In celebration of National Yoga Month, Natural Awakenings teamed up with local photographer Ambreia Turner (AmbreiaArtistry.com) for a photo shoot in downtown Mobile with four African American yoga teachers (who are also the subjects of this month's Diverse Conversations article).

“As a black woman, who enjoys a holistic lifestyle and strives to maintain a healthy lifestyle, it was exciting to capture women who value wellness. Especially women who practice and teach yoga, creating space for their community members to grow, heal and become rooted in the practice as well. It felt like a mini retreat—there was so much joy and humility on location that day,” says Turner, who specializes in modern maternity, newborn and motherhood portraits.

Featured on the September cover of this tenth annual Yoga Issue is Gulfport yoga teacher and owner of The Soular Yogi, LaToya Bass-Barnes, and Mobile teachers Nikki Grayson, who teaches private and corporate yoga; LaSarah Deshauteurs, a teacher at Synergy Yoga & Pilates; and Jacqueline Johnson a teacher at Above and Beyond Yoga.

For more photos from the shoot, see the September issue.