This past Saturday, June 15th, 2013 Lululemon Athletica Pasadena and Stadium Fitness presented Love.Yoga.Give a yoga benefit event held at the world famous Rose Bowl Stadium to influence positive health in the community through physical activity.

This event was held to benefit the 500 Pre-K to 5th grade students of Madison Elementary School in Pasadena who are at high risk for obesity.  90% of the students at Madison come from families with low socioeconomic status and receive free or reduced lunch.  Madison Elementary has not had a budget for a physical education program or teachers for the past 2 years!   As a dietitian and fitness enthusiast who has a deep commitment to being socially responsible, going to this event was an absolute no brainer in my heart and mind!

This Was Love.Yoga.Give 2013.

Love.Yoga.Give 2013 at the Pasadena Rose Bowl

Row 1: Sign in Lululemon Pasadena, Roses at the Rose Bowl, Jodie and David Liston, owners of and coaches for Stadium Fitness, 80’s cover band Past Action Heroes (who put on a super fun performance after the yoga class).

Row 2: Get Shaved, a shave ice food truck (“shave ice” can best be described as a Hawaiian Snow Cone for those not in the know), Rose Bowl entrance, the lovely Katie Brunelle of Stadium Fitness Yoga, (our instructor for the evening) and the JUICEBOX Los Angeles food (or beverage) truck.

Rows 3/4: Downdogs on the Rose Bowl field, DogHaus, hotdog food truck (they have a local running club too!), the gorgeous Rose Bowl field, the Love.Yoga.Give flyer symbol, “Manyum P.I.” from Past Action Heroes in all his glory and last, me with my favorite local yoga instructor, Katie Brunelle.

If you want to support the Love.Yoga.Give movement and help Madison Elementary School in Pasadena, you can still donate to the cause.

*Although I do practice yoga at Stadium Fitness Yoga, I was not compensated to attend this event or encouraged to write about it.  I have no professional relationship or affiliation with any or all of the entities listed above.  I did give a donation to the cause and I’m writing about my event experience because the core values of promoting positive health both individually and in the community via fitness and nutrition lie within the heart (pun intended) of thevalentineRD.com blog.  All opinions, words and photos are my own.

Have you ever participated in a fitness event for charity?  Which one was the most memorable and why?