is"pretty standard" when it comes to working with wellness brands."The wellness industry has thrived off of promoting a certain body type and a certain skin type and a certain gender expression as the epitome of wellness," she said."Many times, brands that are confronted with the fact that this country is far more diverse than what those notions look like, they tend not to be able to acknowledge or change the harm that they've caused.
When asked if marginalized communities will ever feel comfortable in wellness, Cardoza said she believes that can happen, though there's still a lot of work that needs to be done when it comes to redefining what wellness looks like and what it means to be"well." She calls herself a hopeless optimist —"and I don't want to sound naive when I say that because I know it takes work." But, she noted, there are more people like her speaking up and more people listening.
"I can't go into a class and feel comfortable breathing deeply when there's so many Black men that have been killed on the street saying 'I can't breathe' as their last words."The practice of yoga, for Cardoza, is about finding stillness, but she notes that it's not that simple.
Cardoza has a handful of brands and wellness influencers that she suggests following. She recommended listening to the
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