Artikel-Schlagworte: „september“

Not Your Girlfriend’s Yoga

Montag, 17. Oktober 2011

“What if you could be more virile than Hugh Hefner, more motivated than Tony Robbins, calmer than Buddha and cooler than James Bond?” Got your attention? That’s the hook for a new yoga conference just for men. Activation: Yoga for Men Conference will be held in San Francisco Nov. 11-13, and, as the flier predicts: This is not your girlfriend’s yoga. The conference, a collaboration between the International Yoga Therapy Conference and the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, is an effort to introduce this ancient practice to modern men, providing them with tools that the conference organizers believe are exactly what today’s men need. Presenters Scott Blossom, Ed Harrold, Carl Speizer, Antonio Sausys, and Mark Schillinger will tackle topics including focusing willpower, improving sexual health, increasing masculine wisdom and spiritual strength, and creating healthy daily routines. “Since yoga was once primarily the domain of men, we believe the way to lure men back is by creating confidential and sacred spaces where they can reveal themselves unmasked,” organizers Sausys and Schillinger explain on the event website . “This will give men the opportunity to practice yoga in ways that meet their unique psychological, physiological and anatomical needs.”

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Seane Corn Occupies Wall Street

Montag, 10. Oktober 2011

photo: J.T. Liss (Photography for Social Change) More people are taking their yoga off the mat and onto the street–Wall Street, that is. Since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept. 17, yogis Russell Simmons, Deepak Chopra and Michael Franti have joined the masses and lent their voices and celebrity to the cause. Yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn joined the chorus this morning, leading nearly 200 yogis in a practice of community, solidarity, and change. “This gathering [on Wall Street] is not about being ‘against’ something or someone. It is about being ‘for’ unity, freedom of speech, and justice,” Seane Corn explained on her Facebook page on Saturday. Corn founded Off the Mat, Into the World , an organization “that uses the power of yoga to inspire conscious, sustainable activism and to ignite grass roots social change,” according to the group’s website. “OTM supports all societies rights to express dissatisfaction and ask for change. This is what we GET to do and is a right that we should cherish and protect. I am not for the 99% and against the 1%. I am for the 100% getting our shit together and remembering we are ONE.”

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Give Love: Take the Yoga Aid Challenge

Dienstag, 27. September 2011

If you’re looking for an easy way to give back to the world through your yoga practice, this year’s Yoga Aid Challenge might be just the opportunity for you.. On October 1-2, join yoga students across the globe to raise money for yoga nonprofit organizations that are making a difference in the world. Last year, the event raised more than $100,000 at more than 35 events across the county. This year the organization, hopes to double that! Proceeds will go to one of five deserving yoga nonprofits that are working to bring the practice to those in need from inner city schools and incarcerated youth to poor communities in Africa. How can you help? Find a Yoga Aid Challenge event near your by going to http://www.yogaaid.com/usa . Raise money for the charity of your choice, then participate in a two-hour class. If there’s nothing in your area, you can support one of the participants by making a donation. We want to know: How do you share your yoga with the world?

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