'Fro-gahhh' — It's frozen yoga, and it's happening on Lake Harriet

Colorful art shanties on a frozen lake.
The Art Shanty Projects festival is back this winter on Lake Harriet.
Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News

It's easy to stay active during winter in Minnesota. There's cross-country skiing, ice skating and even fat tire bike races.

But what about “fro-gahhh?” That's frozen yoga, a yoga class practiced on a frozen lake.

Only in Minnesota, right?

The 2022 Art Shanty Projects are back on Lake Harriet, and one of the festival activities open to the public is fro-gahhh. We sent our producer Lindsay Guentzel to get the full experience, and then host Cathy Wurzer spoke with one of the fro-gahhh instructors, James Orione of Bridges Through Yoga.

Use the audio player above to listen to the full conversation.

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