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In 2019 Encounters with Grace is dedicated to 365 days of finding NEMO: never ending moments of openness to the universal principles of peace!

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Understanding how your body functions, how food supports these functions and how to balance daily meals to enhance your health is the focus of our nutritional healing practice.

Yoga in the Black Community: Healing Practices and Principles

Yoga in the Black Community: Healing Practices and Principles is a book designed for Black yoga teachers who are teaching or plan to teach in communities of color and for Black yoga practitioners in general. The book shares the basis of how yoga practices teaches us to learn how to be, know and do through the study of self and nature.

The book explores key core yoga teacher training competencies (yoga philosophy, asana, pranayama, and mediation) within the African American cultural context. Key concepts include Black cultural norms around pain, trauma, and resilience; cultural and religious taboos of yoga in the Black community; health disparities in the Black community, historical use of natural modalities of healing in the Black community; and the practical application and applications of traditional yogic principles within Black cultural norms.

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Featured: Gentle Yoga for Back Support 30 Minute Practice

Join Charlene for a 30-minute gentle yoga practice designed to relieve tension, improve posture, and strengthen the muscles that support a healthy back. With mindful movement, gentle stretches, and breath awareness, you will learn simple yoga techniques that ease stiffness in the spine, hips, and shoulders and strengthens core muscles. Each posture is offered in a safe and accessible way, making this practice is ideal for beginners, those with chronic back discomfort, or anyone seeking a nurturing practice to care for their back. The focus is on slow, supportive movements that build stability, release tightness, and promote relaxation—helping you move with greater comfort and ease in daily life.

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The Peaceful Gathering Studio is offering virtual classes weekly.

The Peaceful Gathering Studio is offering virtual classes weekly. All group yoga classes are held on line. In person private yoga and yoga therapy sessions are available by appointment.

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POV FROM THE PEACEFUL GATHERING STUDIO

Charlene Marie Muhammad CNS, LD, E-RYT500, C-IAYT

Charlene Marie Muhammad is a traditional healing practitioner, who has been embracing the spirit of natural living for over 25 years. Charlene’s practice is predicated on formal Master’s level training as well as her own personal use of plants, food as medicine and movement therapy, giving her hands-on relationship and knowledge of these traditional healing modalities.

Charlene’s traditional healing service, Urbanherbalist, focuses on supporting clients with a practical application to optimal health by using the healing tools that she has grown to embrace in her own personal life: herbal medicine, nutrition and yoga.