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Updated:3Sept2008

 

Yogis for Positive Change Announces: "The Karma Project",

A Long-Term Effort To Help Disaster Victims to Reclaim and Rebuild Their Lives

Yogis for Positive Change is spearheading a regional relief effort and we need your help! We are asking yoga centers, fitness, dance, and arts organizations to participate by holding charity classes and benefit performances throughout the year as part of "The Karma Project" calendar of events.

"The Karma Project" is a unique opportunity for the metro D.C. area to show the generosity of heart and spirit of the peaceful warrior. Read More

Press Release for The Karma Project Kick-off event

QUOTE of the month

"Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light." ~

Theodore Roethke

 

Second Annual "Olde Towne Dogge Walke"

 

Sunday, September 14th from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. On-site registration begins at 8 a.m.

 

Join Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille and Alexandria Mascot Alex for a morning walk through Olde Town Alexandria. The mile-and-a-half walk will kick off from the Olde Towne School for Dogs at 9 a.m. when Washington-area animal lovers and their four-legged friends take to the streets to raise money for the care of abandoned and homeless animals in the community.

 

The registration fee is $25 per person. Registration forms are available at the Olde Towne School for Dogs (529 Oronoco Street) starting July 28, 2008. A raffle will also be held immediately following the "Olde Towne Dogge Walke" featuring a number of animal and people-friendly prizes. Tickets for the raffle will be available on-site.

 

The Second Annual Olde Towne Dogge Walke is sponsored by Olde Towne School for Dogs. All proceeds from this event will be donated to AWLA to support animal assistance, shelter and community education programs.

For more information contact Olde Towne School for Dogs at 703-836-7643.

Posted: July 31, 2008

DC Global Mala is returning to DC!

 

Greetings and Namaste!


We are writing to invite you to join us in the second-annual Global Mala Project, a worldwide effort spearheaded by Shiva Rea, Sean Corne, Michael Franti, and many other yogis, yoga studios, performers and activists around the world.  As it did last year, the DC Global Mala is set to coincide with the Fall Equinox and UN International Peace Day, on the 21st of September, 2008.
As many of you who attended last year's event know, it was a huge success, raising over $12,000 for Trees for the Future in one day, and bringing together 500 participants to salute the sun, take in a dharma talk, and chant and sing at kirtan.  Turnout was so high that we had to turn away many people who came for the 108 salutations, and so this year, we are thrilled to announce that the DC-GMP will be held at the ARC, a spacious, state-of-the-art cultural center in Southeast DC.  In addition to all the events of last year, this year's venue will include the sponsorship of the Mid-Atlantic Yoga Assocation (MAYA), the DC Mayor's office, the Boys and Girls Clubs of DC, the Corcoran School of Art, the Levine School of Music, and the Washington Ballet. Among other offerings, there will be  a "how to salute the sun" workshop for newcomers to yoga, acroyoga, dance, and flying demonstrations, a kid-friendly yoga and art portion (free for DC students age 14 and under), a food marketplace sponsored by DC's Java Green, and a full-fledged Healing Arts marketplace. Performers and presenters from DC and beyond will be there to offer live music and entertainment throughout the day. For more on the developing festivities, please visit www.dcglobalmala.com.

If you are a studio owner, we would like to ask you for your support.  If you are an individual yogi, please save the date for the DC Global Mala.  

More than ever, we yogis of the nation's capital have the opportunity to set an example of yoga as compassion in action, of meditation as peace on earth.  We hope you will help us in creating a sacred garland--a mala--around the earth on September 21st! The larger our gathering, the more powerful will be our message of consciousness as evolutionary prana!  Please join us!
 

Hari Om!


In Love and Light,
Jessica Lazar, Annie Mahon, Kate McNamee, and Debra Mishalove
(DC-GMP Core Catalysts)  

www.dcglobamala.com

Posted:_ July 31, 2008

Acro Yoga is Coming Back to Alexandria!

 

River's Edge Yoga to host an Acro Yoga Workshop with our fabulous New York Yogi, Adi Carter.

Sunday October 5th  

Details soon

Posted: September 7, 2008

Virginia Yoga Week Returns!

 

Take a breath Virginia, Virginia Yoga Week is in the Air.

October  18th to October 25th  

Second annual Virginia Yoga Week  

Virginia studios will be offering free and $5 classes as well as special events and promotions throughout the week

Details to follow

Posted: September 7, 2008

Second Annual Paws in the Park!

 

Saturday, October 18th 

11:00am-1:00 pm to benefit the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria and the Montgomery Park Improvement Project.

Come back for details.

 Posted: September 7, 2008

 

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