The Tribune

Hundreds once again flocked to Pompey Square on Saturday to attend the third annual Downtown Nassau Yoga Festival.

Touted as the largest gathering of Caribbean yogis in the region, the event not only offered yoga classes, but also music, healthy food options, artwork and crafts at the Embry Village and Cultural Bazaar.

There were more than 20 guest presenters and a line-up of seven yoga teachers from around the world. Representing the Bahamas were yoga instructors Mychal Bryan, Craig Smith, Alexis Bethel and Ellen Key-Cepeda.

To top off the day, entertainment was offered by the Silva Dance Company from Brazil.

Organisers said the event was a celebration of the unique Caribbean culture through yoga.

The annual festival seeks 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 Mr Bryan, who was inspired by New York’s “Solstice in Time Square”, where over 15,000 people gather to practice yoga.