On this episode I am joined by performing artist and  International Wellness Mentor & Advocate, Ceasar F. Barajas. Becoming a Wellness Mentor & Advocate came to be as he still presently copes and manages his own diagnosed anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress, and found his calling as an educator and supporter to mental health awareness causes. As a trauma-sensitive Certified Yoga Instructor, Meditation Teacher, and Breathing Techniques Instructor, he specializes in mindful resiliency for trauma recovery and compassion fatigue, and has taught all over the world. He’s served as a guest panelist & speaker at Rutgers and Fordham Universities, numerous corporate events, podcasts, and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University, teaching Meditation/Mindfulness for their Teachers College Summer Principals Academy. As a 7-year U.S. Navy Veteran, he also works with the Veterans Yoga Project as an Ambassador and Master Teacher, with experience supporting recovery and resilience of Veterans, many of which experience post-traumatic stress, trauma-related challenges, and other mental health issues. He not only serves the Veteran community, but active duty armed forces members, their spouses, and community at large. Ceasar also provides group yoga, fitness & meditation classes, and personal coaching and advisement, both in person, and online, to an international community of individuals via multiple apps and his website, www.TheJourneyWithCeasar.com And in his spare time, Ceasar is also an award-winning singer, dancer, actor, fight and dance choreographer, musical theater talent, and voiceover artist. We discuss how yoga and meditation is available to all, pandemic or no pandemic, the agency for artists to learn that worthiness doesn’t equate busyness, and how we must find a way with our art to stand up for ourselves, stand up against harassment of the black and brown communities and just be good humans. 

Get in touch: Ceasar F. Barajas Website: https://thejourneywithceasar.com/Instagram: @ceasarfbarajas 

Ayana Major Bey Website: www.ayanabey.comInstagram: @ayanambey, @theartistpivot

********************Executive Producer & Host: Ayana Major Bey Editor: Kieran Niemand

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