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“Life is the dancer and you are the dance.” Eckhart Tolle

orisa yoga guide & blogger Jazmyn Burton

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Jazmyn Burton, writer, yogini , light worker and orisa yoga guide developed Yeye yOga to make the practice of yoga more accessible to communities of color.

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Today’s Yoga:  Urdhva Dhanurasana : upward bow Benefits in the physical body  Stretches the chest and lungs Strengthens the arms and wrists, legs, buttocks, abdomen, and spine Stimulates the thyroid and pituitary Increases energy and counteracts depression Therapeutic for asthma, back pain, infertility, and osteoporosis

Today’s Yoga: 

Urdhva Dhanurasana : upward bow

Benefits in the physical body 

  • Stretches the chest and lungs
  • Strengthens the arms and wrists, legs, buttocks, abdomen, and spine
  • Stimulates the thyroid and pituitary
  • Increases energy and counteracts depression
  • Therapeutic for asthma, back pain, infertility, and osteoporosis

(Source: yeyeyogini)

This is for Whitney Huston, Don Cornelius and the countless unnamed who struggle everyday with depression, anxiety and other mental health issues. This is for those who cover up their pain and self medicate with drugs and sex…it’s high time that we address the issues of mental health and the African American community. 

I became familiar with Bassey Ikpi through her work with Def Poetry Jam. A beautiful wordsmith, creative, confident and poised…who would have thought that underneath it all she was quietly dealing with Bipolar Disorder. 

Ikpi, who was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder II in 2010, fought through her illness with the help and support of family and friends and became an advocate for mental health in the African diaspora.

Then in July 2012 her life took a turn when Siwe Monsanto, the daughter of a close friend, committed suicide at the age of 15. From there Bassey’s emotions transformed themselves into action and The Siwe Project was born.

There is a connection between mental health and yoga…I hope those out there struggling with emotional and mental disorders will consider yoga as part of their healing process. 

Find more on the Siwe Project here.