How to Get Started with Mindfulness Meditation

I’ve always been a pretty calm and level-headed person. It usually takes a lot to get me upset. However, I am unfortunately someone that stresses easily and I am always inside of my own head worrying about something I said or what someone said to me, etc. Living like this can make it hard to […]

Yoga in the Garden of Good and Evil

I’ve been practicing yoga since 2016 and it always makes me feel better. I love forgetting about all of my stressors for 45 minutes to an hour and just leaving it all on my mat. A good yoga class always leaves me feeling lighter. I never once thought that yoga was evil or that I […]

Melanated Zen: It’s Not Just Yoga It’s My Life

Welcome to Melanated Zen! This site began as a project to fulfill the requirements for my masters program but over time the vision evolved. I knew I wanted to provide instructional yoga videos, to Black people especially, and discuss mindfulness meditation, spirituality, and other related topics. But I also wanted to get vulnerable about my […]