Since November 2012, Every Body Yoga and Barre has hosted its annual “Karma Yoga” classes during Thanksgiving week. We are fortunate to have so much bounty in our lives, and this is one of our methods for expressing gratitude and sharing positive energy and “karma” within our warm Bethel, Maine community.
Through our Karma Yoga classes over the past three Thanksgivings, Kristin Otten (with the help and open hearts of her yoga and barre students) has raised and donated approximately $700 to local recipients, including the Bethel District Exchange/Food Pantry, in addition to two separate families who lost their homes due to fire just weeks before Thanksgiving. Due to the bulk purchasing power that the Food Pantry has through the Good Shepard Food Bank, $1 of contributions allows the Food Pantry to purchase $4 worth of food. As a result, Every Body Yoga and Barre’s contributions to the Food Pantry alone in the past three years have amounted to $1,700 worth of food for those in need.
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