People and Services I Recommend

Diversity in Recovery - Diversity in Recovery is a group of LGBTQ BIPOC and allies who want to create safe spaces for recovery in the Piedmont region of Virginia.

Black Transmen Inc - Since 2011, Black Transmen Inc has firmly planted ourselves on the forefront of organizing the modern movement for Black trans equality.  Still too often, black transmen are overshadowed in the fight for social equality.   “One Is Not Born A Man HE Becomes One”

Birth Sisters of Charlottesville, Doula Services - Birth Sisters of Charlottesville is a women of color doula collective supporting women of color through their birth journey and into motherhood. Our aim is to amplify the resiliency of Black, Indigenous, Women of Color by drawing on life experiences, shared values, training, and sacred legacies to provide culturally rooted, trauma intuitive perinatal services and advocacy.

Stephanie Wood - Soul House Love - Who are we? We’re Stephanie Wood and Tanya Nagaraja—veteran mamas on a mission to create an inclusive wellness community. One that’s big on diversity, inclusivity, and allyship. Not on bypassing or appropriation

Common Ground Healing Arts - The mission of Common Ground is to improve wellness throughout our community. Offering yoga, acupuncture, bodywork and meditation.

Machelle Lee - Roots & River Yoga- Roots & River Yoga Roots & River Yoga is located in Northwestern Maryland in the heart of historic downtown Brunswick, MD. "Yoga" is the study of self in wholeness and literally refers to consciously unifying mind, emotions, body, breath and spirit to deepen connection to our daily life.

Katrice Mayo, RD - Real Nutrition MBS - Since most diseases start in the gut, are triggered by stress and other environmental factors, she uses a food as medicine approach and completed Food As Medicine training from The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. She was the sports nutrition speaker for Black Girls Run, Preserve the Sexy Tour and has been featured on ABC 8 News. She is also a member of Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine.

Marsha D. Banks-Harold - PIES Fitness Yoga (Alexandria VA) - Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga Facilitator (TCTSY-F), E-RYT 500, YACEP, RPYT, RCYT, BSEE and owner of PIES Fitness Yoga Studio, is an intuitive healer called to empower clients to fortify one’s strength of awesomeness; to learn to rely on one’s authentic self; and to cultivate everlasting physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual (PIES) peace

Trauma Sensitive Yoga - TCTSY is an empirically validated, clinical intervention for complex trauma or chronic, treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). TCTSY has foundations in trauma theory, attachment theory, neuroscience, and hatha yoga, with an emphasis on body-based yoga forms and breathing practices

Cyndi Lee - Om Yoga - Cyndi Lee is the first female Western yoga teacher to fully integrate yoga asana and Tibetan Buddhism in her practice and teaching. Cyndi’s teaching work is now focussed on yoga and meditation, and the resiliency that arises when we practice these methods in a sustainable manner.