Systems do not transform themselves—people do. This means that who we are, and who we are capable of being, matters in what we design and build. There is no structural change without deep inner-led change that uproots and attends to root causes.
The lived realities of perpetual burnout, in-fighting, conflict, rupture and exhaustion are reflections of the socio-political tensions we are confronting, and we understand that the more capacity and resilience we have, the more powerful and bold work we can do outside in the world. The Resilience Toolkit by Lumos Transforms is a framework for trauma healing and real-time stress navigation. In November 2025, Healing Justice Ldn & Lumos Transforms connected on the ground across the UK with the Rootwork tour – developed as part of wider commitments to building healing and health infrastructures in our communities and Movements.
We connected with communities and organisers across London, Bristol, Birmingham, Sheffield, Leeds and Glasgow, and came together to practice real-time regulation tools that harness the body’s innate biology to settle overactive and detrimental responses – reclaiming energy, creative flexibility, and connection to ourselves, one another, and our shared liberation. We also offered six scholarships per city for people to become trained in The Resilience Toolkit and bring this work to their local communities.
We are honoured to have collaborated with our peers at Knowle West, WeCanMake, We Are More, Civic Square, Peaks of Colour, Migrant Action, NME Leeds & Exhale Group who enabled the Rootwork programme to happen across England and Scotland.
Resources
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Rootwork: Re-membering for Black Liberation
Systems do not transform themselves—people do. This means that who we are, and who we are capable of being, matters in what we design and build. The lived realities of perpetual burnout, in-fighting, conflict, rupture and exhaustion are reflections of…
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Rootwork & The Resilience Toolkit: Building Capacity to Stay in Relationship (with self and others)
Systems do not transform themselves—people do. This means that who we are, and who we are capable of being, matters in what we design and build. The lived realities of perpetual burnout, in-fighting, conflict, rupture and exhaustion are reflections of…
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Rootwork: Reimagining the Future Starts in the Body
No farmer just casts seeds without care and expects a fruitful harvest. Farmers lovingly tend to the soil so that it can deeply nurture the roots, supporting thriving crops and bountiful fruit. — Nkem Ndefo Systems do not transform themselves—people…
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Rootwork: Like The Seeds of a Pomegranate
No farmer just casts seeds without care and expects a fruitful harvest. Farmers lovingly tend to the soil so that it can deeply nurture the roots, supporting thriving crops and bountiful fruit. — Nkem Ndefo Systems do not transform themselves—people…
