YOUniverSOUL Fest CommUNITY Yoga is a free monthly yoga event the first Saturday of every month at Midtown Park. This month, the instructors will be Larry Thraen and Madonna McManus. Please bring your yoga mats, water bottles, towels, friends, and family. Mat setup starts at 9 am and the yoga flow begins at 9:30 am.
Madonna McManus
Madonna’s life has been transformed by practicing and teaching yoga. Madonna started practicing yoga in 2006 and completed two 200hr teacher trainings in 2011 and 2012. She has since trained with and has been inspired by Ana Forrest, Les Leventhal, David Magone, Baron Baptiste, Carmen Aguilar, Leslie Kaminoff, Cristina Sell and Gioconda Parker. She loves to incorporate multiple lineages of yoga in designing a creative, challenging, and inspiring vinyasa class with an emphasis on breath and mind-body-soul connection. She intends in her teaching to get you fascinated with and awakened to the remarkable inner workings of your greatest and highest self. Madonna has a Ph.D in Cancer Biology and Experimental Therapeutics, and has the ultimate goal of combining her research experience with her yoga teaching to provide a healing space based in knowledge from multiple angles. Off the mat, Madonna’s greatest joy is spending time with her 3 rescue dogs and husband. Madonna believes that every passing moment is an extraordinary opportunity to learn, connect, and love.
Larry Thraen
Larry Thraen is the Founder & President of Yoga of You. Larry has completed over 1250 certification hours through the School Yoga Institute, having studied under Andrew Dugas, Robert Boustany, Vedantin ‘Ping” Lou, Vinnie Marino, Bryan Kest, Annie Carpenter, Steve Ilg, and Kathryn Budig. Larry believes through a dedicated practice, ‘bhakti’, one can cultivate deeper spiritual, physical, and emotional connections with the self as well as others. “Pleasure is the body, Happiness is in the mind, Joy is in the spirit.” Larry specializes in 200hr and 500hr teacher training and leading advanced yoga studies immersions. He’s certified over 500 yoga teachers over his career.