I had a very productive weekend meeting with Kelly, the Austin Chapter Director of Yoga Bear, along with the Founder, Halle Tecco, and 3 other directors/board members who flew in from around the country for a planning session to discuss the future of Yoga Bear. After only being apart of this great group for a little under 2 weeks now, it was fun to get to meet the core group who have made the foundation such a success. Being able to work with Kelly here in Austin is going to be a challenge, but she has already made great connections, orchestrated events, and began the process to get the ball rolling for our chapter.
On Saturday I met up with the group, and learned about where they want to take the foundation, what areas we are doing really well at, and what still needs to be worked on. I plan to focus on yoga studios with the Share a Mat program Yoga Bear has done so well at executing. In Austin, we are looking to gain more studio awareness, participation, and focus on growing our chapter so that participants can have a studio that they feel most comfortable going to. On Sunday we had an informational healing therapy session led by Halle and Kelly McGonigal, PhD, at Sundara Yoga. The session was really lovely, and had a great Q&A follow-up. Nicole Reed who is the Director of the Arizona and Southern California Chapters put together this montage of the directors meeting in Austin this weekend! Take a look!
Yoga Bear is dedicated to to providing cancer survivors with more opportunities for wellness and healing, through the practice of yoga.
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