African Americans and Yoga

Nico Marie McNeese is a yoga instructor, DJ and YouTube creator.

How Nico Marie uses yoga and music to promote healthy living to Black communities

Miya Norfleet

Nico Marie McNeese took to YouTube to continue teaching yoga classes after COVID-19 restrictions prohibited group gatherings. She now has 100,000 subscribers around the world.

Visual artist Lillian Gardner sits next to her nine-panel paintings at the Griot Museum of Black History. Gardner is one of seven artists who will showcase their work at the museum as part of the exhibit "Listen, Look: A Reconciliatory Journey to Black Grief and Black Joy" on Saturday.

Arts

Black St. Louis Artists Explore Generations Of Racial Trauma And How Joy Heals

Andrea Y. Henderson

Today, Black artists are describing the trauma of police brutality, the agony of seeing friends suffer violent deaths and the pain of losing loved ones to COVID-19. Black artists in the St. Louis region will showcase works that connect grief and joy in a virtual exhibit from the Griot Museum of Black History on Saturday.

Ericka Harris, one of the founders of The Collective STL, emphasizes breathing in her sessions, because when her students step outside the studio and into other situations she knows they will always have their breath.

Health, Science, Environment

Black Yoga Collective Brings Wellness, Yoga’s Healing Powers To At-Risk St. Louis Communities

Andrea Y. Henderson

For decades, white women have been the face of yoga across the nation. But inside a yoga studio in Old North St. Louis, the atmosphere is worlds apart.At…