Yoga instructor Melanie Latrash, center, surrounded by the Army Women's Rugby Team at Fort Belvoir.
In early August, local yoga instructor Melanie Latrash intermixed the downward dog with the rugby scrum on the mat, training for an upcoming rugby competition. She was in her element. “I had the pleasure of teaching a yoga class for these amazing women who are currently training for the All-American Army Women's Rugby Team at Fort Belvoir this past weekend,” she said via social media. The rugby team was getting ready for the Armed Forces Championship on Aug. 1-2 at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.
Yoga teacher Melanie Latrash lives in the Kingstowne area and holds regular yoga classes in the Metropolitan School for Arts in Kingstowne. Through the years, she has worked with the soldiers at Fort Belvoir, teaching yoga on several levels there as well.