CJ

Meet Chasejamison Akilah Manar-Spears 

She/They

Cj, aka MadamCJda3rd, is a multi-dimensional Pan-Afrikan creative born and raised on Ohlone lands. 

They are inspired by ancestral expressions of love, internal change-making, and the creative source of nature. They began creating as a form of navigating mental health, and has since self-published a book of art and led community and high school writing workshops. 

CJ has been teaching restorative and trauma informed yoga for 4 years. They are certified in yoga for anxiety, trauma informed yoga, prenatal and post-partum yoga, and yoga Nidra.  

You can find CJ practicing handstands at Obsidian Healing Camp or reading by the water when she's off work.