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This is Our Body Politics. I'm Fari Chidea.

My success is inevitable.

Inevitable.

I will win. My success is inevitable.

That was My Success Is Inevitable by singer, songwriter, producer, and healer Geminell.

We'll hear from Geminell later on.

On our show, we're looking at the what and the how of mindfulness.

You yourself might already have a mindfulness

practice through activities like yoga and meditation, or maybe you've heard about it, but you're not

sure it's for you. America is in a time of unprecedented mental health challenges, according to

recent studies. Many different cultures developed mindfulness techniques over millennia.

Now more people are embracing them for physical and mental health.

Joining me this week to dig into all that and more is author and Zen priest Rev Angel

Kyoto Williams. Hello, Rev Angel. Hi, how are you? Good to see you. It's great to see you. We're also joined by author, psychologist, and yoga therapist, Dr. Gail Parker. Hi, Dr. Parker.

Hi, Fry. How are you? I'm doing great. So let's start with you, Dr. Parker. When we think about mental health, therapy is often the go-to treatment. If people can afford it, let me just say,

it can be expensive. So tell us about your work in healing and mindfulness beyond therapy and

also how it connects with therapy. Well, I don't know if I can tell you about it beyond therapy,

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