As Sunday’s temperatures rose and the sun beamed down, thousands of people grabbed their yoga mats and took to the Lincoln Memorial for Yoga on the Mall.
It鈥檚 going to hit 90 today, so this is basically natural hot yoga
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The free class was put on by Metro DC Community Yoga, which had over a hundred instructors and 30 area studios participating.
It was first started 14 years ago by Debra Mishalov, owner of Flow Yoga Center in D.C.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always good when we get together and come practice yoga outside, especially in this iconic place where so many people have gathered,鈥� said Mishalov.
The 3,000 participants flooded the front of the memorial, and stretched down the sides of the reflecting pool. Krystal Jordan took up yoga to join a community, and is now a teacher.
鈥淣o matter where you鈥檙e coming from, no matter where you are in life, once you鈥檙e done with a class, you feel different,鈥� Jordan said.
Maggie Grant helped organize the event, and she says that yoga and D.C. have a lot in common.
鈥淥ur nation鈥檚 capital鈥檚 motto is 鈥楨 Pluribus Unum,鈥� out of many, one. And that鈥檚 Yoga,鈥� said Grant.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 talk politics, were all here as one,鈥� she said. 鈥淎nd that鈥檚 what鈥檚 important.鈥�
