This Breathwork Expert Is Helping Us Breathe Easier In A World That Places Undue Burdens On Black Women

Rayna Reid Reyford, Essence

When Jasmine Marie was fresh out of business school and working in global brand marketing, she realized she was stressed out. As Marie told ESSENCE, “No one ever explicitly said this, but the underlying message was if you want to be successful, you’re going to have to push yourself to the limits.”

But it got to the point where Marie was literally experiencing a physical reaction to the stress she was enduring. So, she tried to figure out a way to reduce her stress. At the time, she was volunteering for her church, and they were opening a community center offering free breathwork classes.

After her first session, she was hooked. 

“I just kept going, and ended up getting certified,” she shared. But while in training, she “noticed that there were very few practitioners of color, especially Black practitioners.”

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