together, they bring decades of experience in trauma-informed healing, spiritual care, and liberatory community organizing.
Their topic: Why turn our attention to somatics in an age of crumbling empire?
Where empire demands control, liberation asks for trust. What does it mean to practice embodiment not as a way to fix or manage our bodies, but to listen to them? To receive their wisdom? To move toward collective healing?
We’ll begin with coffee and some mingling, then step into this live session drawn from our current Fellowship retreat. Limited to just 20 guests, this event offers a taste of what The Hive's all about. You'll be invited to join us for a summer class, become a Member, or even sign up to be the first to know about our 2026 Fellowship Cohort.
We look forward to seeing you!
Intention of the Hive
When you join a Hive experience, you're invited into our intention to create a group experience that's inclusive, rooted in mindfulness, and dynamically relational. We aspire for each Hive experience to model these intentions, and even to refine them as we continue to learn how to gather in a way that's transformative! The embodiment of these intentions by Hive facilitators, Members, and class participants is what makes the Hive the unique and healing social container that many experience it to be. To view our Hive Intentions for gathering, click here.
More About the Facilitators
D. Lamar
is a gifted speaker, poet, leadership coach, and community organizer. He finds joy in helping others identify their passion and purpose, and connecting them to the resources that will make them the most loving and productive people in their community.
La Shanda Sugg
is a healer, trauma-informed therapist, and consultant. La Shanda is passionate about creating safe spaces for exploration, healing, and growth. She is an expert at bringing people into their bodies and developing a nurturing relationship with their own nervous systems.