Black People Breathe | Free Book
It is your right to survive. It is your right to thrive. Mindfulness and breathwork will help you do just that.
Racism is more than just an interpersonal experience. It is a systemic injustice that affects the lives of Black people, and all people of color, in countless ways. Doctors and psychologists have discovered the wide-ranging—and often devastating—effects of racism on one’s emotional, physical, and mental health, from high blood pressure and heart problems to anxiety and depression. Yet studies show that mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork can significantly reduce these issues. This is where Zee Clarke comes in.
In this powerful book, Clarke draws on her professional expertise and her lived experience as a Black woman to share mindfulness exercises, breathwork practices, and meditative tools centered on healing from and surviving racial trauma. Filled with deeply personal stories highlighting the many systemic challenges that people of color face, this mixture of guide and memoir offers thirty-three practical techniques based on the emotions elicited from these experiences. Whether you are coping with police brutality, racial profiling, microaggressions, or even imposter syndrome, Black People Breathe gives you the tools to process these complex feelings physically, mentally, and emotionally. Though this collection was created to facilitate healing for communities of color, it also offers allies insight into the discrimination and inequity that these communities face, creating a space for deeper empathy and the inspiration to drive change.
Beautifully designed with gorgeous, vibrant illustrations, Black People Breathe takes a radically inclusive approach to mindfulness, allowing communities of color the opportunity to embark on a journey towards racial healing.
In The Press
“Zee Clarke’s beautifully illustrated book,
Black People Breathe, is a go to reference book for every Black
person, People of Color, and ally to understand the devastating health
consequences of ongoing systemic racism, microaggressions, and other
struggles. Black People Breathe will become a go to manual,
charting a course towards how we can heal ourselves with breathwork
and mindfulness so we not just survive, but thrive.”—Dr. Corey Yeager, Author
How Am I Doing: 40 Conversations with Yourself, Detroit
Pistons Life coach & Psychotherapist
“In Black People Breathe, Zee Clarke captures how we can
all be more aware, empathetic, and supportive as allies. She has
opened my eyes wider to issues I’ve been aware of and discussing for
several years. The magic with this book is that Zee’s personal touch
completely expands my awareness, and gives me a new perspective that
will propel me in my work moving forward. And, I plan to implement the
breathing techniques into my own life. I am grateful to Zee for her
honesty, vulnerability, and strength. I am recommending this book to
all of my friends and colleagues, as we will all learn and grow by
reading Black People Breathe.”—Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient
- Title: Black People Breathe | Free Book
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- Created at : 2024-10-24 21:05:04
- Updated at : 2024-10-26 18:51:02
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- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.