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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2016 6:40 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 1, 2016 6:40 PM UTC To commemorate the anniversary of [Lily and James Potter’s](http://time.com/3931826/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-pottermore-dursley/) deaths, one Austin-based [yoga](http://time.com/4185626/yoga-exercise-workout/) instructor organized the class of every [_Harry Potter_ fan’s](http://time.com/4551438/harry-potter-donald-trump-voldermort-hillary-clinton-hermione/) dreams. Instead of teaching her regular Pints & Poses session at Circle Brewing Co. Sunday, [Isabel Beltran](https://www.instagram.com/isabelb12om/) decided to add some wizarding world flair into the day-before-Halloween workout, according to [_Cosmopolitan_](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a8061240/harry-potter-yoga/). With the help of her sister, Ximena Larkin, Beltran ran a class in which every participant not only received a wand — which was incorporated into several of the poses —but was treated to a read-aloud of a _Deathly Hallows_ passage. The two sisters also had some post-vinyasa flow surprises in store for the yogis — who were referred to as Dumbledore’s Army — including sorting hat cookies, a potion station and a Mandrake garden. See photos of the magical session below. 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