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SOUTHERN PINES - Yoga lovers will salute the troops Sunday with more than 100 sun salutations.
The Southern Pines Yoga Co. is holding a "yoga mala" at 1 p.m. in the parking lot at its studio, which is in the Shops of Southern Pines on Beverly Lane. The event will raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
"We have a lot of friends who have benefited from the organization," said Michelle Kaiser, owner of Southern Pines Yoga Co.
Kaiser said the event will be the third yoga mala held by her company. The first was on Veterans Day in 2011, shortly after the business opened in its current location.
The first mala raised about $4,500, and the second raised nearly $8,800 for the Wounded Warrior Project. Kaiser said she hopes this year's effort will raise $10,000 in honor of the group's 10th anniversary.
People can sponsor participants for a certain amount per sun salutation or give a set amount, Kaiser said.
Kaiser said many of the instructors and students at her studio have connections to members of the military.
"We wanted to do something special for them," she said.
Suzie Fernandez participated in the last two malas and plans to take part in Sunday's event. Members of the Wounded Warrior Project helped her husband, a soldier who died of cancer a few months before the first mala.
"It meant something different for me," she said.
Fernandez said she feels wonderful support during the malas.
"You just feel such a great connection," she said. "You feel such rhythm with everybody."
Kaiser said participants go through four rounds of 27 sun salutation sequences. The event will take about two hours, she said.
"It's like the marathon for runners to complete a yoga mala," she said.
A sun salutation is a series of yoga poses.
"It's just a nice flow of 12 moves," Kaiser said.
The sequence includes a pose similar to a slow push-up, Kaiser said.
"A lot of people start to feel that in their shoulders and arms," she said.
Kaiser said she doesn't know how many people will participate in the yoga mala. She said the event is one way her business helps nonprofit groups.
"It's living our yoga off the mat, serving the community," she said.
Staff writer Steve DeVane can be reached at devanes@fayobserver.com[2] or 910-486-3572.
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