Brooklyn Is Hosting a 'Mindful' Yoga Triathlon

By SIMONE WILSON (Patch Staff)

How Brooklyn is this, though.

The yoga lifestyle company Wanderlust 108 just announced they’re hosting a ”mindful triathlon” at the end of summer in Prospect Park. After running five kilometers, participants will complete in “an outdoor yoga experience and a guided meditation.”

However, ”unlike most triathlons,” say event planners, “we place community above competition, inner peace above power, and self-awareness above strength. We prefer slow food to fast run times. For us, winning is measured in laughs shared and new friends made.”

The event will also include a dance party and a hooping sesh and some spiritual guidance from a lady named Sage Rountree, because of course.

Here’s the deal: After paying $50 a pop, participants will take over Prospect Park from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 13 for an unprecedented running of the yogis. (So if navigating a forest of tree poses doesn’t sound like your ideal Sunday, avoid Prospect Park at all costs.)

Below is the day’s full schedule, courtesy of Wanderlust.

• 9:30 a.m. Check-In + Bag Check
• 10 a.m. Kula Market Opens
• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pre-Run Stretch & 5K Run w/ High & Mighty Brass Band
• 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Dance Party + Yoga w/ MC Yogi & DJ Drez
• 1:15 p.m. - 2 p.m. Yoga w/ Dharma Mittra
• 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Meditation w/ Sage Rountree
• 2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. Acro Yoga, Hooping w/ Matt Giordano, Music + More!

HT New York Observer. Photo via Wanderlust.