Breathe for Racial Equality
This event is featuring minority guest speaker Kamilah Mitchell, Founder of Teas with Meaning, a brain tumor survivor and cancer warrior!
Let's join forces to breathe for those who cannot, and raise funds for NAACP to fight for racial justice.
100% proceeds go to NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
Join a virtual 1 hour virtual breathwork & meditation, featuring Kamilah Mitchell, a brain tumor survivor and cancer warrior and Veronica Maxam, Co-Host and minority guest speaker sharing her journey living in a system of racial injustice, and her perspective on how to return to a shared humanity.
Meditation & Breath techniques will teach you simple & practical tools for using your breath to manage anger and stress so you can return to a feeling of connection, shared humanity, and feel empowered to take action towards fighting systemic racism.
Overview:
Minority Guest Speaker's Story
Meditation
Breathwork
Q&A
Reported benefits of this practice:
Strengthens immune function
Encourages an alkaline environment to boost disease resistance
Strengthens lung capacity
Enables focus and sustain attention
Reduces anxiety & stress-related tension
Balances autonomic nervous system
Increases creativity & sense of well being
What you'll need to prepare:
A space to lie down
Headphones or computer speaker to hear audio
Minimal distractions
Curiosity to try something new
Most effective on an empty stomach
Connect on IG: @gotbreathwork.
Disclaimer: Accessible to all levels *appropriate for any age over 13 years old. This event is intended for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, counseling, or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice. The content of this event experience is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard, or delay in obtaining, medical advice for any medical condition they may have, and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions.
Breathwork is not advised for individuals with certain medical conditions, including but not limited to: epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, including angina or heart attack, high blood pressure, glaucoma, retinal detachment, osteoporosis, or other significant recent physical injuries or surgery, other physical limitations, mental health or emotional impacts.
Breathwork is not advised for persons with severe mental illness or seizure disorders or for persons using major medications. It is also unsuitable for anyone with a personal or family history of aneurysms. Pregnant women and persons with asthma are advised against practicing Breathwork without first consulting and getting approval from their primary care physician.
