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Since January, Unity Woods has been providing yoga instruction for staff and veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center under the Enabled Yoga progam. Annie Okerlin, a yoga teacher from Tampa, Florida, initiated the program and then contacted Unity Woods to see if we would be interested in participating. Each Monday, John, Carol, and Maggie have been alternating donating their afternoons to teach yoga to staff and patients through the orthopaedic and rehabilitative medicine department at Walter Reed. Veterans with injuries ranging from multiple amputations to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) as well as a host of joint and muscle injuries have been exploring their capabilities, developing their ability to focus, and learning to breathe and relax using Iyengar Yoga methods. The program is still in its infancy, but we are greatly encouraged by the positive feedback we have received from staff and patients alike.

Rocky led yoga at the bi-annual Women's Leadership Collaborative at Hope Springs Institute in Ohio. For more information about this and other women's leadership development, contact www.HopeSpringsInstitute.org.

Carolyn is leading a week-long yoga workshop for experienced students in Portugal, not far from Lisbon, 10 minutes from the sea, June 22-28. Contact Carolyn at (301) 588-2925.

Maggie will present her third annual yoga vacation at Podere Spedelone in the heart of beautiful Tuscany, Italy September 7-12. For more information contact: maggie.rhoades@verizon.net.

Unity Woods' Going Green with Yoga benefit in March raised $875 for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. Thanks to all for your contributions and participation.