Sia Tiambi Barnes

Sia Tiambi Barnes is a native Washingtonian who makes her living as a writer and lives her making as a concrete yogi (CongreteYogi.com). As an entertainment journalist, she has written and edited for The Source magazine and produced daily music news for Black Entertainment Television’s website (BET.com).

In addition to delivering her unique perspective of D.C. politics via Living With The Law’s “Nature’s Law” pages, Sia melds her world as a journalist and a yoga practitioner through her green-collar media firm, n’kosi, LLC, dedicated to telling progressive stories of organizations and individuals determined to be the change they wish to see in the world.

Sia graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s in Advertising and Marketing Communications from Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

From the ConcreteYogi.com website...

After careful examination of what happens to the urban body and mind, I’ve found my focus to be a heating series of sun salutations and variations, seated and supine poses, and [possibly] inversions to release tension in the hips, lower back, shoulders and neck; and to stimulate the core from the internal (digestive organs) to the muscular.

Pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation techniques are incorporated to help reduce the emotional distresses that arise in densely populated areas.

Classes are [usually] set to a soundtrack of music, breath, and philosophy; designed to integrate the complex rhythms of city living with the simple wisdoms of ancient traditions.

Expect to sweat [probably] and woosa [definitely].

For more info and for a schedule of CY classes, visit CongreteYogi.com.