Margot started practicing yoga when she was thirteen and attending Cushing Academy in the Berkshires. After stints as an interior design assistant and antique salesperson, Margot became determined to open her own yoga school, which she did in 2009, starting in the antique store where she had worked for a time. From those slight beginnings, Breathing Room has grown into what it is today. The essential thing for Margot, who has 900 hours of yoga training, is that no matter how big school might get it will never outgrow its “family vibe,” as she calls it. Yale grad students, working folks, and immigrants from everywhere mix in an environment of deep congeniality rarely encountered these days.
   These photos were taken by Skip Broom, Margot’sfather, who, along with being a noted old-house restorer is an award-winning photographer. Thephotographs convey theArt Deco spirit that went into the original interior design ofwhat has become an urban oasis for the body and the mind.