https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/about daily 0.75 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1596143423405-E8Y2F0XG3HB4WBEL6MBZ/3T8A9159.jpg About Heart Refuge - Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community is a place… where people can be seen and embraced that inspires people to live fearlessly and courageously where people can be loud, heard and celebrated that holds the joys and sorrows of being human where Black, Indigenous & People of Color, of all orientations, are welcome that models empowered and responsible interracial dialogue Welcome you to our community! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1597764925210-FZORT3O47ENY3L9U6MFX/mask.jpeg About Heart Refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1597764988935-FZETV3U6XXMOAIOB0JTQ/IMG_4044.jpg About Heart Refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1597765334774-YEI3FCGAZV1RSVQDB3H2/3T8A9307+2.jpg About Heart Refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1596143128608-2O6MPSORPTP8Z324B5KH/IMG_4705.jpg About Heart Refuge - Mission and Vision Heart Refuge is a volunteer-run mindfulness community dedicated to cultivating love, courage, and healing for people of color, of all orientations, in Washington DC. The community was founded by co-intention holders, Ayesha Ali and Rashid Hughes. We offer an inter-generational understanding of the importance of embodied mindfulness practices for Black, indigenous, and People of Color. Heart Refuge is a community that centers the practice of mindfulness in the experiences and cultures of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC). Our community understands that we cannot address and relieve the damage of the system of white supremacy if we do not address and care for our own hearts and bodies. The co-founders/co-intention holders offer embodied mindfulness practices, springing from their understanding of intergenerational and intersectional lives of BIPOC. https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/donate daily 0.75 2020-07-30 https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/connect daily 0.75 2020-09-29 https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/general-1 daily 1.0 2023-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1598298097992-MZH9KG63MUG3TBXR81WW/3T8A9155+2.jpg Home - We Meditate to Explore Our Hearts in Freedom Many of us have spent our lives with our focus outward, seeking either reward or determining dangers. We come together to center ourselves, our bodies and our hearts. We find freedom in that exploration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1598298238541-BW4BAHY1QQX4HG0PWUQE/IMG_7913.jpg Home - We Reclaim the Wisdom of Our Bodies Through Movement & Breathing We understand meditation as a practice of awareness and not solely postures, silence, or stillness. We focus on practices that encourage participants to connect with their bodies. We focus inward and explore the experience of rest as a way of reclaiming our bodies which have often been ignored in efforts to obtain economic and physical security. https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/testimonies daily 0.75 2020-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1598294790886-6IR0WT0XQW82NVAF9PRQ/Anika.jpg Testimonials - “Heart Refuge has been my favorite hangout during the pandemic. Thanks to the kind souls in this Sangha (community), I have been able to stay true to myself, adapt to this strange time, and just have fun. ” — Anika Harden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1598294853175-2KEQL31WLL5V854HHNWG/Juneous-Photo+2018jpg.jpg Testimonials - “Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community is a safe space where I always feel seen and welcome. Since COVID-19, I have made a conscious effort to spend my Thursday evening's with the Heart Refuge. I alway walk away feeling rejuvenated and inspired. Since being involved with Heart Refuge , I have recommitted myself to my buddhist practice and study” —Juneous Pettijohn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1598294940344-VJYSSU1C9O4A1SXGCX2D/Izzi.jpg Testimonials - “Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community gives me the wonderful opportunity to connect, meditate, and celebrate with others in a mindfulness setting.” — Isabelle (Izzi Meditates) Baker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1601341380022-JT4WNRD266X0FENXZ2N1/image0.jpeg Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1599575541426-6OJ1R6JQDU01HDR938HY/blue+shirt+smile.jpeg Testimonials - “Heart Refuge meditations have impacted me at the depths of my core. Every aspect of my being is better because of them—I am a better man having participated. I especially appreciate the intergenerational make-up of the facilitators and the perspectives that each brings.” — Tim Lee https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/listen-watch daily 0.75 2020-12-17 https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/services-4 daily 0.75 2022-10-19 https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/team-2 daily 0.75 2021-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1601406150747-0I52TDWQV5CA3Z8JLL19/IMG_5913.jpg Our Team “Darlin, Everything in Ease.”-Ayesha to Rashid https://www.heartrefugemindfulnesscommunity.org/services-5 daily 0.75 2022-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/1609730766804-HD9SG2V2389KEX6VT18D/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-09-03%2Bat%2B8.33.58%2BPM.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f088161b84ccb2dfbaa7916/c8763139-6c85-4e42-a9e5-956f0f3968e8/IMG_9527.JPG