02/13/2026
Another amazing yoga article from Ebony Magazine! In January of 2004, Kimberly David highlighted the practice of hatha yoga and yogi Aida Naba. Nana opened her own studio in Chicago “Alchemy Yoga and Wellness Studio” to share the numerous benefits of yoga with the African-American community in the area. Benefits detailed in the article include helping with, “high blood pressure, stabilizes the heart rate, increases lung capacity and strengthens the immune system.”
Other black yogis are highlights in the spread including author of “Soul Yoga: The Yoga Book for Women of Color”, Maya Breuer, actress Tanya Wright, and Chicago native Becky Love, who was still teaching yoga classes at 90 years old when the article was published!
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