Black Wellness: The List

Lee Register

Please find below a list of IG pages that cater to Black's mental health & wellness. I will be updating this list periodically

@naaya.wellness

@octaviaraheem

@iamkathleenbooker

@brittwil

@thespiritedguidecoach

@thebodyahomeforlove

@omnoire

@sadgirlsclub

@balancedblackgirlpodcast

@liberatemediation

@blackgirlinom

@dr.marielbuque

@transparentblackgirl

@prettyspiritco

@thesaltloungelb

@embodiedtruthhealing

@goodhabitsgrow

@namastenailsancyuary

@greengirlleah

@evyan.whitney

@diveinwell

@therapyforblack girls

@healhaus

@ethelsclub

@thenapministry

@irishinfused

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The Vision: The Colorant Collective

Lee Register

While living and teaching in China, I was always exploring the art scene around Shanghai, Suzhou (the city that I lived). Dragging my friends along for good measure. My friend from Tunisia told me about an art exhibition but on by TeamLab (of course I had never heard of them but the pictures looked interesting enough, so we checked it out). See pictures below...

I was so inspired after touring the exhibit for four whole hours. While others were there just for the selfies (don't get me wrong we took A LOT of pictures as well), my mind was churning with all sorts of ideas. So I went home and wrote them all down in my journal. I even drew out the floor plan of how exactly the exhibit needed to flow. 

Then, I got to work on TaoBao (China's Amazon) and bought paint, canvases, studio lights, backdrops, anything and everything that was art related. And it all sat there. No desire whatsoever to pick up a paintbrush or a camera.

What was wrong with me? I had this vision, clear as day, but what felt like no follow through. Weeks went  by, I had finally picked up a paint brush only to paint a frowny face. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. Then one day, while listening to the Black Girl in Om podcast, it finally clicked. Like really clicked. I have been interested in the arts for years, even going to art school for a spell, wanting to be the next Gordon Parks or Kara Walker. The drive was never in the creation of the art itself but telling the story. Something that I've known for years, it reigning true throughout my childhood and young adult years, that I am a storyteller through and through.

However, I had convinced myself that I needed to be in control of very aspect of this exhibit. Nobody, could make this dream come true besides me. But what to do, when I am not a photographer, painter or mixed media artist. My idea for my exhibit was so complex, that I also needed engineers, mathematicians, light designers, etc. They also had to be black women or at the very least women of color because who could express the nuances of historical and cultural references of this exhibit like them and be driven by it. Where do I find all these people? Create the community you want to see.

Day One

Lee Register

Most mornings I wake up feeling so anxious and helpless. I have a lot on my mind and feel called to take action. This morning, like many others mornings, I told myself I was going to start creating my website, write out my ideas and share how I am feeling.

However, I took a look at my phone. I logged on to Instagram and encountered countless stories about protesting, police brutality, inciting riots, allies, anti-racists, white people sitting down to brunch as others fight for justice. The same as the morning before and the same as the morning before that. I get on social media with the intention of being inspired by artist and black women in the wellness industry and I end up feeling so weary and devastated; and end up doing nothing at all.

But then something happened, I received a video from a colleague from my time teaching in China. It was a video of my students of my first year teaching, telling me they loved me and missed me. Something inside of me shifted.

I want to create. I NEED to create. I NEED to be the storyteller I know myself to be. I need to be the best version of myself, even in times when it feels almost impossible. So today, I finally created this site.

I see what's going on in the world and I get so inspired to take action. Then I feel so guilty about that inspiration because of WHY I am being inspired.

I want to get to a place where black women can express themselves not only from a place of trauma but from a place of deep healing.  To not feel the guilt that I feel at this very moment. 

That is what I am being called to do!