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Jasmine Chehrazi, founder of Yoga Activist, has taught yoga to students of diverse backgrounds, from homeless shelter residents to White House staff. In this Yoga Service Conference Interview with Rob Schware, she reveals her secret to serving others well—love.
Marlise Karlin encourages you to invite stillness in, release the past, and find your true life purpose. Join Marlise for The Power of Peace in You, June 21–23.
How can yoga help people with cancer walk through their fears, gain strength and stability, avoid recurrence, and cope with the lifelong effects of cancer? Rob Schware, cofounder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation, and Tari Prinster, founder of Yoga for Cancer (y4c), discuss these important questions in the next installment of the Yoga Service Interview Series.
It's a lesson we all can appreciate: Smile—because the world mirrors your heart. Qigong master Robert Peng began his qigong apprenticeship with the legendary monk Xiao Yao when he was a boy. Today he uses his extraordinary powers to heal and inspire. Here, he explains what is at the heart of one of his favorite practices—the Lotus Meditation>.
Part of the Yoga Service Interview Series, Rob Schware, cofounder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation, talks with Roxanne "Nikki" Myers, cofounder of Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR), about helping people heal from addiction in body, mind, and spirit.
What do you do when faced with great difficulties and challenges? Zen teacher John Tarrant, Roshi, PhD, offers these seven guidelines for taking advantage of difficulties and surprises in life, and making the most of them.
Zen Student: “When times of great difficulty visit us, how should we greet them?”
Teacher: “Welcome.”
Peter Wayne, author of The Harvard Medical School Guide to Tai Chi, created Hand Tai Chi to help people relieve the pain of arthritis and repetitive-stress injury. The added benefit? With practice, you’ll also experience the core principles of tai chi. Study Tai Chi for Health & Wellness with Peter Wayne at Omega, June 16–21.
Part of the Yoga Service Interview Series, Rob Schware, cofounder of the Give Back Yoga Foundation, talks with Beryl Bender Birch, author of Power Yoga, about finding the balance between giving out and holding back when doing the work of yoga service.