Thank you to Ana at Eternal Bliss Yoga Center for donating yoga passes to our raffle!

They teach a variety of yoga classes at the studio on Mushroom Blvd.

September 15th during Rochester VegFest!  Classes are $20 and all proceeds go to charity – half go to Rochester VegFest and half to Sandy’s choice of the Rochester Area Vegan Society. Our gratitude to Sandy for donating her time! And thank you for supporting VegFest!

11:30 am – 12:30 pm – Sandy Hicks – Purchase tickets at VegFest Booth

Namaste friends. My name is Sandy but am often called Saraja, the name given to me by my teacher Brahamand Stapleton after 20 years of 4 path yoga study under his wing. Yoga / meditation has never not been a part of my memory. At the age of 11, I sat upon a rooftop in downtown Rochester with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and discovered Transcendental Meditation. My adult yogic path is Jnana Yoga, and it has served me to create Yoga Teacher Trainings with great depth, wisdom, and transformation. So very blessed to have had parents that allowed me to eat and drink whatever I wanted ever since I can remember. One of my earliest memories was sitting with the cows that butted up to my parents’ land, and knowing they were my friends, not food or drink. At about 7, I realized we were all connected. And that is Yoga, that knowingness of this, is the greatest path to peace I think one can have.

On September 15th, I offer a class of soulfulness, kindness, friendliness and compassion to honor our friends that need our support, voice and love. Yoga is for healing. All are welcome to this class. There are ‘no limitations’. If you can breathe, you belong here. My greatest gratitude for the organizers of the Rochester VegFest. I wanted to do one long ago, but thought I’d be the only one that would show up! THANK you…..its a privilege to be a part of this event.

Peace and light to ALL, Saraja.

Grounded by Yoga Studios & Yoga Teacher Training Center, LLC, Founder/Director Finger Lakes Natural Living Fair September 29, 2018, Founder / Organizer

Classes meet in the lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The lodge is right next to Chestnut Street, down the stairs and through the glass doors on the left.

September 15th during Rochester VegFest!  Classes are $20 and all proceeds go to charity – half go to Rochester VegFest and half to Jessica’s choice of Skylands Animal Sanctuary. Our gratitude to Jessica for donating her time! And thank you for supporting VegFest!

9 am – 10 am: JESSICA MIDDLETON – Purchase tickets at VegFest Booth

I am: Yogi. Vegan. Activist. Mother. Nurse. Recovering worrier. Thrift-store shopper. Art-admirer. Truth-seeker. Blue Moon drinker. Film watcher. Coffee-lover. Tree-hugger. Cold-hater. Lady-bug saver. Traveler. Listener. Reader. Wonderer. Wanderer. Procrastinator. Communicator. Collaborator. Stubborn.

Classes meet in the lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The lodge is right next to Chestnut Street, down the stairs and through the glass doors on the left.

September 15th during Rochester VegFest!  Classes are $20 and all proceeds go to charity – half go to Rochester VegFest and half to Chris’ choice of Skylands Animal Sanctuary. Our gratitude to Chris for donating his time! And thank you for supporting VegFest!

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm: CHRIS MEEKER – Purchase tickets at VegFest Booth

Yoga is moving meditation. For me, practicing is a way to bring mind and body into alignment with each other, the breath and movement synchronizing with the moment as the practice progresses. As a teacher, I feel it is my goal to create the space for yoga practitioners to experience and explore their own personal possibilities, tapping into their true potential and transformation.

Classes meet in the lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The lodge is right next to Chestnut Street, down the stairs and through the glass doors on the left.

September 15th during Rochester VegFest!  Classes are $20 and all proceeds go to charity – half go to Rochester VegFest and half to Imani’s choice of Yoga 4 a Good Hood. Our gratitude to Imani for donating her time! And thank you for supporting VegFest!

12:45 pm – 1:45 pm: IMANI OLEAR – Purchase tickets at VegFest Booth

Imani heads Yoga 4 a Good Hood, which seeks to restore peace of mind, peace of heart and peace within the community on and off the mat.

Classes meet in the lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The lodge is right next to Chestnut Street, down the stairs and through the glass doors on the left.

September 15th during Rochester VegFest!  Classes are $20 and all proceeds go to charity – half go to Rochester VegFest and half to Brittany’s choice of Skyland’s Animal Sanctuary. Our gratitude to Brittany for donating her time! And thank you for supporting VegFest!

10:15 am – 11:15 am – Purchase tickets at VegFest Booth

I believe that yoga is an amazing and transformative practice. My teaching style is body-positive, energetic, meditative, and centered around compassion and kindness. Yoga has taught me how to honor my body and push past any limiting beliefs while creating space for new possibilities in my life. Yoga has also allowed me to experience the feeling of connectedness to the world around me, especially to animals and nature. This connectedness inspired me to become vegan myself. I’m honored to be a part of the Rochester Veg Fest and to be able to share the gifts that this practice has given me with this community!

Classes meet in the lodge at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. The lodge is right next to Chestnut Street, down the stairs and through the glass doors on the left.