Breast Cancer Awareness Yoga in the Park Weekend - Oct 25-26

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Event: Frederica Leeke & Dorothy Gartin Breast Cancer Awareness Yoga in the Park Weekend

October 25 and 26 Time: 10:00am-10:30am Place: Malcolm X – Meridian Hill Park @ the entrance of 16th Street and Florida Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (in front of waterfall facing reflecting pool) Cost: Free Contact: Ananda Leeke, Founder/Director, kg yoga life practices – kiamshaleeke, http://yoga.meetup.com/584, and http://kgyoga.blogspot.com Transportation: The U Street/Cardozo - Green Line Metro Station is close to the park. Event Description: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Honor the spirit, strength, and courage of people affected by breast cancer at the first annual Frederica Leeke and Dorothy Gartin Breast Cancer Awareness Yoga in the Park Weekend sponsored by kg yoga life practices. Ananda Leeke, Founder/Director of kg yoga life practices, created this free yoga event to celebrate her grandmothers Frederica Stanley Roberts Leeke (died of breast cancer in 1996) and Dorothy Johnson Gartin (currently living with breast cancer), breast cancer survivors that she has met through her work as an artist-in-residence at Smith Farm Center for Healing and the Arts (www.smithfarm.com), and people living with and/or affected by breast cancer.

The group will practice kind and gentle Hatha yoga in Malcolm X-Meridian Hill Park. It will meet in front of the waterfall located near the reflecting pool and park entrance facing 16th Street and Florida Avenue, NW. Each yoga class will last thirty minutes and include an opening meditation, warm-up, kind and gentle poses, and closing meditation. Yoga lovers should bring their own yoga mat and bath towel for seated positions. They should also dress comfortably in loose clothing and avoid drinking or eating two hours before the yoga class. WEATHER: THE GROUP WILL NOT MEET IF IT RAINS.

Ananda Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke

Life Entrepreneur l Creativity Coach l Author l Artist l Yoga Teacher l Reiki Practitioner l Radio Host

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