kg yoga life practices in September - Happy Yoga Awareness Month!

Ananda in Malcolm X-Meridian Hill Park, 7/08
Photo Credit: Leigh Mosley
Copyright 2008 by Leigh Mosley
www.leighmosley.com

Blessings All,

Happy Yoga Awareness Month - www.yogamonth.org. Yoga Awareness Month is a year-round awareness campaign that peaks in September 2008 with millions of health and socially conscious individuals practicing yoga at thousands of yoga studios, businesses, parks and homes around the globe.

This month kg yoga life practices' classes will focus on the following:

Class Theme: Breathe in the power of peace (Shanti) and allowing it to create union (yoga) in your spirit, mind, heart, body, life, work, and relationships.

Chakra Focus: The class sessions will focus on balancing all seven chakras and the nervous system which is our connection with the physical and spiritual worlds. Our nervous system experiences all emotions from joy to sorrow. For more information on the seven chakras, visit: http://www.shola.co.uk/sholaarewa_chakras.php.

Essential Oil: Chamomile is a calming oil that promotes serenity.

Yoga Pose: The Savasana/corpse pose is a resting pose that calms the brain, relaxes central nervous system and the body, relieves stress and mild depression, helps to lower blood pressure, relaxes the body, and reduces headaches, fatigue, and insomnia.

Mantra: Shanti is a Sanskrit word that means peace.

Goddess: Irene is the Greek goddess of peace.


For more information about scheduling a one-on-one yoga class, Reiki healing touch session, and class fees, contact Ananda Leeke @ kiamshaleeke@yahoo.com.



kg yoga life practices Free Community Yoga Events

1) kg yoga life practices' Karma Yoga Project will host a free C-OM-MUNITY Morning Yoga on Sunday, September 7th in Malcolm X/Meridian Hill Park from 9am-9:30am. The short morning yoga practice will be dedicated to honoring National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month and Yoga Month 09.2008's Awareness Campaign. The group will practice kind and gentle Hatha yoga in front of the waterfall located near the reflecting pool and park entrance facing 16th Street and Florida Avenue, NW. Each yoga class will last thirty minutes and include an opening meditation, warm-up, kind and gentle poses, and closing meditation. Yoga lovers should bring their own yoga mat and bath towel for seated positions. They should also dress comfortably in loose clothing and avoid drinking or eating two hours before the yoga class. THE GROUP WILL NOT MEET IF IT RAINS.


2) kg yoga life practices' Global Mala Project for Peace Awareness is a free event that begins on Thursday, September 11 and ends on Friday, September 19, 2008. The nine-day practice is dedicated to the Global Mala Project for Peace Awareness which seeks to remind individuals that they have the power to create more peace in the world through mindfulness in their daily lives. Participants will warm up with several yoga poses (child's pose, cobra, sphinx, cat/cow, forward fold, and mountain pose) before doing 12 sun salutations (all versions can be practiced). At the end of the nine-day practice, participants will complete 108 sun salutations dedicated to peace.

The group will practice kind and gentle Hatha yoga in front of the waterfall located near the reflecting pool and park entrance facing 16th Street and Florida Avenue, NW. Yoga lovers should bring their own yoga mat and bath towel for seated positions. They should also dress comfortably in loose clothing and avoid drinking or eating two hours before the yoga class.
WEATHER: THE GROUP WILL NOT MEET IF IT RAINS.

The event will also honor individuals and countries impacted by the terrorist attacks of September 11th, United Nations International Peace, and Autumn Equinox. See the schedule below.

Global Mala Project for Peace Awareness Schedule

a. Thursday, September 11, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
b. Friday, September 12, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
c. Saturday, September 13, 2008 @ 3:30pm-4:15pm
d. Sunday, September 14, 2008 @ 3:30pm-4:15pm
e. Monday, September 15, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
f. Tuesday, September 16, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
g. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
h. Thursday, September 18, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm
i. Friday, September 19, 2008 @ 6:30pm-7:15pm



Yoga Information, Resources, and Events

Since yoga plays a major role in my debut novel, Love's Troubadours - Karma: Book One, I highly recommend that you purchase a copy and get your yoga on: www.lovestroubadours.com/id26.html.

Are you familiar with yoga? If not, read an excerpt about yoga from my upcoming poetic memoir, That Which Awakens Me (iUniverse, Inc. - December 2008).

"Yoga is an African science that originated in ancient Egypt. It was codified by Pantajali, an Indian second century sage who wrote the Yoga Sutra. Yoga utilizes prayer, meditation, chanting, breathing techniques, and physical exercises (postures) to teach one how to balance emotion, action, and intelligence. In Sanskrit, yoga means union with Spirit in our breath, spirit, heart, mind, and body. When we unite every part of ourselves with Spirit, we live in the present moment… the now… the only place we are supposed to be. Living in the present moment allows us to honor, love, and accept ourselves and our bodies as they are. This is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves."


If you would like to know more about my yoga and creativity journey, click here: www.lovestroubadours.com/id29.html.

Click here to find yoga links: www.lovestroubadours.com/id5.html.

Watch my yoga teacher Faith Hunter's new video:www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbVBh-JkiBI.

Check out the yoga and healing arts links in the BAP Living Links section: http://baplivingforbapsandebw.ning.com/.

Tune into BAP Living Radio on Sunday, September 7th at 7pm to hear a great panel of Black women yoginis and healing arts practitioners. Click here to listen to the show: www.talkshoe.com/tc/18598. If you miss the live show, you can log onto the site and hear a recording immediately after the show.

On September 14th at 7pm, I will host the second episode of Go Green Sangha Radio on Talkshoe.com. It will feature a panel discussion about the marriage between yoga and green living. Click here to listen to the show: www.talkshoe.com/tc/21325. If you miss the live show, you can log onto the site and hear a recording immediately after the show.



Enjoy September!

Om Shanti (Peace),

Ananda