Journey Within Yoga Celebrates 2 Years in Business
When you think of yoga, you think of peace, silence, stretching your muscles, being one with yourself… But how do you get there? Jasmine Thompson had no interest in yoga until she felt like she had no choice when it came to finding herself.
In the year 2020 Jasmine experienced the death of her boyfriend whom she worked and lived with, her grandfather and also her grandmother, all in a three-month span. Like many others who lost loved ones during this time, she found herself in a dark place and suffering from a could be long road of depression. After being suggested by a friend to look into yoga she told TUL that she felt reborn once starting.
From feeling lost to being able to find herself, she became inspired to help other people of color with trauma. “It can be so easy to turn to drugs, sex or alcohol, which is where I could have easily headed if I had not incorporated yoga into my lifestyle” Jasmine stated. She began to realize how much yoga can help heal people of color mainly because of the amount of trauma that we endure on a daily at times.
‘Journey from Within’ was started in October of 2020, offering free classes its first year in business. Soon after, classes where held at the Smoketown Wellness Center and the Presley Post. Jasmine now charges a small fee and offers a 6-week series that starts Tuesday September 27th BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) at Element Yoga & Ayurvedic Wellness in New Albany from 6:30pm-7:45pm.
‘The Journey from Within’ also has weekly classes at Hype Fitness on Fridays at 7pm on Breckinridge Lane in Louisville and at Clarksville Parks and Recreational Center on Mondays at 5:30pm. If you like being outdoors, the yoga class on Mondays at the Recreational Center may be for you since they are held outdoors and involve headphones, making the only thing you are hear the voice of the instructor. For more information, you can follow jazzy_by_natur3 on ig or Jasmine Janee’ Thompson on fb.
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