SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Yoga, music, and art all come together to highlight mental health. Saturday's Healing Through Community event at Nay Aug Park also puts a spotlight on a local film inspired by love and trauma.
Attendees at the Marmi Pavilion laid out yoga mats for a day of mindful movement, live music, and connection.
The event raised awareness and funds for Scranton Counseling Center and for the upcoming feature, Hold Her Hand.
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"So I feel like yoga and art integrate themselves into my life equally, so bringing that with of course, music, which is art, to people's psyches so they can hear, see, smell in nature, and these beautiful healing sources," Yoga Teacher and Filmmaker behind Hold Her Hand Jessica Cadden Osborne told 28/22 News.
"Jessica reached out to me to do something because her movie circles around mental health, and she knows about Scranton Counseling Center and what we do, and it was just a perfect collaboration for the two of us," Scranton Counseling Center Director of Development Doug Hein explained.
Osborne, a Scranton native, wrote the film based on her own story of falling in love with her husband.
Hold Her Hand is set for a premiere next spring with festival screenings and distribution to follow.
