# @blavity on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2k_EHSNMu4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10821887-blavity-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-26T21:04:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Blavity (@blavity) — https://gondola.cc/blavity

## Caption

In 2016, Ali Duncan made history as the first Black yoga studio owner in Denver. Eight years later, business is still booming and her wellness center has grown into a diverse community.⁠
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After being the only Black woman in the yoga studios she visited for some time, she realized that there wasn’t a yoga community that consisted of Black and brown women. ⁠
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Instead of complaining about the lack of diversity in the classes, she took a leap of faith and decided to become a yoga teacher. ⁠
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“Not a lot of places where I saw a lot of Black and brown bodies on the mat. So, I stopped asking why, why aren’t there these spaces, and then I created Urban Sanctuary,” she said. ⁠
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Seven years after founding her studio, her wellness center has grown into a diverse community, and she’s happy to be making a positive impact on the lives of others.⁠
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📹: urbansanctuary.love // #Denver #BlackYogis⁠

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