Awaken Planet: Yoga and Reforestation January 4, 2009

Start the new year off by aligning your heart, mind, and actions in service of life. Join two dynamic yoga teachers and two tree planting organizations, as we grow our poses from a deep affirmation of life and express our care for the earth through planting a forest.

WORKSHOP INCLUDES:
~ Two asana workshops with certified Anusara yoga teachers Katchie Ananda and KK Ledford
~ Planting hundreds of trees with Greenfriends and Common Vision
~ Aligning with Nature's principle and processes to create a resilient and productive ecosystem
~ Vegetarian Lunch and Dinner
~ NEW! Each participant receives a free eco-friendly yoga mat from Lululemon Athletica!

YOUR YOGA TEACHERS:
Yoga workshops will be mixed level. Additional trained teachers will work with beginning students even as advanced students are challenged.

Katchie Ananda is an internationally recognized yoga teacher whose leadership in yoga and social change prompted Yoga Journal to name her one of five top yoga teachers making change in the world and East Bay Express to name her 2008 "Best Yoga Teacher".

KK Ledford infuses her clear, potent, and playful teachings with exploration of the spiritual journey within the web of ecology, the weavings of mythology, and the beautiful paradoxes of embodiment.

YOUR TREE PLANTING AND ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION GUIDES:
GreenFriends, Amma's international environmental initiative, has planted over 500,000 trees in India and is currently reforesting 200 acres at the Bay area's MA Center.

Common Vision teaches ecological strategies to regenerate landscapes, has worked with over 45,000 students in California, and has planted over 3,000 fruit trees in urban public schools. Www.CommonVision.org

Transportation and accommodations:
Pickups and drop offs at the Castro Valley BART can be arranged. Limited accommodations are available.

All proceeds go to support The GreenFriends Tree Planting Project.

$70-100.

Official Website: http://www.green-friends.org