With awe in his voice, his classmate Terry Odis said: ” I had never been in or seen a room full of black men doing yoga. I can be myself here.”

“I can feel the difference in my mind and in my back — and I was depressed when I started,” said Gaston Marshall, attesting to the benefits of practicing yoga.

Yoga classes that are culturally inclusive for Black men and boys is trending.

"Stress from their families. Stress from... relationships – just the day itself. So, when we come in here, everybody comes in with baggage.”

"Going forward, I also see broga as a training program where men — particularly men of color — are being trained to become yoga and meditation teachers. Healed men heal men."