LEXICON

Impact

What happens in your mind, body, and spirit as you seek to revitalize language.

You can feel the impact of your ILR practice in your mind, body, and spirit.

Impacts are an embodied experience that you can assess through internal awareness of your bodily sensations, feelings, and thoughts.

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Common positive impacts experienced by ILR practitioners:
Hope about language and cultural loss.

Strengthening of identity through ILR.

Making new relationships through ILR.

Joy of language learning or study.

Learning about culture through ILR.

Bringing language home to family through ILR.

Work and career opportunities through ILR.

Educational opportunities through ILR.

Personal growth through ILR.

Learning about history through ILR.

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Common negative impacts experienced by ILR practitioners:
Grief about language and cultural loss.

Anxiety around language learning.

Lateral violence from traumatized community members.

Anger at colonial systems.

Being shamed by teachers, speakers, or community members.

Frustration at lack of progress in language learning.

Insecurity about trying to speak language.

Pressure to “save” the language.

Fear of using language in public settings.

Feeling unsafe in language learning environment.

Negative impacts harm your mind, body, and spirit. Over time, harming will drain your life force.

Positive impacts heal your mind, body, and spirit. Over time, harming will strengthen your life force.

Your wellbeing is the best measure of how much life force you lose and/or gain
from your ILR practice.

The best way to increase your wellbeing is to nurture, protect, and heal your life force from negative impacts.

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Internal Awareness

ILR Practice

Colonization

Impact