Hey. I'm Paris. Come on in.
I am a poet, artist, model, writer, and movement teacher who believes creativity is how we come home to ourselves. I build the rooms where women remember who they are. This is one of them.
"When you make something, you heal something."
— Paris Alexandra
When you make something,
you heal something.
I have spent two decades living this out. In shelters and on stages, on yoga mats and in boardrooms, through poetry and movement and honest conversation. Creativity is not a hobby. It is how we stay whole.
I am more than
one thing.
So are you.
I am a poet. A writer. A model. A movement teacher. A community founder. A yoga and Pilates instructor. A meditation guide. A speaker. An artist who found her footing through creativity when nothing else held.
I grew up across 16 schools. I navigated homelessness as a teenager. I walked into a wellness world that did not make room for my body, my culture, or my story. So I stopped waiting for the room. I built one.
Nike called. CNN called. Forbes, Essence, and Self Magazine called. I became the first global plus-size yoga athlete for Nike and centered my poem "A Thousand Black Women" in their global campaign. I co-founded the first Black woman-owned body-positive yoga studio in the United States. I opened The Brooklyn Wellness Club in Bed-Stuy on Juneteenth 2023.
All of it, every bit of it, grew from the same belief. Creativity is how we come home to ourselves. The yoga, the poetry, the modeling, the writing, the community. One practice. Many doors. Come in through whichever one calls you.
Recognized by
What I know to be true
"Creativity is the most underrated healing tool we have. I have staked my whole life on it."
Not as metaphor. Not as a side project. As a daily practice. As medicine. As the thing that held me when nothing else did. I built my entire world around this truth and I want to share it with yours.
Many doors.
One world.
1:1 Coaching & Private Sessions
The most intimate work I do. For the woman who is ready to stop performing and start actually living. We move through the creative, somatic, and emotional layers together. You bring your whole story. I bring mine. Something shifts.
Apply for 1:1 →"Working with Paris 1:1 completely changed how I talk to myself about my body. I did not expect to laugh this much in coaching sessions but here we are."
— Dominique R., Manhattan
Yoga, Pilates & Mindful Movement
My classes are rooted in one belief. Your body already knows the way. All bodies. All levels. All welcome. In-studio in Brooklyn and live online. We move not to perform but to come home.
View Schedule →Speaking & Keynotes
I bring my whole self to every stage. The poet, the model, the founder, the Nike athlete, the woman who has lived it. I speak on creativity as healing, body liberation, wellness equity, and building community that lasts.
Book Paris to Speak →Writing, Poetry & Meditations
I write. I poem. I record guided meditations that meet you wherever you are. Published in Self Magazine, Well and Good, and more. My creative work is available at any hour. More coming through Paris In New York on YouTube.
Coming Soon →Workshops & Creative Circles
Story workshops. Poetry sessions. Movement and writing circles. The kind of room where you come in guarded and leave having said something true. I have brought this work to schools, shelters, corporations, and communities. I would love to bring it to yours.
Book a Workshop →What women
say happens
in my world
"People love being here. They remember themselves. They step into their purpose. They love up on themselves harder. That is everything to me."
You get inspired
Not the kind that fades by Monday. The real kind. The kind that makes you pick up the pen again. Sign up for the class. Have the conversation you have been putting off. Something in you wakes back up.
You get centered
The noise quiets. The to-do list loosens its grip. Through breath, movement, and presence you find the still place inside yourself. It has been there all along. Waiting for you to slow down enough to feel it.
You love up on yourself
Not as a concept. As a lived practice. I create the conditions for women to look at themselves, their bodies, their stories, their whole lives and find something worth celebrating. Every single time.
You find your story
And the courage to tell it. Whether through poetry, movement, writing, or just being in a room full of women doing the same thing, something unlocks. Your experience is not a liability. It is your most powerful material.
You step into your purpose
This one surprises people most. They came for a yoga class. They leave with clarity. They came for a workshop. They leave with direction. They came to a retreat. They leave as themselves again. Whatever door you walk through, something moves.
These aren't
before & afters.
These are becomings.
"Paris does not just teach yoga. She creates a whole world where you feel safe enough to actually show up in your body. I have tried so many classes in this city and nothing has ever felt this real. I cry sometimes. And that is exactly the point."
"I came in guarded and left feeling like myself. Whoever that is, I want more of her."
"She brought our entire team back to life in one session. The energy in that room was unlike anything a corporate retreat has ever given us."
"Working with Paris 1:1 completely changed how I talk to myself about my body. I did not expect to laugh this much but here we are."
"The poetry workshop made me realize I had a voice I'd been sitting on for years. Paris gave me permission to use it."
My artistry.
Unfiltered.
Paris In New York is where I share my creative world without a filter. Poetry. Movement. Meditations. Conversations about creativity and what it means to live a full, vibrant, intentional life as an artist in this city.
I believe the most powerful thing I can do is show up fully as myself and invite you to do the same. That is what the channel is for.
Watch on YouTube
"I am passionate about creating stories and meditations that celebrate all of who I am, where I have been, and who I am yet to become."
Part of my world
The Brooklyn
Wellness Club
The community I founded in Bed-Stuy on Juneteenth 2023. A wellness, creativity, and entrepreneurship hub. One of the only Black woman-owned spaces of its kind in New York City. If you are in Brooklyn or want to be, this is your home too.
Let's create
something
together.
Whether you want to move together, write together, book me to speak, collaborate on a creative project, or simply say hello. I would love to hear from you. No pitch. No pressure. Just a real conversation. heyboo@parisalexandra.com
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