Lyndi Hayes, Restorative
The Boro Yoga Fest will move to a new home at Main Street Music for its third annual installment, held Saturday, March 16, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
The event will lead participating yogis of all levels, from beginners to masters, in a vast array of yoga styles, poses and techniques.
Lyndi Hayes, one of the instructors at the event, specializes in restorative and Yin yoga, a slow-paced style of yoga with asanas (postures) that are held for longer periods of time. She says practicing yoga has helped her “grow stronger, more flexible and fearless, both on and off the mat,” and that she wants to share this with others.
“Yoga inspires me to live each moment more mindfully and has allowed me to fully embrace my true self,” Hayes says. “I will always be a student of the practice and am deeply grateful for the wisdom my teachers have shared with me.”
Boro Yoga Fest instructors seek to improve participants’ breath and body control, but emphasize that yoga is about much more than physical flexibility, it is about awareness, intention, peace and spiritual balance.
Lynn Smith, a Vinyasa yoga and BodyFlow instructor who embraces elements of Tai Chi and Pilates, emphasizes being present in one’s body and mind.
“Presence is freeing,” Smith says, “and within the quiet of the mind, inspiration is born, and change happens.”
She uses Tibetan singing bowls and a Bamboo rainstick in her classes to promote deeper healing, relaxation and a natural state of balance and peace.
Other Boro Yoga Fest leaders include Ashtanga instructor Tracy Barbuto, MTSU yoga instructor Pat Blankenship, Vinyasa-style yoga instructor Demita and Murfreesboro attorney and Iyengar teacher Jerry Farmer.
Bring a mat, lots of positive energy and an open mind, and learn more about yoga during the 2019 Boro Yoga Fest.
Chant Ram, a “groove-driven, percussive bhakti rock” group, will provide music.
Lunch options will be available onsite from Juice Bar and Core Life Eatery.
Tickets to Boro Yoga Fest are $39 and available at boroyogafest.ticketbud.com.
Proceeds benefit Yoga Foster, which brings yoga to elementary school students by providing educators with yoga and mindfulness training, curriculum, self-care resources and yoga mats to create healthier, happier classrooms.
Main Street Music is located at 527 W. Main St.
For more information on Boro Yoga Fest, contact Kim Dunaway at boroyogafest@gmail.com or 615-796-1335 or visit boroyogafest.com.
