Emily’s Nature School

Hello friends thanks for taking the time to read this and donate it means a lot. I am planning to run the Copenhagen Marathon this year and hope to do so in honour of my brilliant friend Emily who sadly passed away this last year. Emily was on a Sunday morning drive last year with her husband, Michael Dealy, not far from their home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Their vehicle was struck head-on by an oncoming vehicle that veered into their lane. Emily, the couple's unborn son and their amazing dog, Gracie, did not survive the accident. Emily was a teacher and her husband Michael has set up an amazing charity in honour of Emily to help fund a nature school in Colorado where they live. I am hoping to raise funds for this charity to help build Emily’s nature school by running the Copenhagen Marathon this year.

I met Emily during our yoga teacher training together in Maui she was calm, cool, funny, and had a huge heart and a love for teaching and nature which you could just tell was her calling. Emily’s dream was to set up a nature school for children in Colorado where kids could learn about our planet and develop their love and connection with the earth. Her wonderful husband Michael has set up a foundation to make this dream happen for her, and all donations raised will be going directly to making this school a reality. Any amount is appreciated if you can donate at all please do and you will forever have my gratitude!

Emily really impacted my life with her love and friendship and I learned so much from her. One of my favourite lessons Em taught me is from Ram Dass you can read it below. I hope it resonates with some people and that lessons like this can be passed on to the kids at Emily’s school in the future! The impact that our friends have on us is so huge and so special and I am hopeful by doing this run and fundraising I can pay tribute to friendships sisterhood and to Emily❤️

“When you go out into the woods, and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree.

The minute you get near humans, you lose all that. And you are constantly saying ‘You are too this, or I’m too this.’ That judgment mind comes in. And so I practice turning people into trees. Which means appreciating them just the way they are.”

-Ram Dass