Ashley Williams, MS, C-IAYT  is a Yoga Therapist and Mindfulness Educator with 12 years experience in the fields of education, behavioral and mental health and community programming in Richmond, VA.  As a builder and weaver, she bridges mindfulness, diversity, wellness and inclusion on micro and macro-levels to achieve equitable, socially stable and conscious spaces for individual and collective care.

She is the Founder of BareSOUL Yoga & Wellness,  a community-based organization initially created to offer accessible yoga offerings, and Mindful on Life, a curriculum-based program dedicated to transforming community through the practice of mindfulness education.  As an advocate for diverse representation, accessible self care and overall well-being, she has strategically built community-centered yoga and mindfulness programs in schools, health systems, government agencies, faith-based organizations and businesses.  Ashley continues to create spaces that offer mindful-based living practices to encourage self exploration, awareness, authenticity and build community for the collective good. The next venture is the Well Collective, A community space for conscious well-being that centers intergenerational healing modalities, wellness workshops, yoga and local, black-sourced apothecary.

In this interview we discuss:
Synchronicity
Healing Holistically
Resisting our Call
Becoming a Clear Vessel
Falling in Love with Oneself 
Spirit
Ancestry
Awareness of our Shared History
The Well Collective 
Faith
The Power of Embracing our Unique Magic
Numerology
Owning our Lives 
Black Community Care

Connect with Ashley at BareSOUL Yoga, through her website, or on Instagram @ashleyj_williams

Podcast music by Charles Kurtz

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