12 Petals of RedBloom~ Day 2: Kula Yoga Outreach

In the Month of December we will be sharing "12 Petals of RedBloom" or the different parts of this fabulous community. This is our second installment...

Our 2nd Petal of RedBloom is Kula Yoga Outreach. This organization was started by Kris about 7 years ago in the hopes of providing yoga to the greater Mt. Pleasant community. Her intention was to create a welcoming environment where anyone could enjoy a yoga practice at their own level.

She was lucky enough to connect with generous local businesses, White Pine Montessori, St. John's Episcopal Church, even the Mt. Pleasant Public Library, who donated their space so we could practice together with only donations being given (including pineapples!)

Quickly this beautiful Kula (sanskrit for "community") grew with like- minded yogis until we were practicing 6 days a week in 4 locations in 2 towns (Mt. Pleasant and Alma). Kula was fortunate enough to gather wonderful teachers who generously shared themselves with the community and quickly became part of our lives.

Eventually, Kris and her friend Denise decided that Kula Yoga Outreach needed a more permanent home. Hence, Redbloom was born. It was one of those moments in life in which everything fell together fairly easily and the universe agreed that RedBloom would blossom.

Kris and her team of wonderful teachers have continued nurturing RedBloom and let the principles that began with Kula Yoga Outreach continue to guide all that we do. At RedBloom we welcome every BODY and create a safe, welcoming, environment in which yogis new and experienced can practice together. When you walk through our door, you are family.

*We offer 8 KULA classes a week at RedBloom, which are all still donation based and do not require a RedBloom class pass. We just ask that you give what you feel you can to support our teachers and show them appreciation for sharing their time and talent.