Pictured: Karen (seated) at the Sun Salutations Yoga Event.
Bracknell yoga teacher Karen Harvey organised yoga sessions during the summer to raise funds for local Samaritans. The highlight was a yoga event in September held in Hurst Village Hall, when Karen led about 35 people for 108 Sun Salutations.
Keen mountain biker Karen said ‘We organised the pop-up yoga on sunny Sunday mornings and the Sun Salutations event, because I have been touched personally by suicide and I want to promote the link between physical and mental health in a positive way and raise money for the local Samaritans.’
The final amount of money raised by Karen was £1867, and Nick Tuggey, fundraising volunteer at Samaritans Bracknell, Wokingham and Ascot and district branch said ‘ We are delighted with the success of these events, and would like to say a huge thank you Karen for her enthusiastic support’.
If you would like to donate, please see the website www.samaritans.org/branches/samaritans-bracknell-wokingham-ascot-and-districts
About Samaritans
Samaritans is available round the clock, every single day of the year. We provide a safe place for anyone struggling to cope, whoever they are, however they feel, whatever life has done to them. Please call 116 123 (free to call) (UK), email jo@samaritans.org, or visit www.samaritans.org to find further details.
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