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Second Saturday Yoga and Nature Walk

Join us for some fresh air and exercise during this outdoor yoga mini-class and nature walk led by Cathy Frank. We begin with 30 minutes of yoga, standing poses only (no mat needed) that help stretch and strengthen the body for walking. The yoga is light-hearted and suitable for any level of experience, including brand new beginners! The nature walk will be at a steady and comfortable pace, focusing on the sights and sounds around us. We will meet at the Pavilion outside the Nature Center. Cathy Frank has been a certified yoga teacher for over 15 years and a nature lover for far longer. Free, registration is required. Tickets go on sale May 20 . Register here!

Please note: By participating in this event, you are giving the Friends for Abbott Marshlands, its representatives and staff, permission to record or take photographs of you during the event. Photographs may be used for educational or marketing purposes, in print or electronically. If you register and find you cannot attend, please remember to cancel your ticket as many of our events are waitlisted.

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Yoga and Nature Meet at Abbott Marshlands

Second Saturday Standing Yoga and Nature Walk starts March 12th~ 11 am to 12:30. Join us!

You only have to let the soft animal of your body. love what it loves ~ Mary Oliver

Imagine you are in your favorite place outside, seeing all the shades of color and light, hearing the sounds, noticing the smells and the touches from nature all around that make this place so special to you. Take a deep breath and melt into the feeling; the ease, the quiet joy, the way tension melts away when you are rooted here in nature. Did you know yoga was born thousands of years ago from a place and a feeling just like this?

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots~ Rumi

What most people know today as yoga is mostly physical movements done indoors with others, often highly choreographed or even competitive. When we trace yoga back to its roots in India however, we find the earliest teachers spent their time outside in deep harmony with nature’s cycles. Inspired by vibrant forests, majestic mountains, moving rivers, and wild creatures, they developed yoga as practices that increase our wholeness, health and happiness by bringing to balance the natural elements and energies that run through our bodies and minds.


Yoga asana (pose) is a steady and joyful practice, best approached with an attitude of ease ~Yoga Sutras of Pantajali

Maintaining this physical and energetic balance in our bodies and minds becomes even more important in a highly networked world where we rarely unplug and often are far removed from nature’s rhythms. When we step outside of all the expectations and return to the roots of yoga as described by the sage Patanjali, the practice holds a tremendous ability to bring us to that same feeling we find when we are at ease in nature- that we are at home and can relax here, just as we are.


Our Second Saturday Standing Yoga and Nature Walk starts with a steady and joyful outdoor 30 minute standing yoga practice for any level, followed by a relaxed walk to immerse in the beauty of nature in the Marshlands. Won’t it be lovely to continue the rest of the day and week with a little lighter step and spirit? It’s free, yet space is limited. Details and registration here: https://abbottmarshlands.org/event/second-saturday-standing-yoga-and-spring-nature-walk/

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