Deepak Chopra to host yoga class in Bryant Park on Sept. 11 [Video]

NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — Wellness guru Deepak Chopra will host a large-scale meditation and yoga class in Bryant Park on the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in order to “foster a shared sense of peace and healing.”

The event, which will be the nation’s largest yoga class, will take place in the Midtown Manhattan park at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 11, and begin with a seated breathwork meditation led by Chopra.

Chopra is a controversial alternative medicine advocate, the author of “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old,” and serves as the chief wellness officer of the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.

His portion of the event will be followed by a 40-minute yoga asana session instructed by famed yogi Sarah Platt-Finger.

“The IIN-Chopra Yoga Certification is a culmination of my life’s work. Together with Sarah, we have created a simple, spiritual, and profound practice based on The Seven Spiritual Laws …