Episode 3 – Keith Davis – Healing Trauma through Conversation and Movement

Keith Davis has lived a life unlike most Jacksonians. After graduating from Jackson Central-Merry, he attended college in Massachusetts before delving into the arts scene in Los Angeles, New York, and Paris. Keith returned to Jackson in 2014 and began to face a lot of the trauma he experienced as a black male growing up in the south in the 60’s. His story is filled with wonderful memories and excruciating trauma.

Throughout our conversation, we explore how traumatic events can attach themselves to our personhoods and begin to affect our mind and body. We discuss Keith’s journey in college and onto Los Angeles where he began to address his trauma piece by piece.

When he returned to Jackson in 2014, he once again found himself facing some of the same issues he faced forty years earlier.

I first met Keith when I took one of his yoga classes at The Lift. His teaching was graceful and his spirit was extraordinary. With his involvement in mental, physical, and spiritual wellness, he is truly a treasure in Jackson.