By Tonya Russell — 2020
She says attention needs to be paid to ending systemic racism throughout all of Black people’s lives—as well as in their safety in birth. And given Latham’s line of work, that last piece is a topic that’s particularly important to her.
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CLEAR ALL
The founder of Black Girls Breathing set a goal to hit by 2025, here’s how she’s going to do it.
Every day, we have to do the impossible. We have to submit to the magic reboot of sleep and then get up and line up all our selves into a unified being and get on with it. Nearly every day, new qualities of our selves come online to join in with all the others. This is a creative act.
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It’s far from news that there is a lack of space and resources allocated for Black women to heal.
The breath is the foundation of every mindfulness practice, and it is also the foundation of life. Establishing a relationship with your breath, especially while pregnant, will have lasting effects for you and the child you are bringing into the world.
Research shows that utilizing mindfulness during pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond may actually reduce stress and lessen anxiety. And it may even lead to healthier newborns with fewer developmental issues as they grow up.
New research suggests that including mindfulness skills in childbirth education can help first-time mothers cope with their fears.
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How mindfulness has helped Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens live as a Black queer man in America.