Maine Afro Yoga with Nuna Gleason

05/24/2026

Today was one of those beautiful days that reminded me how powerful healing in community can be. 🌿✨

A group of beautiful women came together outside to hike, dance, breathe, stretch, laugh, and simply exist in nature together. There is something deeply healing about being surrounded by community in a space where you feel safe enough to exhale, soften your shoulders, and not constantly watch your back.

For many people, especially those carrying stress, isolation, fear, or the heaviness of everyday life, moments like this matter deeply. Healing is not always something we do alone. Sometimes healing looks like movement in the grass, deep breaths near the water, shared laughter on a trail, music, dancing, and knowing you are surrounded by people who see you and hold space for you.

One of the most meaningful parts of today was hearing so many women say:
“Can we do this every Saturday?”
“Thank you for bringing us outside.”
“Otherwise I would just be home staring at my four walls or working.”
“Can we bring more people next time?”

That alone reminded me why spaces like this matter so much.

Today reminded me that collective healing is real. Community care is real. Nature heals. Movement heals. Safe spaces heal. 💛

Also deeply grateful to those who understand how difficult and unsafe it can sometimes feel for immigrant communities to simply exist freely outdoors, and who opened their private property for us to safely enjoy the forest, breathe, move, and feel at peace in nature. That generosity means more than words can explain. 🌲✨

Grateful for every woman who showed up today and for the reminder that joy, rest, connection, and peace are also part of healing. 🌎✨

03/06/2026

01/21/2026

Today was a hard decision.
Closing our doors is never simple, especially when our studio is meant to be a place of rest, joy, and community.

But when the safety of our immigrant community is uncertain, we choose protection first.
We will always put your wellbeing above everything else.
We’ll reopen when it feels truly safe to do so.
Please take care of yourselves and each other. 💛

01/19/2026

Joy is an act of resistance.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., spoke about joy in community.

In a world that needs reordering, she encouraged us not to forget just how potent joy can be — not passive joy, but active joy. A joy that acknowledges the darkness and still chooses the light.

Seriousness and joy can coexist.
Joy is an added piece of the puzzle in the strategies needed to bring change.

Joy as something we practice together.
Joy as something that keeps us human.

Grateful for the space, the listening, and the shared moment.

01/16/2026

Growing a generation of immigrant kids who know joy in their bodies.

01/13/2026

Today I sat in the studio before class, looking at this empty mat…
and I felt a deep wave of anger and heartbreak.

We work so hard to create spaces of healing — places where people can breathe, move, and feel human again. But the political climate right now is putting so much fear into immigrant communities that even a yoga studio can feel far away.

People come here seeking rest.
But the fear follows them:

“Will I be stopped on the way home?”
“Who saw me leave my house?”
“Am I safe after this moment of joy?”

Healing is not supposed to feel like this.

I’m frustrated.
I’m heartbroken.
And I’m holding so much sadness for families who simply want safety, dignity, and a place to exhale.

I will keep creating these spaces.
I will keep holding joy and movement.
And I will keep standing with every family who deserves to heal without fear.

Rest should not come with fear.
Joy should not come with danger.
Dignity should not depend on politics.

If you’re carrying this heaviness too, you’re not alone. 🤍

01/09/2026

Happy New year #2026
Today’s movement class filled the studio with so much joy.
And you know what makes this place truly special?
Parents show up with their babies.

Child care is one of the biggest barriers for so many families in Maine — but our studio has created a way for mothers to move without worry. While mom takes class downstairs, little ones go upstairs to our kid-yoga space where an adult helps them play, move, and hear stories.

Here, babies are part of the movement.
Here, mothers get one full hour to breathe.
Here, healing is for the whole family. 💛
MovementForAll