The Yoga Freedom Project is a monthlong campaign within the yoga community to bring awareness to the issue and to raise money. Throughout January, there have been over 50 donation-based classes taking place around the world from the US to England to Singapore. On January 31st in NYC the month culminates in Practice for Freedom, an inspirational class and celebration led collaboratively, by Elena Brower, Sri Dharma Mittra, Dana Flynn, Alan Finger, Cyndi Lee, Jodie Rufty, Sierra Bender, Tricia Donegan and Off the Mat’s Suzanne Sterling. All of these powerful teachers from varying yoga lineages are coming together to give a voice to this cause and stand in unity.

Yoga Freedom Project

I personally being involved with this project has shed light on the larger population of this world we live in.

As Heather Snyder quotes in the YogaDork Blog:

“In Cambodia, where sex trafficking is amongst the worst in the world, children as young as 3 are sold for virginity, and are forced to service up to 20 clients a day. Girls are being tortured and raped and starved every day. What is happening is horrific and we need to educate people and shine a light on this issue if we ever want it to stop.”

Something that can be stopped if eyes are opened and hearts are mended.
Come practice with us on January 31, 2012

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Full moon, thank you for bringing me sleepiness and deep thoughts.

As I welcomed the first full moon of the year yesterday, I would like to start this year with change and productivity. This blog/website will become my channel for such posting of change.

With the awakening of a new year, many rush to create a  physical change in their bodies.  Rushing to the gym, yoga studio, diet mentors and of course vegan restaurants. But I must say, I see this year as much physical as mental modifications as any. Reaching into our minds to find the peace we would like to obtain, reading for leisure, spending time with people you want to spend time with. Mental contributions to our health will be priority for me this year. What is yours?

Create something with your thoughts:

Close your eyes (where ever you are), take your eyes to the back of your mind, let the darkness sink in, be with yourself, no action, set-up a clear canvas then CREATE.

Do this exercise for 3 minutes a day and see the creativity flow through your life.

The holiday season and the new year bring people together. Which brings dreams together. Dream big.

Graceful movement of the body. Michael Bartelle is the feature of this post. Walking through this life with grace and selecting a harmony to live by. Taking a balance literally and translating his art into metaphors of a lifelong mantra.

As I walked by several restaurants today, glancing at the strangers I noticed the ‘hunch’ that we ALL have. The act of sitting up straight is in direct correspondence to our health. Balancing books on the top of our head is not ideal for the hustle of city life. When you have ‘time’ to yourself; vegging out over drinks and food is usually the way to go. A trendy tool of using a steady yoga practice as your constant reminder regarding your posture. In result, re-training the muscles to support your shoulder girdle. Core engagement to align the spine will alleviate back pain (as stated in the article above). So as I walked by those restaurants today I wanted to tap on the glass and model the rolling of the shoulders. In reality this did not happen. Consider your posture while your dine, work, play and walk. Remain healthy!

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One sees themselves by looking within.

Simplicity in the purest form can remove the coloring of the mind. Separating the true from the un-true.
We can rebel against the colors which bring us into imbalance or we can embrace the colors and coordinate the path of forward motion. What color are you embracing?