Silver City, NM July 27, 2012 Free yoga sessions will be held as part of the Silver City Clay Festival August 3 to 5. Cordelia Rose, founder of Glenwood Yoga, will lead the sessions. Everyone is welcome, including those with no experience. Bring your own yoga mat or borrow one at the session.

On Saturday, August 4, at 10 am and 4 pm, the yoga sessions will be held at the Community Garden on 6th Street at Big Ditch Park behind Bear Creek Herbs. The first hour will be easy poses and relaxation, followed by an optional 30 minutes of more advanced poses.

On Sunday, August 5, the session will be held from 9 am to 10:30 am at Bear Mountain Lodge www.bearmountainlodge.com on Bear Mountain Ranch Road, off Cottage San Road. Ms. Rose will combine Hatha yoga with a classic labyrinth and will lead an easy and relaxing session around and inside the Salt Lick Labyrinth. As well as classic yoga poses, she will teach Yoga for the Hands. She will lead joyous steps into the center of the labyrinth and out again in the spirit of a Swedish maypole dance.  

Ms. Rose left a career in midtown Manhattan for the wilds of southwestern New Mexico, starting a second life as a yoga teacher and labyrinth builder. She has been practicing yoga for 21 years and founded Glenwood Yoga 10 years ago. Her first labyrinth was completed in 2002, and five labyrinths and a maze currently comprise Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths. www.wmlabyrinths.com

The Silver City Clay Festival is the brainchild of Lee Gruber, who is the co-owner of Syzygy Tile for 18 years. Gruber says that “the practice of yoga reconnects us to our roots, to mother earth.”

REMINDER: It's not too late to sign up for Festival Workshops!  Call (575) 538-5560 to register or log on to www.clayfestival.com.