Join Charlene for a 30-minute gentle yoga practice designed to relieve tension, improve posture, and strengthen the muscles that support a healthy back. With mindful movement, gentle stretches, and breath awareness, you will learn simple yoga techniques that ease stiffness in the spine, hips, and shoulders and strengthens core muscles. Each posture is offered in a safe and accessible way, making this practice is ideal for beginners, those with chronic back discomfort, or anyone seeking a nurturing practice to care for their back. The focus is on slow, supportive movements that build stability, release tightness, and promote relaxation—helping you move with greater comfort and ease in daily life.
Yoga in the Black Community: Healing Practices and Principles is a book designed for Black yoga teachers who are teaching or plan to teach in communities of color and for Black yoga practitioners in general. The book shares the basis of how yoga practices teaches us to learn how to be, know and do through the study of self and nature.
The book explores key core yoga teacher training competencies (yoga philosophy, asana, pranayama, and mediation) within the African American cultural context. Key concepts include Black cultural norms around pain, trauma, and resilience; cultural and religious taboos of yoga in the Black community; health disparities in the Black community, historical use of natural modalities of healing in the Black community; and the practical application and applications of traditional yogic principles within Black cultural norms.
Learn about the history and cultural significance of yoga and discover how it can be part of the Black community’s journey toward holistic health and well-being.
Theatre of Others (TOO) podcast hosted by TOO’s co-artistic director, Dr. Budi Miller. Theatre of Others creates a shared community of artists and audiences for the purpose of exploring the most profound issues of our lives and times.
In this episode,Charlene discusses her journey through the arts and yoga.
Originally published in Yoga Therapy Today, a publication of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (www.iayt.org). Shared with permission.
Learn about the history and cultural significance of yoga and discover how it can be part of the Black community’s journey toward holistic health and well-being.
Join us for an afternoon of restorative, gentle, creative practices to help center you and reconnect you to your sacred self through rest, roots, and joy.
Immerse yourself in the healing power of nature with our Mindful Outdoor Experience, a unique workshop designed to deepen your connection with the natural world through mindfulness, movement, and plant wisdom.
Charlene Marie Muhammad is a traditional healing practitioner, who has been embracing the spirit of natural living for over 25 years. Charlene’s practice is predicated on formal Master’s level training as well as her own personal use of plants, food as medicine and movement therapy, giving her hands-on relationship and knowledge of these traditional healing modalities.
Charlene’s traditional healing service, Urbanherbalist, focuses on supporting clients with a practical application to optimal health by using the healing tools that she has grown to embrace in her own personal life: herbal medicine, nutrition and yoga.
As the practice of yoga continues to flourish within Western Black and Brown communities, this transformative, Black culturally centered toolkit highlights the barriers that hinder access to yoga. It takes core aspects of yoga philosophy and contextualizes it within Black cultural norms, religious taboos, and historical healing practices, and teaches readers how to foster a safe haven for their clients and communities.
Based on decades’ worth of experience and expertise, this dynamic author duo discusses important topics such as health disparities, complementary healthcare, and the rich heritage and resilience of Black communities. This is an invaluable and practical resource that offers practices and actionable guidance and supports practitioners to explore a Black culturally centered approach to yoga whilst facilitating better health and wellbeing for Black people.
