PRACTICE. Magazine Summer 19 by practicemagazine

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EDITORS NOTE Here is the second issue of PRACTICE. Magazine but, first, I want to thank all of those who contributed to or viewed the first issue. Especially, those that shared and told a friend about PRACTICE. Magazine. After you flip all the way through this issue, be sure to check us out on instgram @ practice._mag. You'll find extra images from the spreads in this issue and early images from the fall issue. While you're there, feel free to submit your work or a suggestion in the DMs. You can also submit by email at practicemagazine19@gmail.com. You'll also find bonus photos from the spreads on my instagram @mcraephotos. The inspirational topic for this issue is health & wellness. One of the featured artist stated that without your health there's not much you can do. I understood this while working on this issue and handling my own wellness. During this process, I also began to undertand that a healthy state of well being is not a character trait. It is not a milestone that someone can achieve once and be finished. It's a continuous process that begins again every morning. Like with anything, health and wellness must be practiced and improved everyday. In this issue, you will see creatives that work hard on their craft daily. However, you'll also see humans that have to work hard on their well being daily. You will find that we're all not that different and we're all advancing towards the same goals. Why not advance together? PRACTICE. Magazine Editor-in-Chief Isaiah McRae

Table of Contents PRACTICE. Music...5 PRACTICE. Fashion...20 PRACTICE. Art...34 The Cover...44

PRACTICE Health & Wellness...48

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Brucella P h o t o g r aphy Is a ia h M c R ae b r u c el l am u s i c .c om PRACTICE. MAGAZINE

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Ro dn e y B l u Audit i o r y Au r a Narco s Ur s a Mi n o r P h o to g r a ph y J on a th a n H a r ve y @alre ad y. r ad i o

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Photography Minyoung Lee Makeup Keymonecoutore

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Photography Breez Sapphira

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Rachel Bailey Photography Isaiah McRae off iciallyrachel.com

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ALWAYS ADVANCING

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z ayas w ar d r o be. c o m Designer Zayaswardrobe Photographer Julian White Makeup Countured Beauty Models Binta Dibba Conteh Kevin Jator Robinson

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S t y l i n g & M a k e u p E d i b e r t o To r r e s Photography Tiem Okori Model Nyeshia Norris

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toppingde si g n s. c o m Designer Topping Designs Photography Duane Topping (left David Rossa (right) Models Sharena Pope (left) Janelle Tejan (right)

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Photography Christopher Sinclair Model Beneseth H. PRACTICE. Makeup Beauty by Bene

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Team S u pre m e G r aphi c s J o sh u a L e on a rd

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Photography Geeorge Lee Illustrations Sophie Birkin Models L-R Aaron Simms Samuel Wooten Lawrence Okonya Telaysia Allen

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Photog raphy Patrick Maurice Model Morgan Olejarz

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THE COVER

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Maintaining health and wellness is an important factor in living a higher quality of life. According to the World Health Organization, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” However, The National Wellness Institute defines wellness as "a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving full potential." Participating in activities to maintain a positive state of wellness in turn contributes to good overall health. Wellness is commonly broken down into the Eight Dimensions of Wellness. The Eight Dimensions of Wellness includes emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social, and spiritual. By breaking wellness into 8 different categories we can easily identify which area of wellness could use more attention. Emotional Wellness – Refers to having healthy coping mechanisms to stress. As well as, understanding your own emotions to reduce any stressors that would create an unhealthy mentality. Environmental Wellness – Refers to receiving optimal health by creating a supportive, and clean surrounding environment. Living in a harmonious environment can look like having a clean room, or reducing clutter in a work/study space. Financial Wellness – Refers to managing money in order to create satisfaction in future and current situations. Financial troubles can indirectly influence our anxiety causing negative ripples to other areas of our lives. Intellectual Wellness – Refers to participating in intellectually stimulating activities to produce healthy results in our brain. Expanding our skill set and learning new ideas that are of interest is a constructive way to improve wellness. Occupational Wellness – Refers to gratification one finds in their work. Physical Wellness – Refers to detecting the need for exercise, nutritious foods, and sleep. Recognizing the need to seek medical attention for potential illnesses also plays a role in physical health. Social Wellness – Refers to creating a support system, and building a connection to create a sense of belonging. Being a part of a community no matter how big or small gives us comfort.

Spiritual Wellness – Refers to maintaining a set of values and beliefs that feel purposeful. Spiritual wellness regardless of religious dominations can allow us to cope with everyday life. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not always simple. Being healthy requires effort every single day. Wellness involves complete honesty to oneself in order to be aware of the dimensions of one’s life that could use improvement. Having a healthy mind, and body demands more than just getting enough water, and sleep. Health and wellness involve self-learning, self-understanding, and self-improvement. In order to reach our full potential, we must find balance in every area of wellness. It is acceptable to be in a state of not being able to preserve every dimension, and we are under no obligation or timeline to be healthy. Nevertheless, being actively aware of our state of well being and health can always be obtained. Never give up, or lose hope. Have patience, and be kind to yourself. Rikki Grant https://theofficialrikki.wixsite.com/rikki

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What is health & wellness to you?

Felica Cox I practice health and wellness by exercising daily and eating my own nutritious and delicious meals, IronDiva Meals, and keeping positive energy at all times.

Janelle Tejan I practice this by making sure I keep my self in a Patrick Maurice (photograher/38-41) routine of being on point. With my job. My eating Everything. Without your health there’s not much you can do. Thats not just physically but also mentally. habits. My way of living and how I am even responsible. I always keep my self on a tight schedule and When you’re not healthy its difficult to even go about always talk and encourage myself that I can get it your day. That’s why its important to stay healthy and done. I write things down to keep me organized. I well to be able to progress especially mentally. go to sleep at a decent time to maintain a healthy way of being. These are just some of the way and Felicia Cox (bodybuilder/ pg 50-53) Being able to live my life to fullness by taking care of what it means to me for health and wellness my mind and body! Isaiah Parks I practice health and wellness as much as possiJanelle Tejan (model,mua/cover) ble, whether it be going to the gym 4 times days a To me health and wellness means more than just physical term but also in mind soul sprit energy and week to keep up with my physical health and well as watching what I eat. Hanging around friends your everyday of living and the way you do things. and family and going out with friends to have a few Healthy friendships healthy relationships it all ties drinks to keep up my emotional health and staying in to me my wellness as well as me being a healthy active, and also taking time for self and Doing what person. I love to do by myself such as: taking a hour for myself to doing whatever I want during the day or just Isaiah Parks (designer/pg 22-24) taking a few minutes away from designing to cook a Health is the well being of my emotional health, physical health and mental health and wellness is the meal to keep up my mental help and staying positive. proper steps that I take to achieve a level of healthiness of my emotional, physical and mental health. Wellness is more than just being free from illness, it is also self care!

How do you practice health and wellness?

Patrick Maarice I meditate but not in a way that others meditate as in sitting and clearing my mind. Any free time I have I use to focus on the positive things and getting positive things done in that time. I’ll turn the radio off and plan out what I have to get done. I’ll meditate on getting positive things done in my life. As far as physically, I also use any free time, even if its just twenty minutes. I’ll do pushups and once I get started as might as well try to fit in pull ups throughout the day. PRACTICE. MAGAZINE

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