HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED IN 2006

Many thankyous and blessings to everyone who attended and participated. The second annual Yogis Give Back took place on December 2nd, 2006, 9:30am-12:00pm at the Rose Wagner Blackbox Theater in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. We were at capacity with170 students plus live musicians and 12 teachers. Together, we raised almost $4,000 for the Hope Center for Children’s Scholarship Fund.

David Belz (The Shop) started the class with pranayama. Next was Jay Jones (Bikram Salt Lake) with the opening poses from the Bikram series, followed by D’ana Baptiste's (Centered City Yoga) flowing sequence of standing poses. Stephen Valdean (Sagebrush Yoga) taught several Kundalini exercises and was followed by Adam Ballenger's (YOGA SPACE Studio) Anusara-influenced finishing poses.Charlotte Bell (Charlotte Bell Yoga) guided the savasana and short meditation. Finally, musician and yoga instructor Leraine Horstmanshoff (Sagebrush Yoga), who had been accompanying the entire class, lead 2 group kirtans.

Other excellent teachers provided individual attention throughout the class: Linda Burbank (The Shop), John Cottrell (Centered City Yoga), Marlene Lambert (email Marlene), Kim Lynn (Centered City Yoga), Christine Hasegawa (Sagebrush Yoga) and Jeff Silverstein (Downtown Yoga Studio).

David Belz teaching pranayama

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