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"You have to look inside. You have to teach young people to look inside. There's nothing but freedom there." - Phylicia Rashad

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We empower Black boys and men through culturally grounded, mind-body healing practices,  including yoga, meditation, somatic movement, and trauma-informed wellness arts, delivered by Black male practitioners and leaders. Through our School of Yoga, we train community-centered, equity-driven yoga teachers who integrate healing justice, mental health, and Black wellness into their craft. Together, we nurture self-discovery, resilience, purpose, and collective transformation across individuals, families, and communities.

Black Boys & Men Healing and Wellness Education




๐–๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ |  Mind-Body Health, Yoga, & Wholeness




๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–.  




๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ+ ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ
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๐–๐ž ๐„๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ all ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐ž๐ง, ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐˜๐จ๐ ๐š, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐๐จ๐ฆ


๐–๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐Œ๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ. 


๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Œ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ(๐œ)(๐Ÿ‘) ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ. ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐จ๐ ๐š, ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Œ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐˜๐จ๐ ๐š, ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ .
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About us

Black Boys OM provides spaces for all Black Boys and Men to experience mind-body healing modalities in spaces held by trained Black Male practitioners with the aim of transforming individuals, families, and communities.

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Created by Danny Angelo Fluker, Jr., Black Boys OM was initially developed with the support of Khepera Wellness (Washington D.C.) , the Collective STL (St. Louis) , and Southwest Atlanta Yoga Energy Center (Atlanta Georgia).

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Black Boys OM, established in 2018 as a grassroots community organization and obtaining 501(c)(3) status in 2020, has emerged as a driving force for positive change. Providing access to over 2,300 mind-body health sessions for Black Boys and Men, the organization has cultivated a network of over 400 skilled Black Male Wellness practitioners. These practitioners hold spaces and lead efforts in line with Black Boys OM's mission of Healing and Wellness education. Through these initiatives, the organization actively nurtures well-being and empowerment within the Black community.

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Black Boys OMโ€™s 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training is a transformative, self-paced, and Yoga Alliance-accredited program designed to empower professionals and community leaders with the tools to integrate yoga, mindfulness, and culturally responsive practices into their work. By fostering personal growth, professional excellence, and collective care, this program equips participants to promote healing, equity, and resilience in their communities and beyond.

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"I created Black Boys OM because the problem of limited access to mind-body health resources for Black boys and men is widespread and severe, this due to a combination of systemic barriers, such as limited representation of Black Male Wellness practitioners in the field, racial disparities in access to healthcare and wellness resources, and the lack of culturally responsive programs and spaces. These forces contribute to the marginalization and limited opportunities for Black boys and men to engage in mind-body healing practices. The specific problem being addressed is the underrepresentation and limited accessibility of mind-body health modalities for Black boys and men. This lack of representation and access perpetuates disparities in mental health and well-being, while also reinforcing societal narratives that neglect the specific needs and experiences of Black individuals in the realm of holistic healing. We have been fortunate in a short amount of time to grow a network of 400 certified Black Male Wellness practitioners to hold spaces for Black Boys and Men to experience mind-body health, experience, education and practice. "-Danny Angelo Fluker Jr.

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Forbes Interview with Danny Angelo Fluker Jr.

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Grab the Second Edition of the Yoga Teachers Guide to AI

What happens when ancient practices meet unprecedented intelligence? As artificial intelligence reshapes every aspect of human existence, yoga teachers and wellness practitioners stand at a critical crossroads. This extensively expanded second edition examines AI not as a distant abstraction, but as an immediate force transforming how we teach, practice, and understand consciousness itself.

Through compelling allegories, urgent environmental analysis, and unflinching examination of AI's impact on marginalized communities, this book bridges yogic philosophy with cutting-edge technological developments. From the energy consumption of data centers to the philosophical implications of artificial superintelligence, from environmental racism to the preservation of human transmission, Danny Angelo Fluker Jr invites us to hold the complexity of this moment with both discernment and breath.

This is not a manual for optimizing your teaching business with AI tools. This is a call to conscious engagement with forces that will define whether yoga survives as embodied wisdom or becomes mere information. Drawing on Non-Dual Kashmir Shaivism, Advaita Vedanta, and West African ancestral traditions, Fluker offers a contemplative framework for navigating technological change while staying rooted in what cannot be automated: presence, relationship, and the irreplaceable alchemy of human consciousness meeting human consciousness.

For yoga teachers, wellness practitioners, and anyone committed to preserving what matters most as everything changes, this book offers both warning and way forward. The future is being written now. Your practice is already part of it.

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Black Men's Mind, Body, Spirit Practice Multi-Year Research Results with Dr. Lassiter & the Spirit Lab of Rowan University

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200HR Yoga Teacher Training

Black Boys OM 200HR Yoga Teacher Training 



This 18-week, self-paced course is built on three pillars: Personal Practice, Effective Teaching, and Collective Care. We'll explore a diverse array of modalities, including:

โ€ข Yoga History, Philosophy, and Practice (focusing on Hatha and Krama Yoga)
โ€ข Mind-Body Health, Mental Health, and Neuroscience
โ€ข Trauma-Informed Movement
โ€ข Meditation
โ€ข Ayurveda
โ€ข Black Wellness
โ€ข Accessible Yoga, Breathwork, and Somatic Movement 
โ€ข Social Equity + Healing Justice


| Our expert instructors will also share insights from their own diverse yoga lineages, enriching your understanding of this ancient practice.
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Reparations and Wholeness A Path to Healing Justice

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A Healing Journal for Black Men

A Black Wholeness Resource for Expression, Self Discovery & Evidence Based Healing Practices

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The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health

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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ˆ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐ž.๐ ., ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ ๐š ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž?

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Yoga Philosophy and Spiritual Development 

*Tantra Illuminated* by Christopher Wallis offers a comprehensive guide to the origins, philosophy, and practices of classical Tantra, drawing from ancient Sanskrit texts and the wisdom of the Tantric tradition. The book demystifies Tantra, explaining its spiritual teachings and its relevance in modern life for personal growth and transformation.
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Sending deep love and gratitude for the work Black Boys OM have done for the healing of our community. Thank you for your service and dedication! -

- T. Simpson

It's been so impactful, inspirational, and influential to see the work you all have been doing together. Major blessings to all who put their heart and time into this org -

- Zaineb

This program saved my life more than you know!

- D.B.

Sending deep love and gratitude for the work Black Boys OM have done for the healing of our community. Thank you for your service and dedication! -

- T. Simpson

It's been so impactful, inspirational, and influential to see the work you all have been doing together. Major blessings to all who put their heart and time into this org -

- Zaineb

This program saved my life more than you know!

- D.B.

Sending deep love and gratitude for the work Black Boys OM have done for the healing of our community. Thank you for your service and dedication! -

- T. Simpson

It's been so impactful, inspirational, and influential to see the work you all have been doing together. Major blessings to all who put their heart and time into this org -

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