🌟 About Majestic Community Wellness
Empowering communities. Expanding access. Transforming wellness into a path for all.
✨ Our Mission & Vision
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Our Mission
Majestic Community Wellness is dedicated to diversifying, democratizing, and expanding the wellness industry to improve health outcomes for all individuals, regardless of age, body type, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic background. We offer free yoga and wellness programs to historically excluded communities, and train the next generation of Black, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and marginalized leaders to lead healing where it’s needed most.
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Our Vision
We envision a future where wellness is a right—not a luxury. By offering free, community-rooted programs and fair-pay opportunities for local instructors, we’re building a more inclusive and resilient wellness ecosystem across Greater Boston.
MCW Core Values & Relational Care Statement
At the heart of Majestic Community Wellness is our Relational Care Model — a way of showing up that begins long before someone asks for help. We notice when life becomes overwhelming, reach out with empathy and respect, and respond with flexible, dignity-centered support. This model ensures that every participant is seen as a whole human being, held with compassion, and met exactly where they are.
Majestic Community Wellness is grounded in an ethic of relational care, trauma-informed practice, and cultural integrity. Our values are not abstract statements — they are lived commitments that shape how we care for our students, collaborate with our partners, and stay accountable to our communities. Many of the people we serve are caregivers, survivors, workers, parents, and leaders carrying the emotional and practical weight of multiple generations. At MCW, we notice when someone is struggling, ask gently what support feels helpful, listen with humility, and respond with pathways that honor the realities of their lives.
These values guide everything we do — from designing accessible programs, to supporting trainees through life’s challenges, to ensuring our work never penalizes real life. They reflect our belief that healing is collective, that leadership grows from lived experience, and that wellness must be rooted in equity, belonging, and community wisdom.
Our values are the foundation of a community where people are seen, supported, and celebrated.
They are what make MCW a space of healing, growth, and transformation — a jewel in the communities we serve.
Our Core Values
Relational Care — We notice when someone’s life gets heavy, reach out with empathy, and respond with flexible, dignified support.
Equity & Access — Wellness is a right, not a privilege; we design programs that are inclusive, affordable, and culturally grounded.
Empowerment & Leadership — We train community members as wellness leaders and support their growth with mentorship, fair pay, and inclusive practices.
Compassion & Integrity — We act from a place of honesty, respect, and unwavering commitment to healing and justice.
Collaboration & Community — We co-create with participants, partners, and community advisory members — valuing shared wisdom and collective care.
Trauma-Informed & Culturally Responsive Practice — Our offerings acknowledge and honor the lived experiences of caregivers, survivors, and communities of color.
🌱 Why We Exist
The wellness industry, as it stands today, is not built for everyone.
In many communities, particularly Black and brown neighborhoods, yoga studios are scarce — often located in affluent areas that are physically, financially, or culturally out of reach. Even when access is possible, wellness spaces can feel unwelcoming to those who don’t fit the narrow image of “wellness” so often portrayed: white, thin, affluent, and able-bodied.
These exclusions aren’t just surface-level — they reflect deeper systemic imbalances. In the U.S., Black and brown individuals are twice as likely to suffer from chronic illnesses. For many, access to traditional healthcare is limited by lack of insurance, inadequate mental health services, food and housing insecurity, and the daily realities of stress and systemic racism. Wellness practices like yoga, mindfulness, and breathwork can be powerful tools for healing — but only if they’re made accessible, inclusive, and culturally resonant.
Majestic Community Wellness (MCW) was founded to change that.
We exist to transform who wellness is for, how it’s delivered, and who gets to lead it.
A Note from Our Founder – Lindsay Gibson
“Thirty years ago, I opened Majestic Yoga with one intention: to create a safe and welcoming space where everyone — regardless of body type, ethnicity, gender, or ability — could experience the healing power of yoga. Over the years, I’ve had the deep honor of mentoring Black women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and students from all walks of life, helping them step into leadership roles in the wellness space.”
In 2024, I launched Majestic Community Wellness, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to take that vision even further — beyond the studio walls and directly into underserved communities.
MCW is built on a simple but revolutionary belief: wellness should be a right, not a luxury. We’re partnering with grassroots leaders and trusted organizations — like the Cambridge Community Center, Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, and Roxbury Neighborhood Birth Center — to bring free, trauma-informed yoga, mindfulness, and holistic health education to where it’s needed most.
We’re also investing in the next generation of wellness leaders — training BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and systemically marginalized individuals to become certified teachers and community healers. These graduates return to their neighborhoods not just to teach, but to lead, to empower, and to create spaces where people feel seen, supported, and safe.
Majestic Community Wellness is a movement to reclaim wellness — to make it more representative, more just, and more rooted in community.
– Lindsay Gibson
Founder & Executive Director
Majestic Community Wellness
“Wellness should be a right, not a luxury.”
~Lindsay Gibson, MCW
🌿 Training the Next Generation of Wellness Leaders
Most yoga teacher trainings teach postures. A few teach philosophy. But very few prepare students — especially those from marginalized backgrounds — to actually step into leadership roles, build a sustainable teaching practice, or feel truly supported beyond graduation.
At Majestic Community Wellness, we do all of this — and more.
Our trauma-informed, inclusive 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training is designed to uplift BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other underrepresented individuals. But we don’t just hand our graduates a certificate and send them out to teach in gyms or adult centers with no direction.
Instead, we create a space where every body is welcomed, where each trainee is seen, heard, and supported. We guide our students in developing their own voice and teaching style. We offer deep mentorship throughout the training and long after it ends — through monthly group mentoring, one-on-one support, and community check-ins.
Most importantly, we offer real, paid teaching opportunities. Graduates have the opportunity to teach with MCW at a competitive wage, bringing accessible, community-rooted classes to neighborhoods across Greater Boston.
Our program doesn’t just certify teachers — it builds leaders, healers, and entrepreneurs who are ready to transform the wellness space from the inside out..
“At MCW, our graduates aren’t told to figure it out on their own — they’re guided, mentored, and hired.”
Lindsay and the other teachers at MCW helped me find my voice and speak my truth. Through their guidance, I gained the confidence to teach in a way that honors my ancestors and reflects who I truly am. Now I’m able to help others find strength in themselves — just like I did.”
— Taneisha F.
MCW Teacher Training Graduate
“It felt like coming home to myself. For the first time, I was guided by someone who truly understood what we carry as women of color.”
— Liza N.
Community Class Participant
