Press, Media & Podcasts
All 2026, I'm coming to you!
Across cities and communities, I'lI be gathering with you — to practice, share readings, explore guided lovingkindness meditation, open conversation, and the kind of connection we all need more of.
You don't have to have it together to show up.
Want to bring this to your space? Bookstore, meditation center, organization, library, or community spaces are all welcome. Reach out and move with me.
You Good? Podcast
Co-Hosted by Oneika Mays and Pam Stokes Eggleston
"You Good?" is an engaging media project that delves into the realm of Black wellness modalities in North and Central America. Our kitchen table-style discussions and interviews create an inviting space for viewers to explore important conversations. As your cool aunties, we're here to break down historical context, current events, and future possibilities. Our podcast is a love letter to our community. Our name, "You Good?,” is more than a shout out—it's an invitation to connect, share, grow and heal together. So pull up a chair and sit down, we’ve got a lot to tell you.
Radical Self Love & Liberation with Oneika Mays
Hosted by Michael Bernard Beckwith with Oneika Mays
Michael speaks with Oneika about leaving a successful career in retail leadership following profound personal loss and transformation, spending more than a decade bringing meditation and healing practices into spaces often overlooked...
Seeking Center: The Podcast Presents
The Practice That Works When Nothing Else Can
Hosted by Robyn Miller Brecker and Karen Loenser with Oneika Mays
This guest lives at the intersection of real life and deep inner work. Meet Oneika Mays, a meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and the author of Sit With Me, A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation. It is a book that honestly says what so much...
Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg presents
Ep. 291 — Oneika Mays
Hosted by Sharon Salzberg
Author and teacher Oneika Mays joins Sharon for episode 291 of the Metta Hour podcast. For over a decade, Oneika has brought yoga and mindfulness practices to people who have felt left out, judged, and alone— from correctional facilities to retreat centers, from Columbia Law School to Lincoln Center. She...
Oneika Mays, On Her New Book, 'Sit with Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation'
Hosted by Jacob Kyle
Jacob Kyle sits down with meditation teacher and author Oneika Mays to explore metta, loving kindness — as a living practice of self-recognition, accountability, and opening. Drawing from decades of practice and teaching, including six years of...
Fear Unzipped presents What Rikers Island Taught Me About Fear, Safety & Freedom
Hosted by Sandi Serling with Oneika Mays
What does it mean to feel truly safe when the world around you feels uncertain? In this powerful episode of Fear Unzipped®, Sandi Serling sits down with mindfulness teacher, yoga instructor, and author Oneika Mays to explore fear, freedom, self-love, grief, and the surprising lessons she learned while teaching mindfulness at Rikers Island.
Seeking Center: The Podcast Presents
The Practice That Works When Nothing Else Can
Hosted by Robyn Miller Brecker and Karen Loenser with Oneika Mays
This guest lives at the intersection of real life and deep inner work. Meet Oneika Mays, a meditation teacher, yoga instructor, and the author of Sit With Me, A No BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation. It is a book that honestly says what so much...
Breath, Mindfulness, and Black Joy with Oneika Mays
Hosted by Kelley Bonner with Oneika Mays
In this episode, Kelley sits down with mindfulness teacher and creative visionary Oneika Mays for a grounding conversation about breath, presence, and reclaiming joy as a daily practice. Together, they explore how mindfulness can help Black women reconnect with themselves in a world that often...
Oneika Mays, On Her New Book, 'Sit with Me: A No-BS Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation'
Hosted by Clay Cane with Oneika Mays
Oneika Mays, she/her, LMT, E-RYT, is a multi-hyphenate facilitator who leads with joy, passion, and wisdom. She is a grounded leader with lived experience that centers on mindfulness and transformation...
Oneika Mays on Mindfulness, Loving-Kindness, and Writing ‘Sit With Me’
Hosted by Dr Russell Thackeray with Oneika Mays
Dr Russell Thackeray interviews Oneika Mays on her love of reading and music, the value of stories, and how technology, social media, and AI affect attention and thinking. Mays describes being introduced...
Reinventing at 54: Why Being “Too Much” Was Actually Just Enough
Hosted by Wendy Battles with Oneika Mays
In this soulful conversation, Wendy talks with Oneika Mays — meditation teacher, storyteller, and author — about what it really means to bet on yourself in midlife. pursue her lifelong dream of writing.