Join us in honoring a Mighty person and student, Collin Anderson

As some of you may know already, one of our Mighty students, Collin Anderson, was in a terrible car accident on Saturday with his partner Rachel Firak. Collin’s diagnosis is grave, and Rachel and his family are at his side.

Collin has been coming to Mighty since June 2012. Though Collin lives about 12 miles from Ithaca and is a teacher in Trumansburg and Ithaca, Collin made a decision a few months ago to avoid driving his car regularly, and so he generally arrived to the studio via bike or bus with a VERY large backpack of clothes, books, food, and a yoga mat strapped to his pack by a bungee cord. As Collin does with most things, he became dedicated to his yoga practice early on. He practiced 3-5 times a week, always asked many questions, craving to understand yoga on and off the mat. His life ethics are much inline with yoga teachings. He is a natural student.

The community is grief-stricken about Collin, Rachel and his family.  It can be hard to know what to do for these friends, and what to do with our own emotions, and there are many ways to grieve.  In this light, we'd like you to know there are two happenings the Mighty community is welcome to. Whether you know Collin or his family, or simply just remember practicing along side him, you are welcome to these gatherings to share space and send light and spirit to Collin and his family.

• Thursday evening, February 7th, from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., at the Trumansburg United Methodist Church, on Main St. in Trumansburg.  Candlelight Vigil. Come to sit in the dark and quiet with your friends and neighbors, hold a candle, and share love with one another, keeping the Andersons in our hearts.  Stay for 10 minutes, or as long as you like.  No music, or program, or words – just candle light, and each other.
• Friday evening, February 8th, 7:45 p.m. at Mighty Yoga. An Offering of Peace through Practice, a candlelight slow yoga class, led by Liz (with very minimal words). Come honor Collin and flow quietly with other yogis to together send the benefits of this united practice to Collin, Rachel and his family.  The union of yoga is more than breath, mind and body. It is also the community we step on our mats with. Space is limited to 30. (With respect, this class is being held as a vigil and is not part of the Feb Challenge).

Note - there is a storm warning for Friday. If the roads are bad the Vigil class will be held another time this month. We will post to the Mighty Facebook page the day of with any updates.