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About us
Our Yoga and Mindfulness Project is committed to serving, supporting, and helping individuals rebuild their lives after trauma by providing culturally sensitive mindfulness practices and trauma-informed nature programs. We are focused on Maine's growing immigrant communities, addressing the significant lack of representation of immigrants and people of color in yoga and outdoor adventure spaces
MISSION
To create an inclusive, supportive, and healing environment where individuals, especially immigrants and people of color, can recover from trauma, build resilience, and achieve mental and emotional well-being through mindfulness and nature-based practices.
VISION
- To provide trauma-informed, culturally sensitive yoga and mindfulness programs that empower individuals to heal, grow, and thrive.
- As teachers and students, we seek to develop a more profound representation of Black yogis within the larger yoga community in Maine
How we started
Our Afro project began in 2021 as an online healing group of African women. Soon after, we started seeking a space to meet in person. We would meet in parks in summer, but we needed a room for more activities in winter and to open up for the public to share and celebrate our African music and dance.
Soon after, our cozy orange yoga studio was started in a house extension to honor one of our partners' personal practice and commitment to the values of yoga in everyday life — hence our roots.
About the Founder
“Wanting to deepen my understanding of the practice, I completed 200 hours of Teacher Training at the Portland yoga project under a scholarship from Sea Change Yoga. Teacher Training grew my physical practice exponentially and brought me closer to myself. I was the only black woman in my class of 12 students; they all had some experience with yoga before.