Our Team

Ayesha Ali

Ayesha Ali is a teacher, poet, writer, and performer whose work focuses on moving past the internal and external barriers that separate black women and children from their lineage of competence, beauty and power.  She has been engaged in mindfulness practice and work for over fifteen years. She is a preschool teacher and has adopted mindfulness practices in her classroom as well as sharing those practices with other teachers. Lion’s Roar Magazine recently published Ayesha’s article “White People, It’s Time to Look in the Mirror” in 2020. Email: locsforme@gmail.com

Rashid Hughes

Rashid Hughes (he/him) is a writer, meditation teacher, yoga instructor and a restorative justice facilitator. He is the co-founder of the Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community, a Mindfulness Community in Washington, DC that is dedicated to inspiring Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to live with love and courage. Rashid is an Affiliate Teacher for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC and he is also a teacher of the Presence Collective. He holds a Master of Divinity Degree from the Howard University School of Divinity and has two recently published articles in Mindful Magazine "R.E.S.T.-A Guided Practice for the Tired & Weary" and Lions Roar Magazine "When Aggression Masquerades as Compassion."