Wendy McBride

The creation of Living Tree Yoga began years ago as Wendy watched her mother, Kitty, battle with ovarian cancer.  Even though Kitty died at the early age of 48, she was a fighter and was always positive. Several years after her mother's passing, Wendy discovered yoga and it's life altering benefits. Knowing first hand how cancer changes a person's life, Wendy knew in her heart that the healing practice of yoga could help cancer patients mentally, physically and spiritually and she began offering free classes to several friends who were undergoing cancer treatments. It wasn't long before Wendy realized that the family and friends of cancer patients could also benefit from taking yoga classes with their loved ones. There can be such feelings of helplessness when helping a loved one through the season of cancer and yoga can replace those feelings of despair with peace and hope. By coming to class, Wendy's friends and their support people got to experience the joy of living in the moment, hope for the future, peace, comfort, and love.  They also came to understand their own strength and resilience even though their bodies sometimes would not cooperate. It wasn't long before Wendy realized that these free yoga classes made a difference in her friends' lives by giving them something to focus on outside the world of cancer treatment.  The healing physically, emotionally, and spiritually was evident.