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Book

Black people breathe : a mindfulness guide to racial healing

Call Number

  • 305.896 C612 (CEN, POW)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

California : Ten Speed Press, [2023]

Physical Description

217 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Summary

This practical guide features thirty-three mindfulness exercises centered on healing for the Black community, each focusing on the systemic challenges that people of color face and designed to deal with the emotions these experiences create.

Clarke offers mindfulness exercises, breathwork practices, and meditative tools centered on healing and survival for those who have endured racial trauma. Whether you are coping with the stress associated with police brutality, racial profiling, microaggressions, and even imposter [sic] syndrome, her book includes practical techniques that will help you validate and process complex feelings mentally, physically, and emotionally. -- adapted from back cover

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Black people breathe
  • Bearing witness to the assault on Black lives
  • Safety is a privilege
  • Shopping while Black - "You're not really Black"
  • "That's not my name!"
  • The only
  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T at work
  • Countering imposter syndrome with courage
  • To code switch or not to code switch?
  • A journey to self-love
  • Mindfulness and breathwork toolkit.

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