Rochester Chapter - Yoga and Kombucha

The Rochester Alumni Chapter and Power Yoga RIT invite RIT alumni and students for a morning of yoga and kombucha tasting.The morning’s class will be held at the Joseph M. Lobozzo ’95 Alumni House in the Alumni Association Board Room. Lucas Wong ’19, President & Founder of Power Yoga RIT, will guide attendees on a 75 minute Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga session. Please bring a yoga mat and any other yoga equipment you may need. Please note the room will be quite warm for the yoga session.Following the class attendees will enjoy a tasting of Happy Gut Sanctuary kombucha in the Buckingham Lounge & LeChase Patio. Breakfast snacks will also be available. Additional kombucha will be available to purchase. Happy Gut Sanctuary is owned and operated by Rob Heffner and Catt Hsu Heffner ’12.  Cost is $10 per person. Please RSVP by May 1.About Happy Gut SanctuaryHappy Gut Sanctuary started as part of an exploration to improve the digestive health in the home kitchen of Rob Heffner and Catt Hsu Heffner ’12. Looking for ways to balance our diet, we discovered kombucha. With a cultural background of Taiwanese and Korean, we also re-introduced kimchi and fermented vegetables back into our lives around the same time. What started as a means to help ourselves turned into sharing with friends who experienced similar gut problems. It was only natural that, with time, we took on this hobby full time to share with even more people.Happy Gut Sanctuary is a Rochester based nano-fermentarium. We curate small batch, high quality fermented foods that are good for the Gut and the Soul using minimal salt and sugar.Fermented Teas, aka “Kombucha”Our mission is to elevate fermented teas by dispelling the popular conception of what kombucha is. We search for specialty, or ceremonial grade, teas to bring forth the complex flavors from within. The way in which we ferment pays respect to the expertise that goes into bringing these beautiful teas into existence. Every tea is handpicked with intention and every flavor is handcrafted with love!  About Lucas Wong ’19Lucas first started practicing yoga 5 years ago, but his journey into a more serious practice started 2 and a half years ago. He discovered a love for Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga with not just the physical practice but through the power of community that it cultivates.The physical dedication to the practice opened a door to an endless journey of self-discovery. This continuous experience shifted his perspective on life so much that he noticed RIT was missing this essential experience. So he took it upon himself to form Power Yoga RIT.