HWC member Emily Overland to join in opening a yoga studio in Hoodland

Hoodland Women’s Club member Emily Overland had been an urban kid all her life. But she’d always dreamed of living in the mountains. Then, two years ago, an opportunity to live on the mountain just dropped into her life. She and her partner moved up here in 2025.

“It has been a big adjustment, but we love it,” Emily said. Trails into the woods are right out their front door.

“I love the quiet and the slower pace on the mountain. It’s so easy, so fulfilling.”

Emily joined HWC soon after moving to Hoodland and quickly started meeting people. Since her work in telehealth is all online, she said, she was especially interested in joining. “I’m committed to getting involved in and finding out how to help the community,” she said. “Are the school systems working? How are the public spaces? How can the community members support each other?”

Last month, Emily led a chair yoga class at the HWC general meeting at Camp Arrah Wanna. The meeting highlighted women’s health, a topic near to Emily’s heart. And as she approaches her fourth decade, she said, “I’ve become more aware of the cycles in women’s health and women’s lives.

“I want to help women to become more aware of their bodies.”

Emily has been teaching yoga for six years and practicing yoga for 22 years. She integrates tarot, yoga, and astrology into her counseling practice. In March, she will join five other teachers to open a yoga center. In addition to a full schedule of yoga at the center, she said, “we hope to make it a ‘third place.’” Not work, not home, but a place to hang out, maybe have a game night, chill.

“I’m so surprised by the little businesses on the mountain that are operating in these tucked-away places,” she said. “The business community is so vital.”

Visit Emily’s yoga class Sundays at 10 a.m. at the new Vinyasa Casa next to Mogul Mountain Pizza in the Hoodland Park Plaza.

HWC Events Coming Up

Dress up and get your dancing shoes on! The HWC Spring Fling is on for Saturday, March 7, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Alpine Events. Cocktails at 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m., and dancing with a live DJ starts at 7 p.m. Come for one or all. Tickets $40 for dinner and dancing or $10 for just dancing. Get tickets at Cooper’s wine shop or online at www.hoodlandwomensclub.org

And come get loving care for your beloved fur baby at the Mobile Vet Clinic, set for April 25 in a location in Welches to be determined. Reservations open March 20 for this great opportunity to visit a veterinarian right in your neighborhood, at reduced prices.

“We hope this makes necessary care for people’s cats and dogs accessible and affordable,” said Emma Galligan, member of the HWC Community Fund Committee. The event is sponsored in collaboration with Northwest Mobile Vet.