Movement Revolution: Tending to Black Body Joy & Pain
Unapologetically Black Yoga for Black people by Black people, is a unique expression of somatic movement, affirming yoga & meditation, rooted in radical self-care & Black Body Joy. Our organisation is Black owned and brings a totally unique approach to wellbeing, emanating from the life giving rhythms and wisdoms of Black people of African heritage (including mixed race). Our accessible, loving yoga & somatic freedom movement, is conscious of racial trauma and offers the medicine
of:- collective compassion, rest & Black Joy.
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Unapologetically Black yoga is original. It was created by Oya Heart Warrior, a Trained Counsellor, Yoga Therapist, Sound Healer & Somatic Movement Teacher in London, UK, to elevate Black mental & physical health. We deserve access to wellbeing practices that recognise our racial stress, celebrate our culture and root us in belonging. Our affordable classes, workshops and retreats are lovingly dedicated to Black and mixed race women, men and non-binary people of African heritage, of all shapes, shades, identities and abilities.
Testimonials
“I realised that talking about my ‘problems’ did not shift the trauma of living under a system wedded in oppression. This is when I realised I had to go within the body; stretch, move, dance and feel, to move the trauma stuck in my body and to reclaim the aliveness, joy and power - shedding the deep exhaustion , depression and stuckness.”
— Dr Beryl
“I have been hardened. We all have been forced to harden and then judged for our hardness! Thank you for holding space for this softening for me and everyone who comes. It's vital work and I wish I had started sooner but then, how could I?”
— Boosh
“It feels like going to church - but only the good bits, body and soul set free in a safe community.”
— Marina
Unapologetically Black Yoga & Movement Revolution for Our Joy & Pain
Our soul-full yoga & somatic dance offers movement medicine for body & soul. We mobilise Black Joy & metabolise our pain with practices that celebrate us.
Watch Unapologetically Black Liberating Meditation
Unapologetically Black Workshops and Yoga Retreats
Receive a present of self care that keeps on giving, as you delve deeper into practices to optimise your wellness. You become your best health ally, accompanied by like minded people prioritising our right to flourish.
Community Events
We treasure the knowledge that builds and empowers our community to thrive. Our training explores the issues that effect Black people, offering mindful, embodied approaches to address them.
Unapologetically Black Yoga recognises that Black people have to be tirelessly resourceful to live with the insidious impact of systemic racial stress. What toils in the mind recoils in the body, and often shows up as dis-ease. Our embodied approach is both trauma sensitive and affirming - rooted in our wonder-full, while addressing physical, emotional & spiritual disquiet, with total respect for why it is there.
