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Description
The My Brother’s Keeper Pittsburgh Wellness Series highlights and demonstrates wellness practices that can improve anyone’s health, 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
brother's
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.
B
Welcome
up
to
our
open
up
studio
and
we're
so
glad
to
have
you
here
today.
My
name
is
mary
ellen
and
I've
been
teaching
with
open
up
for
a
while.
Now
and
now,
we've
landed
ourselves
a
studio.
We
will
be
welcoming
classes,
workshops
very
inclusive
content
here,
where
everybody
of
all
abilities
are
welcome.
We
do
center
all
of
our
content
on
people
living
with
disabilities.
B
That
way,
we
can
be
truly
inclusive
and
offer
a
tailored
curriculum
for
everyone
to
be
involved
and
to
learn
something
new.
So
today
we're
going
to
dive
into
a
practice,
and
I
hope
that
you
join
observe
or
listen
and,
however,
it
best
supports
you
today.
So
let's
get
started
in
a
comfortable
seat
and
if
that
for
you
is
crossing
your
legs
sitting
in
a
chair
or
even
having
your
legs
unbound
and
forward
that's
perfect
and
let
your
hands
drop
into
your
lap,
as
you
begin
to
just
find
the
foundation
of
the
ground
start
to
sense.
B
A
lot
of
different
things
can
come
up
and
if
we
can
come
back
to
our
breath,
it's
a
wonderful
way
to
reconnect
with
ourselves
and
sense
how
we're
really
feeling
now
that
you've
gotten
a
little
bit
more
comfortable
with
that.
You
could
try
closing
your
eyes
and
see
how
the
breath
is
then
sensed
with
your
eyes.
Heavied.
B
B
B
And
back
to
center
child's
pose
the
knees
can
stay
or
begin
to
widen
for
more
of
a
sense
in
the
hips
and
move
the
hips
back
any
amount,
and
so
you
until
you
feel
like
okay,
I
can
stop,
and
maybe
the
head
rests
down
what's
great
about
this
opportunity.
Is
you
can
watch
both
myself
and
josiah
and
see
that
our
bodies
are
very
different,
but
we
all
both
get
the
opportunity
to
practice
and
sense.
Our
bodies.
B
B
B
B
B
Bring
your
hands
to
your
hips
straighten
the
leg,
move
your
hips
a
little
side
to
side
and
parallel
the
feet,
walk
your
feet
together
to
touch
and
then
sit.
Your
hips
back
chair
pose
reach
the
arms
by
your
sides
and
lift
the
chest
up
even
higher
straighten
the
legs
and
reach
the
arms
up
upward
hand
salute,
pose,
bring
the
palms
together
and
send
them
right
in
front
of
your
chest,
I'll
turn
to
the
front
of
your
space
again
and
we're
gonna
move
into
our
second
balance
here,
but
actually
with
just
one
foot.
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
And
then
close
the
shape,
bring
it
back
down
and
remind
yourself
of
that
balance
in
both
of
those
feet.
Okay,
reach
the
arms
overhead
breathe.
In
now
we're
going
to
move
towards
the
floor
as
you
fold
forward
hinging
at
the
hips
lower
the
head
and
the
hands
down,
bend
your
knees
any
amount
to
plant
the
palms
about
shoulder
distance
apart
and
step
your
way
back
into
downward
facing
dog,
the
hips
will
be
the
pinnacle
of
the
shape,
bend
your
knees.
B
B
B
From
here
bring
your
feet
in
front
of
you,
a
gentle
bend
in
the
knee
and
bring
your
hands
either
to
the
backs
of
the
thighs
or
to
your
shins.
If
your
seat
is
feeling
uncomfortable,
a
blanket
or
even
folding,
the
mat
up
underneath
of
you,
is
a
nice
way
to
lift
those
hips
gently
from
here
you're,
going
to
round
the
spine,
pull
everything
in
and
curl
your
chin
to
the
chest.
B
After
you're
feeling
complete
make
your
way
on
to
your
back
or
stay
upright
we're
gonna
move
into
a
breath.
Exercise
and
josiah
is
going
to
recline
back
as
an
option.
You
can
observe
and
then
maybe
join
him
in
and
I'm
going
to
stay
upright
as
another
option
that
you
might
feel
more
comfortable
with.