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ComePlayDetroit and Yoga Shelter
aspire to set world record.
ord Field, the NFL home
of the Detroit Lions,
might just become
a potentially record-
setting yoga studio on Feb. 22,
with "Yoga Rocks Ford Field,"
an event that organizers hope
will draw more than 3,000
participants.
If that kind of turnout is
generated, "Yoga Rocks Ford
Field" would set a record for
a single indoor yoga session.
Benefitting the Yoga By Design
Foundation, which provides
fitness programs for underserved
populations, this event will
highlight the Detroit Lions'
commitment to the health and
wellness of the community, and
will provide attendees with a
variety of other opportunities to
become engaged in the city.
The event is the result
of collaboration between
ComePlayDetroit and Yoga
Shelter. Additional sponsors
include the Detroit Lions, Quicken
Loans, Michelob Ultra and
Lululemon Athletica.
Tours of Downtown Detroit,
including Eastern Market,
the Riverfront and Belle Isle,
courtesy of D:hive, will be offered
following the yoga session.
"This event
will bring
together the city
and suburbs,
to provide the
community an
opportunity to
be a part of this
Justin Jacobs one-of-a-kind
experience, while
also getting to see firsthand all
of the positive changes going on
in the city," says Justin Jacobs,
founder of ComePlayDetroit.
At the event,
Yoga Shelter
will have its
nationally
renowned
instructor, Eric
Paskel, teaching
his unique style
that rocks and
Eric Paskel
awakens, with
the class culminating in a dancing
celebration.
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Paskel has taught tens of
thousands of yoga classes,
trained hundreds of people to
teach yoga, and leads retreats
and workshops around the world.
Paskel, 46, is a Metro Detroit
native who has studied Torah
at Temple Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. In 2004, he opened
the doors of the first Yoga Shelter
in West Bloomfield, where his
parents still live. He took up yoga
in 1998 after moving back to
Detroit from L.A. in winter, "when
anything but freezing interests
you," he says.
"I hated it," he says. "I saw
the benefits of this wonderful
discipline, but the presentation
was boring. It reminded me of
being in temple listening to
Hebrew and having no idea what
people were saying."
He wanted something "fun and
relatable, free and playful." That's
how Yoga Shelter was born. He
has continued opening a studio a
year ever since; serving more than
1 million students and counting.
Divorced with two daughters,
Ella, 15, and Laila, 11, he currently
lives in Los Angeles, but frequently
returns to West Bloomfield, which
he considers "home." His youngest
daughter goes to Camp Tamarack
every summer.
Although he is not affiliated
with a synagogue now, he has
"a strong sense of culture and
tradition and an appreciation of
the ancestors who sacrificed so
much so I can say I'm Jewish and
feel safe saying it.
"Studying Torah created a
foundation for the rest of my
life," he says.
He and his daughters celebrate
Jewish holidays together. "I try to
model my Judaism so they can be
inspired to live Jewishly as well,"
he adds.
If you'd like to try out his
playful brand of yoga — and be a
part of a record-breaking class —
registration is now open online at
comeplaydetroit.com .
Registration for the Ford Field
session in Detroit begins at 8:30
a.m. Feb. 22; it will start promptly
at 9:45 a.m. Tickets are $25 until
Jan. 31 and $30 starting Feb. 1. ❑
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