YOGA O FOR EVERY BODY Written by Kristi Mayo Photos by Rick Mayo / Mile 90 Photography
n a warm, breezy morning, a group of 300 people assembled at Berkley Riverfront Park on the south bank of the Missouri River. They arrived in cars and on bikes, alone and in groups, accompanied by dogs and by children. They represented a wide demographic, ranging from five to 75 years old, male and female—a rainbow of race and religion. All came with a singular purpose: to roll out their mats in the grass and practice yoga. The event on July 4, hosted by yoga instructor Lauren Leduc of Karma Tribe Yoga, was just one of many free, public yoga classes that you can find around the
Kansas City area. The format of donation- based, outdoor, “guerrilla-style” yoga— sometimes popping up where you’d least expect it—has grown in popularity over the last three years. You can find people doing yoga on the lawn of the Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art, at the Kansas City Bier Company, in Independence Center, and at Gillham Park. For some, the concept of free yoga in a large group—and often in an outdoor setting—is less intimidating than showing up for a much smaller, more formal class in a yoga studio. Lacey Sturgis, for example, came to the Berkley Riverfront yoga event with her
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