I Love DC Yoga!
Dear fellow-DC-Yogis,
Somewhere around 2006 we had the idea to include a Yoga on the National Mall with our annual DC Yoga Week. The first year we tried this, it was about 50 degrees and drizzling.
We did yoga with frozen hands, hoodies, and down coats. Nearly 100 people showed up anyway! We organizers thought they must be crazy, but we knew that DC Yogis wanted to be together as a community.
So we persevered and kept offering Yoga on the Mall, through difficulties with port-a-potties, high humidity, and helicopter landings.
Last year we were given the threat of 80% chance of severe thunderstorms, and so at 5 am on the morning of the event, Deb and I reluctantly decided to cancel. For the rest of the day we madly texted asking each other, where is the rain!?? We were discouraged at having wasted efforts, but decided to keep moving ahead for 2012 preparations and be sure to include a Rain Date.
This year, we will hope for a sunny beautiful day on Saturday, May 19, but if it does rain, we have learned our lesson, and have a rain date on Sunday. I am sad that this is the very first year that I won’t be able to join you there, but I know it will be a huge success. Have a great time! xo, annie.
April Puciata – Teacher at The YOGA Fusion Studio, Willow Lane, Bethesda
It was scary going from teaching the same classes for years and years to studios where no one knew me! The DC yoga community made me feel so welcome as I transitioned here from NYC, where I taught and practiced for 10 years.
That meant a great deal to me and I feel it helped me take my teaching to a whole new level. I feel we are always students. Moving to the DC area allowed me to explore new teachers, studios and meet new people - and the area is filled with amazing teachers, studios and practitioners.
There are so many open minds and hearts here! The connection to yoga and to service is inspiring and I feel very blessed to be able to teach in another amazing city. I am grateful for all the opportunities here, to my teachers (and future teachers), and for all the support from the DC community.
