Why My Afro Yoga Classes Are Loud, Joyful & Healing

I often think about how much pain people are carrying today. Personal pain. Family pain. Community pain. World pain. And yet so many of us are trying to heal alone. But healing was never meant to look like that. Across cultures and generations, healing happened in community — through music, dance, laughter, storytelling, and the simple act of being together. This is the understanding that shapes my Afro Yoga classes. Spaces where women move loudly, laugh freely, and return to themselves — together. Because I do not believe human beings were meant to carry life entirely alone.