Trysta Delimont, a former Colorado Mesa University student and owner of Wabi-Sabi Training Center, gives back to the community through free services to veterans and volunteer programs in the community. While already working to help military veterans and local people in need, Delimont continues to seek new ways to do more for the people in the Grand Junction community.
“We do a free veteran’s yoga class every Tuesday at six o’clock and then we’re also beginning an adaptive yoga for people that are in wheelchairs or people that are amputees,” Delimont said. “We will have that class starting I think the beginning of October.”
Knowing that military veterans may face difficult challenges, Delimont provides more than physical training for them.
“We also work in the meditation for veterans that really have a lot of trauma, a lot of PTSD [post traumatic stress disorder] that need to regroup and be in a safe haven,” Delimont said.
Delimont prides herself and her business in being able to think outside the box and find ways to achieve what others might find to be impossible. The CMU graduate finds satisfaction in facing new challenges and overcoming obstacles.
Breaking through the challenges that some veterans face is something Delimont feels she has had success with.
“I have noticed the veterans that do come in. When they first start, there’s a heaviness about them, and by the time they walk out, they’re free,” Delimont said. “They can have that camaraderie they get from being with their people but yet still get that mindfulness that brings them back to this present moment, that lets them know that it’s okay; they’re safe, and they are protected and they are loved.”
Delimont has a personal reason for reaching out to local veterans and trying to help them.
“I have a long line of veterans in my family and I was going to join the military, and then just chose not to, so I do everything else I can to help them,” Delimont said.
Delimont doesn’t limit community involvement to supporting veterans. Through Wabi-Sabi, Delimont also engages in volunteer programs.
“We do five different volunteer programs every year. Latimer house is going to be the first one we do in October and then we will go from there,” Delimont said. “Anybody that wants to donate, they can come and donate and take a yoga class. 100 percent of the proceeds go to that foundation. We are giving back to those that give.”
Wabi-Sabi gets some marketing benefit from the programs, but Delimont stated that was not the prime motivating factor for her.
“What it does is it keeps me humble and it keeps me in focus for why I do what I do and the purpose of why Wabi-Sabi is there,” Delimont said. “To find the beauty in the imperfections and help those who need that little boost.”
Wabi-Sabi is located at 248 S. 4th St. in Grand Junction. The center offers yoga classes and personal training and focuses on training the mind ahead of training the body.
