FREE for the WHOLE Community!

4:30-8:30pm New location!

JACKSON ELEMENTARY | 200 N Willow St

Becoming Jackson Whole founder and mindfulness trainer SARA FLITNER will lead guided mindfulness practice welcoming of all levels of experience, from first-timers to seasoned practitioners. “If you get one thing from TRYathlon, we hope it’s this: Understanding that mindfulness isn’t something else you have to do to feel better, it’s how you can do everything you're already doing with more focus, less stress, and more resilience.” 

Veteran instructors BRITTANY BELISLE, founder of Home Yoga, and DANI PERRY of Inversion Yoga (and also the adventuring app Dayhike) will team up to offer all-abilities yoga infused with mindful awareness. Both Brittany and Dani are well-known for their intuitive and accessible style of instruction, helping participants stay present in the moment, in their body.  

ERWIN VELASQUEZ, a native of Colombia and instructor at Inversion Yoga, will lead an all-abilities yoga session in Spanish. A marathoner and avid soccer player, Erwin is expert at pacing instructions for a motivating practice. 

WENDY HULTMAN, who serves Jackson Middle School as its Health and Wellness Educator, will lead a simple yoga practice for kids. With a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction and experience as a dual immersion teacher, Wendy is a pro at introducing presence and possibility to young minds and bodies.

CHRISTINE STEVENS, a music therapist, founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, and internationally acclaimed drum circle trainer, will lead a sound healing session based on her 20+ years of evidence-based practice and research. Read more in a case study she published in Music and Medicine, the interdisciplinary journal of the International Association for Music & Medicine.

VALE (Valeria Abad) honed her craft in New York and Los Angeles before arriving in Jackson in 2017. Widely acclaimed for her eclectic repertoire—including iconic salsa music she first heard from her dad's vinyl collection, in her native Ecuador—Vale also serves the community as a Pilates instructor, Spanish tutor and certified interpreter. LISTEN to this sample set from KHOL (89.1), where she is a regular show host. VALE will provide the soundtrack to this year's TRYathlon, accompanying our yoga sessions, DANCING, and more.