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Rassha Salaam offers an alternative. He tells Black and Brown men, specifically, that it is okay to close your eyes. He tells Hip-Hop heads that you don’t have to give up your culture to get healthy. You can still wear your chain. You can still nod your head to the beat. You can just do it while touching your toes. Rassha Salaam is proof that healing doesn't have to look like a spa brochure. Sometimes, it looks like a DJ booth in a candlelit loft, with the bass turned up just enough to shake the stress out of your bones.

As Rassha puts it in his interviews: "Hip-Hop saved my life. Yoga saved my life. It was time to stop keeping them separate." Don’t mistake loud bass for a lack of substance. What makes Rassha Salaam unique is his understanding of frequency . rassha salaam

Rassha Salaam isn’t just a DJ. He isn’t just a yoga instructor. He is an —specifically, the mind behind Alchemy 808 , a wellness movement that asks a radical question: What if your therapy session had a beat drop? From the Turntables to the Mat To understand Rassha, you have to understand the energy of 1990s and early 2000s New York. Coming up in the Golden Era of Hip-Hop, Rassha was steeped in the culture of the booth, the cipher, and the block. He understood rhythm not just as music, but as survival. Rassha Salaam offers an alternative

If you are in New York City, keep an eye out for his Alchemy 808 pop-ups. If you aren't, find his playlists. Turn on the bass. Take a deep breath. And let the beat drop. You can still wear your chain

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