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by Megumi Tomatsu last modified 2008-02-06 13:29
 

Research & Reports - Community Voice: Yoga & African Americans

By Maya Breuer

When I started teaching more than 20 years ago, all of my students were white. Certainly I wanted to attract African Americans but there was little interest in this practice. I was guided to create a healing yoga retreat for women of color.

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About Maya Breuer

Maya is founder of the National Yoga Retreat for Women of Color, held bi-annually at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Ma. She also created the Santosha School of Yoga in Warwick, R.I., an institute that offers teacher training opportunities for minorities to become certified yoga teachers.

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