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Join Mylan Park in celebrating International Yoga Day Monday at The Track Complex for a day of free yoga instruction and classes on the hour starting at noon.
All of the day’s instruction, tips and yoga practice and poses will be overseen by The Aquatic Center & Track Complex’s resident yogi Donald “Donnie” Murray.
Murray is a veteran of Desert Storm serving more than nine years in the West Virginia Army and Army National Guard. He was brought to yoga through his battle with anxiety and PTSD.
“Yoga saved my life,” Murray said. “My counselor at the vet center suggested I try yoga. And once I was able to push through the anxiety during the first two to three sessions, it changed my life. Most importantly it changed my health. I was imprisoned in a life of anxiety and was wasting away having not been able to leave my home for three years prior. Practicing yoga has allowed me to see colors again.”
Murray teaches regularly at The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Shelley Lorenze, owner of Kindred Spirits Yoga and Wellness, helped organize the event.
Monday’s schedule
- Noon — Shelley Lorenze — Kindred Spirits Yoga and Wellness. https://www.facebook.com/wvbekindred
- 1 p.m. — Kimberly Williams — Inner Life Yoga Studio. https://www.facebook.com/Inner-Life-Yoga-Studio-LLC-117245201661131
- 2 p.m. — Misty Wixner — Kids yoga (ages 5 and older or younger with hands-on parent participation).
- 3 p.m. — Emily Shutler — Kids yoga (ages 5 and older or younger with hands-on parent participation).
- 4 p.m. — Erika Diehl
- 5 p.m. — Siegfried Blehr — Inner Life Yoga Studio.
- 6 p.m. — Deborah Layton — Viniyoga
- 7 p.m. — Co-instructors Donnie Murray, of The Aquatic Center at Mylan Park & Kindred Spirits Yoga and Wellness, and A. Suhil Zia, satellite director of Blue Horseshoe Foundation. www.BlueHorseshoe.org
Participants are encouraged to bring mats and water. For those new to yoga, there will be a limited supply of mats available. Camps, pre-schools, youth programs are encouraged to attend the kids’ times at 2 and 3 p.m.
Launching in conjunction with International Yoga Day is The Aquatic Center & Track Complex new Corporate Membership Plans! https://mylanpark.org/corporate-memberships/.
Mylan Park staff, including Murray, will be on-hand at The Track Complex to answer questions and help guide attendees. Swimming in the Huntington Community Pool and splashing at The Splash Pad will be open to the public at The Aquatic Center from 1-8 p.m. for $6 per person, children 3 and under swim free.
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