There are a growing number of black yoga teachers with online classes especially due to the coronavirus pandemic. Even though yoga is for all, representation matters. It is affirming to practice with teachers that represent your image. 2020 was filled with uncertainty stemming from the global pandemic, ongoing social injustices, and political elections. The effects are still present which is why location-independent holistic tools are needed now more than ever. Anything that can maximize black healing and health is needed in today’s world. 


Bias and systemic racism contribute to trauma, mental illnesses, diseases, and death disproportionately impact African-Americans. According to the CDC, African-Americans are more likely to die early from all causes and are 20% more likely to suffer psychological distress than white counterparts. The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are a reminder that racism runs deep and it is systemic in the United States (and, unfortunately, in other countries too).


Accessible, location-independent tools can maximize black health and empower a healthy, happy, and fulfilled life. Join these black yoga teachers with online classes to maximize your health regardless of your location.

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Starbird (Raleigh, NC)

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Starbird discovered yoga while in the midst of recovering from alcohol addiction. She is endlessly inspired by the natural flow of the universe, as well as helping others connect with themselves. Her classes are a mix of spirituality, strength building, and keeping it real.

She also uses her Instagram to inspire others through asana, and it has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, MindBodyGreen, and The Huffington Post. She is eternally grateful for the peace and clarity she has found through yoga, and looks forward to sharing her passion with as many awesome people as possible.

Online classes:

  • Black Girl Magic Yoga
  • How to Pigeon Pose
  • Introduction to Yoga
  • Introduction to Inversions: A 3-Part Series
  • And, over a dozen others!

Follow Starbird on Instagram:@lotus__333


Hortencia Campbell (Houston, TX)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Hortencia Campbell

After witnessing her mother use self-awareness practices and an alkaline, plant-based diet to cure herself of a rare form of cancer and type 2 diabetes, the trajectory of Hortencia “Tenci” Campbell’s life changed forever.

That day planted a seed in her of devotion to holistic wellness that inspires others to create their own well-being, define their own destiny, live for freedom, and feel free to BE… any and everything they choose. 

Tenci is a Certified Kemetic (Ancient Egyptian) Yoga Teacher, a holistic healer, a performing artist, and above all, a Freedom Seeker. Tenci and her husband, Maurice “Sol Xprsn” Clark, have created, Ufulu Child, a home for Freedom Seekers worldwide rooted in handcrafted arts and wellness experiences.

Online classes:

  • Introduction to Kemetic Yoga
  • A Deeper Look at Kemetic Yoga
  • Kemetic Yoga: Morning Rejuvenation & Self-Discovery
  • And, over 5 other Kemetic Yoga classes!

Follow Tenci: @ufuluchild


Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen (Helsinki, Finland)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Wambui

Wambui Njuguna-Räisänen took her first yoga class when she was 16. It proved to be the therapy she needed during rigorous, professional dance training. She continued to practice different types of yoga throughout college and graduate school.

She came across Ashtanga Yoga in 2008 when she was living in Abu Dhabi. The structure and consistency of the method was the grounded discipline she needed at that time. For the past ten years, Wambui has been immersed in Ashtanga yoga and feels deeply grateful for all what the practice has brought to fruition, both in her personal and professional life.

Currently, in the wake of #metoo and the collective shift towards decolonialization, Wambui’s moved towards teaching yoga through an explicitly trauma-informed, anti-oppressive lens. BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+ communities have been the voices most silenced, and are the bodies most left out of the healing space while simultaneously being the most impacted by systemic trauma. Therefore, creating wellness spaces that feel more welcoming, inclusive and accessible is of utmost necessity and importance. Together with her massage training (Chavutti Thirumal) and meditation advocacy, Wambui strives to work at the intersection of social inclusion, equity and wellness.

Online classes:

  • Introduction to Ashtanga Yoga
  • Desk Yoga Detox

Follow Wambui: wellnesswithwambui


Erica Rascon (Cumming, GA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Erica Rascon

Deeply Rooted Wellness + Yoga founder, Erica Rascon, is a 200-hr RYT yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She is currently a 300-hr YTT candidate. She specializes in integrated wellness, which unites the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of health in pursuit of wholeness.

Online Classes:

  • Chair Yoga
  • Working into Wheel
  • Working Toward Splits
  • Arm Balancing
  • Restorative Yoga + Meditation
  • Core Strengthening for Beginners
  • And, more!

Follow Erica: @ericarasconyoga


Jasiri Nkalati (Washington D.C.)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Jasiri Nkalati

Jasiri Nkalati is a Transformational Wellness Coach and has been cultivating her craft for the past 10 years. She works with women both nationally and internationally that are passionate about living a full life but also struggle with turbulent and addictive behaviors connected to food, mind-body awareness, and self (inner) worth. As a coach, she provides them with personalized tools that help empower their choices around establishing vibrant lifestyles through movement prayers, yoga, wholesome medicinal foods, and transformative wellness coaching. Her training and certifications include Health Coach certification via the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, 200 hour yoga teacher training and certification with International Yoga Instructor Faith Hunter, first level Thai Yoga Massage certification, two-time featured chef at the USDA Farmer’s Market, and CPR/AED certification. The greatest part of her wealth is her passion and commitment to guiding you in living your best life!

Online class:

  • Centering and Gratitude
  • Stoking the Kundalini
  • Release. Relax. Renew.

Follow Jasiri: @askjasiri


Shavaun Evans (Louisville, KY)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Shavaun Evans

Shavaun Evans teaches Hatha, Yin, and Vinyasa yoga. She began practicing yoga in 2012 with a small group class in her Washington, DC neighborhood. After sharing practice together, students shared conversation and a vegetarian meal together, helping Shavaun see the possibilities for creating community around the mat. She eventually moved back to her hometown of Louisville, KY and enrolled in Eternal Health Yoga’s 200-hour teacher training program. She soon began teaching yoga to her family, friends, and neighbors, reminding her of the powerful healing and community-building possibilities of yoga and meditation. Shavaun teaches weekly at Eternal Health Yoga in Louisville, KY, and offers community classes for grassroots organizations including Outdoor Afro Kentucky and Play Cousins Collective. Online class:

  • Intro to Yin Yoga
  • Yin Yoga at the Wall
  • Yin Yoga for the Hips
  • And more!


Jo-Jo Jackson (Nashville, TN)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Jo-Jo Jackson

The Yogi Bassist, Yoga & Ayurveda founder Jo-Jo Jackson is a Yoga Teacher & Ayurvedic Counselor based in Nashville, Tennessee. As a Vedic wellness practitioner, Jo-Jo’s aim is to move students—and herself—on the path of self-inquiry in order to discover their highest Truth, and she encourages students to seek liberation from what is holding us back.

Jo-Jo teaches with an Ayurvedic approach to create balance in the body, peace in the mind and unity with the soul. Her vinyasa classes are dynamic, vigorous, playful and creative; her restorative classes are grounding, relaxing, centering and peaceful. Yet whether she’s teaching vinyasa or restorative yoga, Jo-Jo always guides students back to steady witnessing of their own body-mind-spirit connection through establishing subtle inner awareness and developing a sense of curiosity, courage and compassion for their efforts.

Jo-Jo’s delighted to have the knowledge and ability to spread the simple, practical and intuitive wisdom of these ancient practices, and help cultivate conscious living in her community.

Online class:

  • New Moon Vinyasa Slow Flow + Guided Meditation
  • Full Moon Practice + Guided Meditation and Breathwork
  • Grounding Practice for Vata Dosha

Follow Jo-Jo: @yogibassist


Denesia Rodgers (Washington, D.C.)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Denesia Rodgers

Denesia D. Rodgers’ yoga journey began in 2013 when she was looking for healing and strength to combat her life long struggle with scoliosis. She completed her Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) through Yoga District in 2020 and is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 200-hour level through Yoga Alliance. Denesia has a strong desire to bring the practice of yoga to various communities of people since yoga has been a huge part of her path to healing. Denesia’s teaching offerings are based on foundational, alignment, breathing, and relaxation. Her classes are based in the vinyasa flow tradition, with a focus on the breath, alignment, strength building, and accessibility. She specializes in prenatal, postnatal, chair yoga, vinyasa and hatha style yoga for all levels. Denesia believes that everyone should have a chance and opportunity to learn the beneficial techniques yoga has to offer.

Online classes:

  • Prenatal Yoga: For the First Trimester

Follow Denesia: @denesiatheyogi


Jerrell Simpson (Chicago, IL)

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Meet Jerrell Simpson, founder of The Flow Up, Certified Yoga Instructor and Nature Enthusiast. Jerrell’s yoga journey started five years ago after the birth of her second child. Initially, she sought out yoga for strength, flexibility and stress relief. Over time, her path led to a more mindful union between mind, body + spirit. Jerrell holds an affinity for Vinyasa, a style of yoga, linking mindfulness to sequencing and connecting breath to posture in a very special way. It wasn’t long before Jerrell’s love of yoga organically poured into her family time routine. She found the benefits of practicing yoga with her children improved their body awareness and compassion for others around them. Jerrell is enthused to share the tools she’s learned and to inspire other families to connect through yoga and mindfulness.

Online classes:

  • Family Yoga
  • Family Flow & Fun

Follow Jerrell: @dreadlockyogi


Jessica Young (Cambridge, MA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Jessica Young

Jessica Young started practicing yoga in college to help her deal with the stresses of student life and to cope with debilitating depression. Since 2006, she’s developed a practice that has sustained her on life’s journey. In 2010, she began studying at Tejas Yoga in Chicago, where she completed her 200-hour teacher training. Jessica is devoted to crafting yoga experiences that create a safe, balanced and engaging experience for every level of practitioner. She has found yoga to be a tool for connection, integration and a deep connection to the self and the Divine.

Online Classes:

  • Yoga Nidra
  • 10-Minute Guided Meditation for Calmness and Centeredness
  • Alternate Nostril Breathing
  • Sun Salutations Tutorial
  • Bedtime Yoga
  • And, more!

Follow Jessica: @jessmyoung


Katrina Long (Los Angeles, CA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Katrina Long

Katrina Long (She), the founder of Manifesting M.E. Wellness, is a clinical social worker, holistic therapist, creator, traveler, runner, and yogi.  She is a native of Inglewood, California who has always had a passion for helping others to see the light in their struggles and the strengths in their differences.  Through her own struggles, Katrina has learned that wellness is a constant, ever-changing journey which we manifest through our daily work to heal ourselves and those around us on a holistic level.  It is through her healing journey that she became inspired to create holistic healing services that are accessible to all and hold space for others to actualize their own healing.

Online classes:

  • Trauma-informed yoga
  • Yoga for Burnout

Follow Katrina: @manifestingmewellness


Ashley Burns (Phoenix, AZ)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Ashley Burns

For Los Angeles native Ashley Burns, yoga is curiosity, trust, and freedom- freedom as a lifestyle and not a destination! Ashley is learned in Hatha, Restorative, and Vinyasa styles of yoga and specializes in guiding deep rest with Yoga Nidra. She co-founded DiRTYOGA in 2012 with the mission of creating accessible yoga offerings centered around community, wellness, and the arts. 

During this global pandemic and economic and racial turmoils, she has prioritized meeting the mental and spiritual needs of her community with free resources on the website and a ‘Pay What You Can’ model for her classes.

Online class:

  • Yoga Nidra: Reimagining Rest

Follow Ashley: @dirtyoga


Shani (Clarksville, TN)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Shani

Shani (“Dr. OM”) Ojukwu Mantenso is the Principal Movement Specialist with Hadiya Movement Systems, a private virtual movement studio. A gymnast, dancer, and Ph.D. in Performance Studies, Shani is also a yoga teacher-healer trained and certified in trauma-sensitive MindBody Centering Yoga. Along with other movement forms like Pilates, barre/basic ballet, functional calisthenics, and tumbling fundamentals she offers through HMS, Shani is privileged to provide spirit-based and trauma-informed asana as an adjunctive therapy and mode of somatic centering, cultivation, and joy. Herself on a healing journey from depression, domestic abuse, complex PTSD, and global white supremacy/racial capitalism, Shani is a proud and self-proclaimed “wounded healer.” Through her intentional observance of the eight limbs of yoga, Shani Ojukwu Mantenso has dedicated her personal and professional life to creating the optimal conditions of possibility for freedom for herself and others—mind, body, and spirit.

Online class:

  • Balance and Flow

Follow Shani: @thehadiyamovement


The Yogini Nancy (Montreal, Canada)

[Black Yoga Teacher] The Yogini Nancy

The Yogini Nancy is a bilingual (French and English) international yoga and meditation educator based out of Montreal, Canada. She completed her Yin, Gentle, and Hatha teacher trainings at HappyTree Yoga with Melanie Richards. She completed her Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training at Naada Yoga and did her hands-on assist training with Asami Yoga in Montreal. Nancy was trained by Melanie Shanti Faucher to guide pre and post natal yoga classes and most recently, she completed her 300-hour teacher training in Vinyasa and Ashtanga Adjustments at Kranti Yoga in Goa, India.

Nancy is a Law School graduate and an advocate for justice & mental health. She is an ambassador for the Yoga Mala Foundation and a strong believer in the power of yoga and meditation to restore peace of mind. When she is not teaching yoga and meditation, Nancy is an inclusion consultant in the wellness industry. She is currently the assistant teacher trainer in Happy Tree yoga’s Advanced Hatha 300hr Yoga Teacher Training. 

As a 500 RYT, her intention is to teach in a joyful way that nourishes the mind, body and soul. With her wealth of knowledge and experience, Nancy’s classes serve her students, whether their desire is to improve flexibility, accelerate the healing of an injury, or change their lifestyle. Before yoga, she practiced gymnastics, capoeira, and dance.

Follow The Yogini Nancy: @the.yogini.nancy


Dee Yergo (Longmont, CO)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Dee Yergo

Dee Yergo, a native New Yorker, and Colorado resident is a Meditation Teacher, Yoga Instructor and Women’s Empowerment Coach. She is the founder of Prana Prenatal Yoga in New York and co-founder of The Yoga Transformation. Dee encourages her students to use their yoga mats and meditation cushions as laboratories to cultivate the tools that will serve them in life. Her offerings can be described as a generous dose of esoteric wisdom offered alongside simple and actionable daily practices that bring forth a sense of lasting happiness and well-being. Her passion is holding space for student’s spiritual journeys and witnessing them emerge as confident and sovereign beings. In her free time, you can find Dee hiking in the mountains, experimenting in the kitchen and practicing gratitude-especially toward the brilliant teachers that have shaped her path.

Follow Dee: deeyergo


Sherrell Moore-Tucker (Upper Marlboro, MD)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Sherrell Moore-Tucker

During her enlistment in the Army, Sherrell began experiencing excruciating pain in her lower back. She was in her early 20s and had never experienced a health challenge like this before. She was in pain, unable to run PT tests, and depression set in. Turns out, it was arthritis. Her doctor recommended yoga and that recommendation and a recommitment to her faith transformed her life and opened the door to healing mind, body, spirit.

Since 2010, she has been educating communities and businesses about various forms of yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques for addressing stress, social and health-related trauma, as a form of self-care. Her local and global community service efforts include work with her non-profit, The Vet Space, local and international MindBody FAITH retreats, various faith-based organizations, churches, and missionary work in Africa, to include her honorable active duty service with the U.S. Army.

Online Classes:

  • Deep Stretch Yoga for Beginners
  • Faith & Flow Yoga

Follow Sherrell: @sherrellmooretucker


Nikki Dixon-Ewing (Houston, TX)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Nikki Dixon-Ewing

Rose Garden Vibez creator, Nikki Dixon-Ewing is a 200-hour RYT Yoga Instructor with yoga alliance. She is currently in Houston where she teaches at a number of yoga studios.

Nikki has a love for meditation which she often shares via workshops as a means to introduce the metal and spiritual health benefits of both yoga and meditation. She discovered yoga while trying to heal from a knee injury. After realizing she was able to fully recover on her own through yoga, she adopted the practice as a lifestyle and later sought out her teaching certification. 

Today, Nikki offers private sessions and free community classes all while teaching at studios. Her classes are Vinyasa-based with a slower pace designed to feel the body working on every level; stimulating a deep stretch, toning, and strengthening. Nikki feels her classes cultivate a sense of empowerment by clearing the mind and feeling the body work with you instead of against you, which is how the true healing begins.

Online class:

  • 10-Minute Guided Meditation for Stress & Anxiety
  • Breathing Techniques to Relieve Stress & Anxiety

Follow Nikki: @rgvyoga


Bria Hamlet (San Diego, CA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Bria Hamlet

After experiencing a traumatic health event, Bria began to explore yoga for stress management – the physical benefits were just an added bonus. Four years later, she would complete her yoga teacher training through Pilgrimage of the Heart, a well-regarded yoga studio in San Diego. Through Ashtanga-Vinyasa fusion, Bria’s classes encourage mindfulness in movement.

Bria also is a certified health education specialist and is passionate about holistic mind-body wellness. Bria also offers private lessons for local students.

Online classes:

  • How to Forward Fold
  • How Pyramid Pose
  • How to Staff Pose
  • How to Warrior I Pose

Follow Bria: @justbrifree

 


Tosin Adeniyi (Atlanta, GA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Tosin Adeniyi

Tosin Adeniyi is a former division one athlete who found yoga through sports. As a newly motivated yoga instructor, Tosin looks to help athletes of all levels to connect their mind and body to maximize performance on the court, field, and in everyday life.

Tosin completed her 200-hour teacher training September of 2019 and has been teaching (online and in person) ever since. Tosin enjoys inspiring others to improve wellness and commit to long-term health through her instagram (@tosin_adeniyi13). Tosin’s style of teaching and classes are energetic, spicy, and “zen with some flair”.

Online class:

  • Yoga for Athletes: Back & Shoulders

Follow Tosin: @tosin_adeniyi13


Chanel (Jackson, GA)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Chanel Sledge

Chanel helps women find calm in the chaos of life through a playful but safe yoga practice.

Most days you can find her on her yoga mat trying not to trip over my sweet fur baby, her face buried in a good book, seeking new adventures to share with her baby girl, or on my search for the world’s best spaghetti. 

People often refer to her as the super optimistic and vivacious girl who loves to make people laugh.

Along with her energetic nature, she’s super passionate about playing her part to end the obesity epidemic in the U.S.A. and environmental sustainability.

Online class:

  • 15-Minute Midday Reset

Follow Chanel: @chanel_sledge


Tamia (Vero Beach, FL)

[Black Yoga Teacher] Tamia McEwen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamia A. McEwen is a wellness education specialist, veteran educator, literacy specialist and Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT). She holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Curriculum & Instruction (C&I), Masters of Arts (MA) in Secondary Reading, and 200-hour Certification in Vinyasa Yoga.

Her passion is wellness, more specifically maintaining mental and physical wellness through a holistic lifestyle. Though she does not declare herself a sage, she is committed to being both a student and a teacher of wellness for the rest of her life. Even as an educator for over 22 years, she had an underlined theme of supporting the entire learner. Whether through journaling, positive self-talk, incorporating the arts in English and Reading or ushering in movement and play, she constantly sought to use every means to catapult her students to success. She personally sought yoga as a means to continue what she calls the “Heart Work” of educating. Her desire is to provide tools for people to be able to do the good they desire to do without “dying of the vine.”

Intentional wellness is her means of creating space for mind body balance, showing up in the world as our best selves to do as much good as we can for as long as we can. 

Follow Tamia: @bewellfriendsllc


 

Practicing as little as five minutes a day can be life-changing. Whether you want to trim down, tone up, gain flexibility, increase your energy, or find inner peace, these teachers have you covered.

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