Heart of Yoga Foundation Launches Peace Project on the Web

We are so pleased to announce the official launch of the Heart of Yoga Foundation’s Peace Project.

For those of you who have been following our threads, we have been working for a while now on how to use the transformative, unifying power of yoga to improve the situation in the Middle East.  One of the first initiatives was a joint yoga training with participants from Israel and Lebanon.   The powerful connections forged there have persisted even through armed conflict- showing that even in climates of animosity and terror, an alternative exists- and that yoga can provide a non-religious, non-dogmatic way to bring peace- starting with the heart of the individual. 
 
It also seeded a dream to bring the practical, healing wisdom of yoga to people in active conflict zones and other troubled areas of the world- and the commitment to create an organized effort to turn this vision into reality.
 
And now it’s happening.  Today, I am pleased to tell you that we have officially launched The Heart of Yoga Peace Project!  Along with the help of many already committed studios and teachers in North America, the Middle East and China, we are raising awareness and funds for peace, training teachers in conflict zones, and building an interconnected global community that places being human before any divisive label that blurs that reality.
 
The Peace Project has been under construction for a while, and we would like to thank all of you have helped over the last 6 months in framing the mission, making phone calls, general planning, and getting the website and infrastructure up and running.  Special thanks to the tireless efforts fo CN Riley, who got the site up and running, and Melanie King for her content contributions, and to our prelaunch supporters, including:

• Sharon Gannon & David Life, Jivamukti Yoga
• Shiva Rea, Global Mala Project
• Center for Yoga, Johnny Kest, Jane James
• Daren Friesen, Moksha Yoga
• Dave Tomaszewski, House of Yoga
• Moses Love, I Love Yoga
• Duncan Wong, Yogic Arts
• Rusty Wells, Bhakti Yoga
• Margaret Goeden
• Yoga Tree, San Francisco
• Susan Swan
• Kate Rabinowitz
• Simone King, Bikram Yoga East Bay
• Yoga Flow Tucson
• Tree House Yoga, Tampa
• Christine de Lizer, Namaskar Yoga
• Yogaworks, New York and LA
• Serena D’Arcy Fisher
• Yoga Community, Sonoma
• Prana Yoga Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel
• Vishnu’s Couch, Koln, Germany
• Deborah Bassett, ChannelG.TV
• Jenn Cohen
• The Esalen Institute
• The Omega Institute
• Kripalu

Please join us!  www.hoypeaceproject.org, Come to the site, see what we’re about- get free posters, music, send cards, order tshirts, make donations, get involved.

Thanks, and Peace.