For many of our volunteers, the connection to both yoga and the military runs deeps. Rita Ramos is no exception. Ramos grew up in a military family. Her grandfather served in World War 2 in the Philippines and was a Prisoner of War.
Naturally Aligned: How Yoga and Nature Lend Unity to the Soul Nature and the Relaxation Response Written by: Capucine Hoybach Shadows cast by the leaves of a tree. Traces in the sand left by an ocean’s waves. A rainbow illuminated by a spring shower. Nature. Despite its seemingly endless offerings to engage our senses, in a myriad of ways, some subtle others not, we might miss the opportunity by our very ‘nature’ to blaze ahead. To…
7th Annual Veterans Yoga Project Gratitude Week to feature Wellness Series in 2020 For the VYP team, planning this year’s Veterans Yoga Project Gratitude Week fundraiser, which takes place from November 6th-16th, felt like a ‘first-ever,’ rather than a ‘seventh-in-the-making.’ COVID-19 forced us to re-think and re-position everything. Studio closures and social-distancing measures set a mandate for us to transition to an online format. Much like that which we accomplished, this past March, with our daily,…
