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Marissa Goulbourne, owner of
Prana Prenatal Yoga, joined the News 12
Morning Show today to discuss how her business is helping the Mount Vernon
community stay healthy.

Below are names of Black businesses in the Hudson Valley, and their accompanying websites/social pages.

<a href="https://www.pranaprenatalyoga.com/">Prana Prenatal Yoga (Mount Vernon)</a>

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/juicesforlifeyo/">Juices for life (Yonkers)</a>

<a href="http://caribreeze.com/about.html">Caribreeze Vegan Delight (Spring Valley)</a>

<a href="https://www.bougiebrews.com/">Bougie Brews (Yonkers)</a>

<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bitchin_babkas/">Bitch’n Babkas (Yonkers)</a>

<a href="http://jolosrestaurants.com/">Jojo’s Restaurant ( New Rochelle)&nbsp;</a>

<a href="https://www.lusciouslittledesserts.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html">Luscious Little Dessert Company (Mamaroneck)</a>

<a href="https://www.ziggyartistry.com/book-with-us">Ziggy Artistry (New City)</a>

<a href="https://www.latalaye.com/">Latalaye (Haverstraw)</a>

<a href="https://hopewadedesigns.com/hopes-designs/">Hope’s Designs (Rockland)</a>

<a href="http://rocnramen914.com/">Roc N Ramen (New Rochelle)</a>

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSuperiorNaturalSpringWater/">Superior Natural Spring Water</a>

<a href="https://nvested4life.com/">Company 3 Fingers Manufacturing nvested4life.com</a>

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august is national Black Business Month. So we are highlighting local black owned businesses all across the Hudson Valley. We are very lucky right now to be joined by Marissa Gold born, the owner of product prenatal Yoga in Mount vernon. Thank you for the time today. Thank you so much for having me first and foremost. Tell us a little bit about the business, the service you provide. Sure. So prana prenatal yoga is one of two black owned yoga studios in Westchester County and we are one of a small handful of yoga studios in the country that primarily focuses on the perinatal period. So we focus on bump birth, baby and beyond. We offer prenatal and postnatal yoga classes as well as toddler yoga classes. And we also have a virtual new moms support group and a variety of workshops covering things from childbirth education to sleep consulting and why this, why did you say this is something this community needs? This is important for us, this is something that I want to be a part of. We know that poor social, poor social factors are a huge risk for depression in pregnancy and we want everyone to feel empowered during this very beautiful sacred but also overwhelming and confusing time in their lives. We've all the mantra, you know, it takes a village and we really want to make sure that everybody actually feels they have a village to support them and let's talk about the physical village, You are a part of what is it like to be a black owned business within Mount vernon. What are the successes you have had there? What would you like perhaps to see some more of uh It's funny being in Mount vernon because we're right on the cusp of Westchester and new york city uh so we do have a lot of clients that are coming to us from the Bronx and from other parts of new york city because there are not resources available to them. And we also have a variety of clients throughout Westchester as well as Fairfield and Rockland counties. Um So, you know, we are lucky in that sense to be where we are, I'd say some of the challenges that we face is a lack of resources in terms of space here. So our physical studio space closed during the pandemic. Um so right now we're hosting our classes in a variety of locations and having to pivot. So I'd say that that's probably the biggest challenge that we're facing is the lack of space here. Go for it, live your dreams. You don't know who else you are inspiring and who else you are empowering and you do have the ability to make it happen and you are certainly making it happen. We thank you so much for the time today to learn more about prana and prenatal care. Head on over to our website, news 12 dot com. We also would like to know today which black owned business you'll be supporting this month, an opportunity to do some good, we have a list on our website, News 12 dot com. Drop a comment on our facebook page with your favorite business. Tell us all about them. What excites you about them, what you love they're doing for their community, the more the merrier.

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