When the pandemic of Covid-19 swept our world in 2020 and we all started shielding our faces with masks for protection, I was noticing another level of shielding and protection -- at a much deeper level in our bodies and nervous systems. People were pointing fingers at one another, judging became the new new normal, communities were falling apart. You could feel and literally see human trust eroding. 

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As I watched this fear and anxiety explode across our society, I knew I wanted to do something. My heart told me to open a yoga studio, and to do it during this pandemic so that we could be a healing space. A space ready to help re-create community. A space to relearn how to See each other again. A safe space.

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We opened River Yoga three weeks prior to the shutdown mandate in Minnesota. THREE WEEKS. Hahaha. So what did we do? We pivoted! We moved all our classes to Zoom. When we were allowed to open our doors again, we taped the floor so that mats could be placed at a 6-ft distance. Our community ventured back in a slow trickle that lasted about three years. Some students made it to our studio door, panicked, and left. Re-communing was hard.

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But River Yoga stayed open. We stayed welcoming and supporting and compassionate, and we all learned a lot about how to trust again.

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Thank you for being in community with us!