The Tribune

By JEFFARAH GIBSON

Tribune Features Writer

jgibson@tribunemedia.net

MORE than 300 participants found their way to Pompey Square on Saturday to experience the second Downtown Nassau Yoga Festival, which was dubbed a great success by organisers.

The festival sought to expose and create a greater appreciation for the art of yoga and start a “yoga revolution” in the Bahamas. It was also a celebration of the diversity, the spirit of creativity, and the eclectic spectrums of expression that all represent the growing culture of yoga around the world.

The festival is the vision of Bahamian yoga instructor Mychal Bryan, who had hoped to host an event that mirrored the New York’s “Solstice in Time Square”, where over 15,000 people gather to practice yoga. This year’s theme was “Celebrating the United Colours of Yoga”.

“The greatest thing about this work that I’ve created in the Bahamas is the bringing together of people from all walks of life to sweat together, breathe together, eat, laugh, love and cry together;

planting the seeds of a brighter tomorrow and a better Bahamas,” Mychal said.

“Thanks to all of you who have held this sacred space with me, to those of you who have travelled thousands of miles to join this cultural momentum in the Bahamas, and for those of you who will not wait on the government to make big things happen in this little, great nation.”

A major highlight of event the were the five master classes with several international instructors who focused on specific styles of yoga. They included Malika Omawale and Subhadra Bowman from Jamaica, Troy Hadeed from Trinidad and Tobago, and Janine Carey from the Bahamas, as well as Mychal himself.

Additionally there were also wellness expos and various vendors at the festival.