Omega in Action
Omega in Action highlights inspiring people and organizations making meaningful change. From protecting the environment to empowering women, healing veterans, and serving nonprofits, you'll find fresh perspectives, trending news, and the latest information on noteworthy events here at Omega and around the world.
Carla Goldstein to Speak on the Sacred Balance of Giving and Receiving
Carla Goldstein, JD, Omega chief external affairs officer and director of the Omega Women’s Leadership Center will be giving a keynote talk on November 3, 2012 at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s 12th Annual Women’s Symposium. This year’s theme is “It’s a Give and Take World” and Carla’s keynote, “Finding Flow: the Sacred Balance of Giving and Receiving,” will explore the importance of allowing oneself to receive, as well as to give.
Carla will be joined by an exciting lineup of speakers including Nicole Sheindlin, executive director of Her Honor Mentoring program and Dr. Michael Koch, MD and Lindsay Aarstad, RPA-C, who will discuss their recent experiences working at a clinic in Africa. The HVHC will also be honoring Chereese Jervis-Hill, President of Events to Remember, with their Community Woman of the Year Award.
The symposium is from 8:30am‑2:00pm. Yoga, chair massages, and meals are included. Registration is still open. For more information visit The Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s website.
CEO Skip Backus: The OCSL Is Built to the Highest Standard
Omega Institute's CEO, Skip Backus was featured in a Poughkeepsie Journal cover story and video because Omega's Center for Sustainable Living (OCSL) in one of three platinum-certified buildings in New York State's Dutchess County.
The OCSL is an environmental education center and natural water reclamation facility built to meet the highest standards currently available in sustainable architecture. It is the first green building in America to achieve both LEED® Platinum and Living Building Challenge™ certification.
John Perkins Awarded a 2012 LennonOno Grant for Peace
Omega teacher John Perkins (second from left), was awarded a 2012 LennonOno Grant for Peace in Reykjavik, Iceland last week. Also accepting awards from Yoko Ono (third from left) were Carol Blue Hitchens (left, accepting on behalf of her deceased husband, Christopher Hitchens), Lady Gaga, and Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of deceased peace activist Rachel Corrie.
Learn more about LennonOno Grant for Peace
Julie Daley: Women & Power—Wisdom Learned from Omega Institute's Conference
Julie Daley, teacher, coach, and creator of women's leadership blog Unabashedly Female, shares insights from the Omega Women's Leadership Center's Women & Power Conference in her latest blog post. She features quotes from many of the speakers and reflects on how the conference impacted her personally, including the observation that "Our power is not like that which has been wielded over others to dominate and control. Our true power, the power that flows through us when we are embodying the feminine principle, is the power to serve, and it is inclusive, holding, and connecting, and it weaves life together in a supportive bond."
Read Julie Daley's full post "Women and Power—Wisdom Learned from Omega Institute's Conference".
Unmet Needs of Veterans With Psychological Injuries Reaches Epidemic Proportions With Rise in Suicide & Sexual Assault
Sharon Salzberg: Who to Vote For?
Sharon Salzberg, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, is one of America’s leading meditation teachers and authors. In this article for Huffington Post, she shares her thoughts on why "voting is like alchemy—taking an abstract value and breathing life into it. Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world."
Read Sharon Salzberg's full article, "Who to Vote For?" on Huffington Post.
Omega Named One of the Best Places for Silent Retreat
Omega was featured in The Wall Street Journal as one of the best places to go for a silent retreat. Constant communication is a highly prized part of modern-day life, while going quiet has been shown to ease stress, lower your blood pressure, and reflect on the things that matter most.
For more than 35 years, Omega has offered general mindfulness workshops, professional trainings in a number of mindfulness-based modalities, and groundbreaking conferences. Our mindfulness programs feature notable voices in the field—from Jon Kabat-Zinn to Sharon Salzberg—and reach a broad spectrum of people—from kindergarteners to yoga enthusiasts and corporate executives.
What Young Women are Saying about Rachel Simmon's Workshop
Here's a blog post from Naomi Chick and Julia Hunter who recently participated in the Omega Women's Leadership Center's workshop for young women Say What You Mean, Be Who You Are with Rachel Simmons. There was a lot of enthusiasm and engagement among the young women who attended the weekend and a commitment to creating change not only in their own lives, but in the world.
Starflower Experiences Tour the OCSL
How Yoga Changed One Man's Life After Coming to Omega
Rob Schware, the executive director for Give Back Yoga Foundation recently interviewed lawyer Bob Altman for Huffington Post about why he decided to change his life's work.
In 2008, Bob Altman attended an Off the Mat, Into the World intensive here at Omega Institute. That experience inspired him to wind down his law practice and put him on the path to yoga service by starting Grounded for Good, a yoga service initiative offering yoga and mindfulness classes to homeless youths in Atlanta.
Read the full interview with Rob Schware and Bob Altman on Huffington Post.
