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Inwood's Only Yoga Studio Celebrates First Anniversary

By Carla Zanoni | October 22, 2010 7:02am | Updated on October 22, 2010 7:12am

By Carla Zanoni

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

INWOOD — Bread and Yoga, Inwood’s only yoga studio, will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a weekend of free classes, an art auction featuring work from local artists, music, dancing and food.

"It's been one year and we have tons to celebrate," owner Marcela Xavier wrote in an e-mail about the anniversary of the studio, located at 4951 Broadway, on the corner of W. 207th Street.

In its one year of existence, Bread and Yoga has proved to be more than just a neighborhood yoga studio — it's become a community cornerstone, offering parenting support groups, and classes in cooking, art, massage, the Brazilian martial art and dance form Capoeira and, of course, yoga.

The studio filled a vacuum left after the closing of another popular Inwood yoga spot, called Inwood Peace, in 2007.

"I am committed to creating a space where the whole Inwood community can gather again," Xavier wrote in an e-mail posted on neighborhood blog Manhattan’s Peak last year after the studio opened. "Not just for yoga, but a place where families can get together, share life and support each other.”

During the summer the studio provided free yoga classes every Tuesday evening in Inwood Hill Park and offers free classes for neighborhood children through its "Sponsor a Child" program, where donations go toward scholarships for kids.

Proceeds from the art auction planned for Saturday night will go toward sponsoring a child in the studio’s art program.

A full schedule of the weekend’s events is available on the Bread and Yoga website.