SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV) – A Sun Prairie yoga studio opened its doors to the community on Sunday to help people heal from last week’s tragic shooting at Abundant Life Christian School that killed three people.
“I feel right now a lot of people are overwhelmed just with fear, with anxiety, with stress, with the what ifs. So we teach here at Twisted Grit Yoga just to come in and take a deep breath. And that breath is so important,” Twisted Grit Yoga owner Amy Phillips said.
Twisted Grit Yoga not only welcomed in community members for free yoga classes, but other local businesses offered their services as well like spiritual guidance and tarot readings.
“It’s not about touching your toes, it’s about touching your heart. Finding what it is that you need to heal your body,” Phillips said.
Phillips and her husband Scott Kruchten opened Twisted Grit almost two years ago. She says they felt compelled to help the community.
“We know a lot of people that responded to the event and were there taking care of the kids, the teachers. And then we also do have teachers that have kids that have friends that go there. We definitely know kids that were in the school there. But no matter if you know someone or you don’t know someone, it just opens up your heart and just inspires you to do whatever you can to help, to find a little bit of peace. So it’s tough.”
Phillips says Twisted Grit is a studio that honors first responders.
“It’s important to honor and give them a space to heal too,” she said.
Phillips said they are expecting between 100 and 120 people of all ages to take part in the free yoga classes throughout the day Sunday.
“I really hope opening up our doors today will just let people know that hey, you can be sad, you can be broken, you can be anything and you belong and you fit in here at Twisted Grit Yoga,” Phillips said. “We just want everyone to find whatever it is they need.”
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