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abellaYoga for Soles4Souls
Posted by: Melody Abella, E-RYT 200
In celebration of Yoga Day USA today, I am ecstatic to report abellaYoga’s donation-based yoga class raised over $1,000 for Soles4Souls. The class was held in the historic ballroom of Gadsby’s Tavern Museum in Alexandria, VA —the exact place where Presidents such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson once danced.
35 people showed up for the 80 minute power vinyasa flow. It truly was a spectacular turn out. Prior to the event, I was thinking I’d be thrilled if 20 people show up for this yoga class on a cold Winter Saturday morning. Well, the sun shined and people came. People showed up who had never tried yoga. Many of my City of Alexandria yoga students participated. A yoga teacher/friend of mine drove from Rockville, MD as well as a friend from D.C. A bunch of my Arlington, VA neighbors took up the front row. And mixed in the middle were some former yoga clients and old friends I hadn’t seen in years!
We flowed, breathed and definitely sweated with the intention of doing something good for others. Of course, each participant was doing something good for their own well-being but the connecting thread was “others”. So I concluded the class with the following quote from the Dalai Lama.
The True Meaning of Life:
We are visitors on this planet. We are here for ninety or one hundred years at the very most. During that period, we must try to do something good, something useful, with our lives. If you contribute to other people’s happiness, you will find the true goal, the true meaning of life.
