exhale. is a community building initiative ignited by black women creatives for black women creatives.
We support, connect, and uplift black women and girls through gatherings that unite and inspire. Our work is centered in creative wellness. We curate social spaces for black women and girls to breathe easy, to come and just be, in an environment where they alone are enough.
We are dreamers, and creators, among other things. We make space for you, in your truest form, whomever you are.
Our name is inspired by the science of breath and the impact of racial weathering on black women's bodies. Without exhalation, stressors can remain in the body – setting forth a cycle that makes it difficult to resource new air. As black women we shape and we shift into countless roles and responsibilities. We are sisters, teachers, providers, healers, partners, mothers, spiritual guides, humans -each role with its own weight. Black women carry families, trauma, institutions, restoration, justice, and nations.
breathe easy with us
exhale. hopes to create social spaces where black women and girls are emboldened to release -even if just momentarily- and allow themselves to be nourished, inspired, and united in community. We believe that such release and restoration enables us not only to heal and revive, but also build collective power as black women.
