Photographer Robert Sturman posted photographs of veterans doing yoga on social media, along with a call to yoga studio owners to promote the benefits of yoga to veterans. Hot Spot Yoga Studio owner Jennifer Lockwood is responding by offering unlimited free yoga classes to veterans during November.Throughout the end of the month, Hot Spot Yoga Studio is offering unlimited free yoga for veterans and active military members.
Owner and instructor Jennifer Lockwood said she was inspired to encourage veterans to try yoga after seeing an Instagram post by notable photographer Robert Sturman advising veterans to get involved with yoga. After meeting veteran Dan Nevins, who spoke to Sturman about how he was able to turn his life around through yoga, Sturman asked yoga studio owners across the nation on social media to help him spread the word about the benefits yoga can have for veterans, particularly those with post-traumatic stress disorder and injuries.
“The more research I did, the more I saw how yoga helped vets,” said Lockwood.
She decided the best way to promote yoga to vets would be to offer them a month to try it out with nothing to lose.
“I thought this was something I needed to offer so more people would take advantage of what yoga can do for them, because it’s so helpful,” she said. “For those who have been hurt, it’s a healthy alternative to medication or conventional medicine.”