Centered

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Funding for this project comes from Critical Minded, a grantmaking and learning initiative founded by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and Ford Foundation to support cultural critics of color in the United States.

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Host Beandrea July sits down with Vulture Magazine critic Angelica Jade Bastien.

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Is Centered a memoir? What do you hope listeners will take from the show? What's next for the series?

Centered Producer and Sound Designer extraordinaire Hannah Smith interviews Beandrea July about the backstory that lead her to create Centered, including her time spent training to teach yoga at Kripalu Yoga Center and meditating at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. They talk vulnerability, hot tubs, and dig into what it really means to "be in your body" in daily life.

Also Beandrea wants you to know that everyone was fully clothed during the making of Centered and she receives no kickbacks from Piedmont Springs.

Edited and Mixed by Beandrea July

Produced w/ Sound Design by Hannah Smith

Our theme music is by Ganessa James

Full Show Notes

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As the yoga retreat comes to an end, Selah finds herself at a fork in the road.

Centered is a fiction podcast starring Jerrika Hinton.

Created, written, and directed by Beandrea July

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith; Sound Design by Hannah Smith

Our theme music is by Ganessa James

Full Show Notes

https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasanapartfour

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As unexpected changes surface for Selah at the yoga retreat, she starts to consider new options.

Centered is a fiction podcast starring Jerrika Hinton.

Created, written, and directed: Beandrea July

Produced, recorded, and mixed: Hannah Smith

Sound Design: Hannah Smith

Theme music: Ganessa James

Full show notes

https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasana-part-three-show-notes

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Episode Description: Selah escapes the city for a weekend yoga retreat.

Centered is a fiction podcast created, written, and directed by Beandrea July

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith. Sound Design by Hannah Smith

Our theme music is by Ganessa James

Poetry by Maleka Fruean(@FrueanK)

Additional music by Voices on the Verge. "Hunger." Rykodisc & Slow River Records, 2001.

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Full Show Notes:https://centeredpodcast.com/shavasana-part-two-show-notes/

A conversation between the star of Centered Jerrika Hinton (@hellojerrika) and the show's writer-director Beandrea July (@beandreadotcom).

Jerrika opens up about life in her 20s, how therapy helped her, and why a story about a woman of color on a spiritual journey matters. We also dig deeper into Selah's relationship with her mother Gwen.

Credits

• Recorded and produced: Hannah Smith
• Edited and mixed: Beandrea July
• Theme music: Ganessa James

Full Show Notes www.centeredpodcast.com/bonusepisode1

The next episode of Centered drops Sat, April 5, 2019.

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Episode Description: Recent college grad Selah Copeland bristles against the realities of still living at home with her parents and working in her mother Gwen's accounting business.

Centered is a fiction podcast created, written, and directed by Beandrea July

Produced, recorded, and mixed by Hannah Smith. Sound Design by Hannah Smith

Our theme music is by Ganessa James

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Reach out to us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook with your thoughts on the episode using the hashtag #CenteredPodcast or @CenteredPodcast

Email us your reflections in a voice memo to: [email protected]

Full Show Notes: http://centeredpodcast.com/shownotesepisodeone

Introducing Centered, an audio drama about finding yourself on and off the mat. It stars Jerrika Hinton and premieres Saturday, March 23rd. It was written and directed by Beandrea July and produced by Hannah Smith.