Australian Yoga Journal - May June 2017

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While most dance parties end in the wee hours, a new trend of events starting at 6am is inspiring

yogis across the US to rise and rave, minus the alcohol and drugs. Daybreaker is a morning

movement aimed at bringing people together to do yoga, dance, and, well, “break the day” as a

community. “My co-founder and I were commiserating over how nightlife was overrun by drugs,

alcohol, mean bouncers, and digital divides – where everyone was on their cell phones – and we

wanted to get back to the basics of dancing and community,” says Brooklyn-based entrepreneur

Radha Agrawal. Inspired by their experiences at Burning Man (an American festival inspiring a

global culture of art and self-expression), Agrawal and her partner, Matthew Brimer, set out to

infuse some of the festival’s creativity and union into the first Daybreaker event in New York City

in 2013. Since then, they’ve expanded to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Denver,

Toronto, Montreal, and other major cities in North America. Want to learn more about Daybreaker

or teaching yoga at an event? Check out daybreaker.com. MEGHAN RABBITT

rise and

RAVE

PRACTICE WELL

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