I AM

Chantel Dominique

a writer, facilitator, and creative.

As a Black woman from the Deep South, I grew up often having to dispel societal misperceptions, overcome rejections, and shatter inaccurate reflections projected onto me.

For a long time, doing so looked like overworking, giving into grind culture, and embodying the Strong Black Woman trope - using my academic achievements, work ethic, and ability to endure as evidence that I was worthy. But somewhere along the way, I began believing that my worth was measured by how hard I worked, how much I could accomplish, and how much of myself I could give. Eventually, living this way left me hardened and burnt out, disconnected from my truth, and stuck in seasons of depression, anxiety, and darkness.

It’s in the darkness where I learned how to both soften and sharpen my true sense of Self, while moving into a newfound relationship with my creativity, personal joy, and pleasure.

From this emerged my belief that each of us contains an inner world of divinity and creativity. This world is accessed and embodied when we’re living passionately and in alignment with our most authentic selves.

Informed by my training in somatic psychology, my experiences as a yoga teacher, and my work facilitating creative and embodied spaces, it’s my intention to help people get curious, explore, and develop tools to navigate, understand, and bring forth their inner world via reflection, movement, and embodied & creative inquiry.

I’m here to accompany you as you explore and connect with what brings YOU joy and pleasure

as an act of resilience

as an act of reclamation and

as an act of self-preservation.

Thank you for being here with me.