Wellness is a civil right, and long before we were looking at how people of color were unintentionally left out of the wellness community, Reverend Imani Olear was illuminating the fact that supposed healing environments were severely lacking access and subsequently were the cause for the very thing they were out to heal. Imani is a Luthern Pastor, a Spiritual Activist and Founder of Yoga 4 A Good Hood and Tru Yoga Rochester. She advocates for people to know what they may view as their deep brokenness may be, in fact, their deepest gift. Like she shares in this episode, “Your misery is your ministry and you can’t escape your calling.”

In this episode, Imani shares her journey from stripper and addict to pastor and yogi to beloved teacher. Allie and her talk through the significance of the analogy of breaking bread and how this simple act has the possibility to lead to world healing; how the world has forgotten about basic human rights; why they believe our greatest spiritual assignment is to love unconditionally; and how to live the “yes/and” life as opposed to the common default “either/or.”