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The My Brother’s Keeper Pittsburgh Wellness Series seeks to highlight and demonstrate wellness practices that can improve anyone’s health, sense of well-being, and mindfulness. We also aim to highlight community organizations and programs where people can learn more and get involved.
A
Hello
there
thank
you
for
checking
out
this
video.
My
name
is
josiah
gilliam
and
I
am
the
my
brothers
keeper
coordinator
in
the
mayor's
office
of
equity
and
our
theme
for
my
brother's
keeper.
This
year
is
wellness
and
we
decided
to
put
together
a
series
of
videos
in
partnership
with
various
community-based
organizations
and
wellness
and
fitness
experts
that
can
demonstrate
practices
that
we
can
incorporate
into
our
daily
lives
that
can
help
us
embody
wellness
and
mindfulness
in
our
day-to-day
existence.
A
Hello
there
and
welcome
to
another
edition
of
the
mbk
wellness
series.
My
name
is
josiah
gilliam
and
I'm
the
my
brothers
keeper
coordinator
in
the
mayor's
office
of
equity
and
we're
doing
another
installment,
because
we
do
want
to
zoom
in
teams
these
days.
So
we
thought
we'd
do
a
practice
that
you
can
incorporate
into
your
daily
life
in
work
and
just
in
general
life
here
with
coach
abraham
who
will
walk
us
through
it.
B
Hi,
it's
april
community
learning,
director
and
yoga
teacher
with
open
up
pittsburgh
and
yes,
we
know
that
we're
often
sitting
like
this
nowadays,
either
at
school
or
at
home
on
the
couch
wherever
so,
let's
do
a
deep
breathing
practice
because
with
breathing
it
really
creates
a
sense
of
relaxation
literally
because
your
nervous
system
reacts.
When
you
take
those
breaths
in
by
slowing
down,
it
decreases
your
heart
rate
and
so
we're
going
to
spend
some
time
doing
deep,
diaphragmatic
breathing.
B
A
A
B
So
oftentimes
we're
just
kind
of
chilling
sitting
in
a
chair
like
this.
It
might
create
a
sense
of
comfort.
However,
after
a
while,
your
body
is
going
to
react
to
being
not
in
its
kinetic
chain
and
the
kinetic
chain
is
the
alignment
of
your
joints
and
you
have
perfect
alignment
of
your
joints.
Every
human
being
does,
even
if
it's
different,
so
let's
bring
our
body
into
good
kinetic
form.
So
we're
going
to
sit
our
thumbs
back
and
then
let
our
backs
rest
against
wherever
you
are.
B
Let
the
shoulders
just
kind
of
settle
down
and
you
can
relax
your
hands
on
your
lap
and
so
notice
that
my
ears
are
kind
of
right
over
the
shoulders
inside
of
it,
which
sides
are
as
well
and
even
with
us
being
different
heights
and
having
different
body
structures.
That
alignment
is
great
for
our
necks.
B
Our
shoulders
are
over
our
hips,
our
elbows
extend
down
and
out
from
our
shoulders
and
our
wrists
and
our
hips
and
our
knees
are
in
alignment
and
our
knees
are
over
our
ankles.
So
for
some
of
us
who
are
not
as
tall
as
others,
if
you
would
like
to
like
roll
up
a
mat
or
a
blanket
or
a
pillow,
and
have
it
under
your
feet
to
help
you
feel
a
sense
of
comfort
and
help
with
your
alignment
go
right
ahead.
B
I
often
do
that
when
I'm
on
zoom
meetings
at
home,
so
now
we're
going
to
really
take
some
deep
breaths
in
we're
going
to
breathe
in
for
an
eight
count-
and
I
suggest
you
start
with
that,
if
you
can,
you
can
start
with
a
four
count
or
a
six
count.
Two
josiah
has
been
breathing
with
us,
so
we'll
start
with
an
eight
count
and
to
support
yourself
if
you
take
one
hand
and
bring
it
on
your
belly,
that'll
help.
You
understand
the
feeling
of
the
diaphragmatic
breath.
B
rinse
it
out.
How
was
that,
for
you
good
great,
so
the
hand
of
the
belly
supports
you,
because,
when
you
breathe
in,
I
would
like
you
to
take
your
belly
button
and
push
it
into
your
hand
like
a
balloon
you're
going
to
push
your
hand
away
from
your
body
and
when
I
invite
you
to
exhale
you're,
going
to
suck
your
belly
button
in
and
even
if
you
feel
like
you're
done,
I'm
going
to
invite
you
to
just
pull
it
in
a
little
deeper.
B
You
get
like
a
nice
core
exercise,
but
you're
also
still
expelling
some
breath
out.
You
notice
the
shirt
says:
inhale
exhale,
that's
what
we're
doing
right
now.
So
let's
go
ahead
and
breathe
in
for
one
two,
three,
four:
five:
six
seven
eight
fold
it
in
now
pull
your
belly
button
in
for
one
two
exhale
out.
Three:
four:
five:
six:
seven
eight
belly
button
in
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16
and
relax.
B
So
that's
just
like
life
like
things
happen,
and
it
can
really
agitate
us
a
little
bit
sometimes
or
put
us
in
a
state
where
we're
not
feeling
settled.
So
this
breathing
practice
is
to
help
settle
our
nervous
system
and
help
us
be
more
present
thinking
more
of
the
body
and
not
thinking
of
all
the
extra
distractions
that
are
going
around
us.
So
I'm
going
to
offer
two
more
times
to
breathe.
B
At
the
end
of
the
breath,
I
said
just
relax.
I
want
to
invite
you
to
just
relax
as
you're
breathing.
Sometimes
we
breathe
and
we
inhale
in
and
we
get
stressed
like.
Oh
my
god,
I'm
breathing,
I'm
breathing,
I'm
holding
my
breath.
Listen!
This
is
your
practice
so
breathe
in
inhale
for
as
long
as
you
can
and
offer,
the
eight
counts.
Exhale
out
for
16.
B
B
Right,
my
friends,
that's
diaphragmatic,
breathing.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
who
are
runners,
who
are
singers
and
they
use
their
diaphragm
to
be
able
to
hold
that
long
note
or
run
the
distance.
You
can
do
the
same
thing
when
you
bring
more
oxygen
in
you
increase
your
energy,
you
help
settle
the
nervous
system
and
it's
just
a
wonderful
way
to
help
yourself,
relax
and
just
gain
more
awareness
and
capacity
of
your
present
moment.