Ashley Bell (foreground, with microphone), an instructor at Mission Yoga and Gaea Yoga Center, helped lead a free yoga class on the aircraft carrier Yorktown last year and will teach a free, 50-minute class at Wild Blue Ropes on Saturday. David Quick/Staff

Free yoga meets a rope challenge course for a local cancer cause this Saturday morning.

The local Lululemon Athletica store, which has put on some remarkable mass, free yoga events since opening two years ago, is reaching out to an array of venues this year for its "Masika" (Sanskrit for monthly) yoga tour.

Saturday's will be under the Wild Blue Ropes course on James Island at 9 a.m. The free, 50-minute class will be taught by Ashley Bell, an instructor at Mission Yoga and Gaea Yoga Center.

Although the class is free, Wild Blue Ropes will be accepting optional donations for Camp Happy Days, a foundation that helps children and teens with cancer.

After the yoga class, Wild Blue Ropes will be offering climbing for $25, half off the fee for advanced courses, with $5 of that fee going to Camp Happy Days. Yogis who want to climb are urged to bring closed-toed shoes.

Other locations for the Masika series this year have been Midtown Upstairs, Collective Coffee and the rooftop of the South Carolina Aquarium.

Bell, who helped lead a free yoga class on the aircraft carrier Yorktown last year, says she's excited to teach and climb at the ropes course on Saturday.

"I play like a big kid, so this is right up my alley," says Bell.

To sign up, go to http://www.eventbrite.com/e/masika-volume-5-tickets-12106335375.

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