As Yoga Bohemia celebrates ten years on LBI, with three yoga studios, the Boutique at Yoga Bohemia and its own yoga school, all on LBI, co-founder Katie Ribsam looks back and remembers that it all started during a family week on LBI.

SUP Yoga is just one of Yoga Bohemia’s over-100 classes offered each week in the summer. (Photo by LJ Hepp)
“We rented a house in Beach Haven and I wanted to practice yoga. But there were no studios. And I thought that if I wanted to practice while I was here on vacation, other people would want to practice too. I kind of found a gap in the market,” said Ribsam.
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