UVA Alumna Creates a Yoga Practice for Students Like Her

The Contemplative Sciences Center defines flourishing as “[realizing] well-being by achieving deep states of health and actualization of potential in all aspects of life, as well as to actively contribute to the well-being and flourishing of other people, other communities, and the natural world.” 

“At UVA, I did a lot of research on double consciousness,” Epperson said. “Coupled with my African American studies degree, I liked to learn about how, as a Black woman, people perceive me and how I perceive other people.

“That’s why I like to teach yoga, because I . . .