'Representation was lacking, and I wanted to be an invitation for other Black women to feel welcomed in these spaces.' — ShelahMarie
."And I realized that I had accessed a level of peace that I really didn't know that I could. And so that is what developed my love for meditation," she recalled.and created the Meditation Mixtape for herself, initially. She wanted to give little Shelah what she'd never had, she said. She didn't grow up around Black women and found herself longing for those interactions and experiences.
When she would go on to platforms like Spotify and YouTube for guided meditations, she always felt a disconnect. She liked the messages and content but didn't feel like she could relate to the white practitioners."And it felt that in many ways, there were all of these sites of healing that were not accessible. There was no one there that I could relate to. Representation was lacking, and I wanted to be an invitation for other Black women to feel welcomed in these spaces," she said.
"If we're going to dismantle racism and these systems that uphold it and white supremacy, the wellness industry is not exempt from that.""We're just now getting to a space where Black women can talk about their pain without being interrupted, without somebody trying to deflect or defend it, or being defensive about it," Shelah Marie said.
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