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Description
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
bench
keeper
coordinator
in
the
office
of
equity
and
I'm
here
in
the
open
up
space
in
lawrenceville
with
coach
april
who's
going
to
lead
us
through
a
practice
that
you
can
do
right
now.
Yes,.
B
C
B
Call
it
shavasana
so
we're
going
to
take
some
time
today
to
allow
ourselves
space
to
really
go
into
deep
relaxation,
so
the
invitation
is
for
you
to
find
a
space
you
can
lay
on.
We
haven't
had
mats
in
a
hardwood
floor.
You
can
do
this
on
a
bed.
You
can
do
this
with
blankets
or
towels
or
just
on
a
comfy
space.
On
your
floor,
I
like
to
say,
build
your
nest,
because
that
really
gives.
C
B
B
Invite
you
to
look
at
your
surroundings,
see
if
you're
comfortable,
if
you
feel
safe
and
also
to
really
allow
yourself
a
moment
of
peace.
That's
what
this
is
all
about
and
whatever
feelings
arise
within
you
allow
that,
because,
when
we
really
sense
into
how
we
feel
we
can
really
navigate
and
manage
through
our
lives
and
that's
ultimately,
what
we
want
to
do
so
we're
going
to
face
each
other.
Our
feet
are
going
to
be
out
facing
each
other
josiah.
C
B
B
Has
that's
the
natural
alignment
of
the
spine
and
there's
a
little
tension
there,
and
we
want
the
lower
back
to
relax
and
kind
of
ease
its
way
closer
towards
the
floor,
not
to
touch
the
floor
just
to
relax
the
back
a
little
more
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
bring
you
notice.
I
have
a
bun
and
back
of
my
head,
so
I'm
going
to
prop
myself
up
with
the
pillow
supporting
my
neck.
B
B
I
invite
you
to
close
your
eyes
and,
let's
just
take
one
cleansing,
breath,
meaning
it'll
be
a
deep
inhale
in
and
a
long
exhale
out
so
inhale
in
through
your
nose
feel
the
belly
rise,
the
chest
expand
and
then
just
open
the
mouth
and
let
it
go
we're
going
to
just
scan
our
bodies.
While
we're
here
relaxing
our
toes
and
our
feet,
our
ankles,
our
legs,
relaxing
our
hips.
We
hold
a
lot
of
tension
in
our
hips,
see
if
you
can
soften
all
the
muscles
around
your
hip
girdle,
your
glutes
quads,
your
hamstrings.
B
B
B
B
B
B
D
B
B
C
B
B
Sanskrit,
that's
easy
pose
if
you
find
that
there
are
challenges
with
doing
that,
go
ahead
and
sit
with
your
feet
out
or
your
legs
extended
and
then
maybe
bring
awareness
back
into
the
torso
sitting
tall
and
you
can
draw
your
hands
to
your
heart's
center
and
bowing.
The
chin
is
just
such
a
symbolic
act
of
gratitude
of
thanksgiving
of
honoring
yourself.