We create healing spaces for Black and Brown women and non-binary people who are tired of always having to hold it all together.
Through trauma-informed movement classes, holistic education, and community care, The Resting Garden helps you reconnect with your body, soften survival mode, and explore what rest, safety, and support truly feels like.
Mission
To support healing, rest, and reconnection for Black and Brown people, with a focus on women and non-binary community members—through gentle movement, collective care, and education that strengthens mind and body, while encouraging softness without shame.
Vision
A future where liberatory, culturally-rooted healing spaces are plentiful and we feel free to own our power and shape our narratives.
Guiding Principles
Everyone deserves support and resources.
Movement is medicine.
Healing and joy grow through learning together.
Meet the Owner
Joíní James (she/they) holds a Master of Public Health (American College of Education and a B.S. in Public Health from Montclair State University. As the Founder of The Resting Garden and The Rose, they focus on providing accessible perinatal health education classes, workshops, and programmatic support when consulting. They are a poet, certified childbirth educator, PAILAdvocate trainer, Certified yoga teacher (prenatal and postpartum), and certified Lactation Counselor (CBI).
They have more than 8 years of experience in the perinatal wellness field, focusing on project management consulting to support solutions/initiatives for Black Maternal/Mental Health.
Press Featuring Joíní
Photo Credit: KAIT SEHAY