12/02/2025
🤗Welcome Deante, the newest member of our volunteer team at River & Stone!
🧘♀️Many of you know our teacher Kris is a BCBA (Board Certified Behavior Analyst) and works with individuals with autism. Through her work, she connected us with Deante, who is exploring new opportunities, building job skills, and becoming part of community spaces outside of a traditional therapy setting.
☺️Deante and his behavior technician, Misty, joined us today, and he’ll be helping care for our studio on Mondays. We’re so grateful to have them joining R&S, and thankful to Kris for helping create this connection.
🤲”Inclusivity” is a word that gets used often in the yoga world, but unfortunately many aspects of Western yoga culture can sometimes unintentionally create barriers. We’re doing our best as a young business to gently, thoughtfully consider how we can wrap in—or outreach— those who may not be in the room for a 60-min studio class. We are committed to exploring what inclusivity looks like in the River & Stone community as continue to grow and evolve (and trust us, we have ideas!).
🙏Yoga isn’t just what happens on a yoga mat within the walls of a studio room. It’s a broader practice— deep unconditional love and care, for self and others.
Picture shared with Deante’s consent.
