"Thriving Mindfully as Theresa's Daughter" is a poem written and performed by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke. The poem celebrates Ananda's mother and loving + wise + well ancestor, Theresa B. Gartin Leeke. Visit https://anandaleeke.com/theresa to learn more about Ananda's mother, Theresa. 

The poem is also the first track on Ananda's debut spoken word album,  Thriving Mindfully as Theresa's Daughter.

Visit https://anandaleeke.com/about to learn more about Ananda's journey and career as a lawyer-turned creative healing entrepreneur, Thriving Mindfully Coach, artist, author, and Human Design Doula. 

Tune into Ananda's Thriving Mindfully Podcast: https://anandaleeke.com/podcast.

Connect with Ananda on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube.
-https://www.instagram.com/anandaleeke/
-https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandaleeke/
-https://www.tiktok.com/@anandaleeke
-https://www.youtube.com/user/anandaleeke

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Garnet Jackson, founder of Footprint Productions, music producer, and engineer, created the music and produced the spoken word track. Garnet, a native of Jamaica, is currently based in London, England. 

Connect with Garnet and Footprint Productions on Instagram and SoundCloud (see links below).

-https://www.instagram.com/quantumquarantino/
-https://www.instagram.com/officialfootprintproductions/
-https://soundcloud.com/garnetjay
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The track and album were recorded at BonaFide Studio in North London, England, in August 2023. Brian Bogdanovic, chief producer at BonaFide Studio, worked with Garnet Jackson, founder of Footprint Productions, music producer, and sound engineer to oversee the production of the album's nine tracks. Visit https://bonafidestudio.co.uk. 
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Copyright 2024 by Madelyn C. Leeke. All rights reserved.

SPOKEN WORD MUSIC: Thriving Mindfully as Theresa's Daughter

"Thriving Mindfully" is a poem written and performed by Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke. The poem celebrates Ananda's heart-centered approach to being present, well, and the REAL YOU no matter is what happening. It is also featured on her debut spoken word album, Thriving Mindfully as Theresa's Daughter.

Visit https://anandaleeke.com/about to learn more about Ananda's journey and career as a lawyer-turned creative healing entrepreneur, Thriving Mindfully Coach, artist, author, and Human Design Doula. 

Tune into Ananda's Thriving Mindfully Podcast: https://anandaleeke.com/podcast.

Connect with Ananda on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube.
-https://www.instagram.com/anandaleeke/
-https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandaleeke/
-https://www.tiktok.com/@anandaleeke
-https://www.youtube.com/user/anandaleeke

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Garnet Jackson, founder of Footprint Productions, music producer, and engineer, created the music and produced the spoken word track. Garnet, a native of Jamaica, is currently based in London, England. 

Connect with Garnet and Footprint Productions on Instagram and SoundCloud (see links below).

-https://www.instagram.com/quantumquarantino/
-https://www.instagram.com/officialfootprintproductions/
-https://soundcloud.com/garnetjay
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The track and album were recorded at BonaFide Studio in North London, England, in August 2023. Brian Bogdanovic, chief producer at BonaFide Studio, worked with Garnet Jackson, founder of Footprint Productions, music producer, and sound engineer to oversee the production of the album's nine tracks. Visit https://bonafidestudio.co.uk. 
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Copyright 2024 by Madelyn C. Leeke. All rights reserved.

SPOKEN WORD MUSIC: Thriving Mindfully

Listen to EATON RADIO's Thriving Mindfully Show hosted by mindfulness teacher and author Ananda Leeke. The episode features a discussion about mindfulness in action for people of color with Ayesha Ali and Rashid Hughes, co-founders of Heart Refuge Mindfulness Circle in DC: https://www.facebook.com/HeartRefugeDC and https://instagram.com/heartrefugedc.

Ayesha Ali is a teacher, poet, writer, and performer whose work focuses on moving past the internal and external barriers that separate black women and children from their lineage of competence, beauty and power.  She has been engaged in mindfulness practice and work for over fifteen years. She is a preschool teacher and has adopted mindfulness practices in her classroom as well as sharing those practices with other teachers. She is one of the co-founders of the Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community. Connect with her on social media: https://www.facebook.com/ayeshaa3 and https://instagram.com/crone.throne.

Rashid Hughes was born in Richmond Virginia, into a family that cherished community and culture. In 2010, Rashid graduated from the Howard University Department of Music and the Howard University School of Divinity in 2014. Today, he is a certified mindfulness & yoga teacher and he is a Restorative Justice Program Specialist for a DC based non-profit, SchoolTalkDC. Restorative Justice is a process that Rashid facilitates as an alternative approach to handling conflicts, addressing misbehavior, holding discussions, and repairing harm in schools and communities. He is a co-founder of a newly formed mindfulness community for black & brown people, Heart Refuge Mindfulness Community. Rashid is devoted to helping all people rediscover ease and fulfillment through learning how to live more compassionately towards themselves and their world. Visit www.rashidhughes.com. Connect with him on social media: @justbeandbreathe and https://www.facebook.com/rashid.hughes.1.

Click on the links below to learn more about Ananda.

http://anandaleeke.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandaleeke
http://www.facebook.com/anandaleeke64
http://twitter.com/anandaleeke
http://instagram.com/anandaleeke

EATON RADIO - Thriving Mindfully Show: Mindfulness in Action for People of Color

Ananda Leeke, a Thriving Mindfully Coach, artist, author, and Human Design Doula, utilizes her podcast to inspire people to reclaim their birthrights of mindfulness, self-love, self-worth, self-care, creativity, and abundance. The podcast also encourages people to practice meditation and create more mindful moments in their lives, careers, and businesses. Ananda is passionate about mindful communication, creativity, leadership, living, self-care, technology, and work 

She discovered mindfulness, self-care, and wellness when her career as a lawyer, an investment banker, and a digital communications professional stressed her out, caused burnout, and did not produce the level of success she expected. During her healing journey, she studied and practiced meditation, reiki, yoga, art, creative writing. sound healing, digital wellness, and Human Design. As a result, she became a certified yoga and mindfulness teacher, a reiki master practitioner, a sound healer, and an artist-in-residence for the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts.

Today, she helps time-pressed and stressed people align with their unique flow so they can flourish + grow in their life, relationships, and career. She serves as the Chief Mindfulness Officer of Ananda Leeke Consulting, a wellness company that specializes in personal and professional development with Human Design. She also leads the Thriving Mindfully Academy and Community, an online education platform and membership site. 

She received Acquisition International’s Influential Businesswoman Award for the Most Caring Woman in Mindfulness Training and WeUpWomen’s Adelaide Smith Award for her work in self-care and wellness. In 2019, she was selected by lululemon to serve as a lululemon luminary, received Acquisition International’s Influential Businesswoman Award in Professional Development - USA, and was named a Well-Being Warrior by the Well-Being and Equity Bridging Network.

Her books, Love’s Troubadours, a yoga-inspired novel; That Which Awakens Me, a mindful creativity memoir; and Digital Sisterhood, a mindful technology memoir, are available on Amazon. She is currently writing Thriving Mindfully as the REAL ME: A Memoir of Libation, Lipstick, Loving Kindness, Listening, Learning, Liberation, and Legacy.  She speaks at conferences and events sponsored by Automattic, Community Associations Institute, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Eaton DC, Gates Foundation, Howard University, Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC, InsightLA, Institute for Medicaid Innovation, Marisla Foundation, National Association of Corporate Directors, Nonprofit Technology Network, Spelman College, The Conference Board, Washington National Cathedral, and the World Wildlife Fund

She is a proud alumna of Georgetown University Law Center, Howard University School of Law, Morgan State University, and Elizabeth Seton High School. She is a member of InsightLA's BIPOC Sangha and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. She lives in Washington, DC. 

Contact ananda@anandaleeke.com to hire her as a speaker for your next event or as a trainer for your organization. She is also available for digital, print, radio, and television interviews.

EATON RADIO - Thriving Mindfully Show: Mindfulness in Action for People of Color

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