For Earth Day this year, Yoga Serves tackled a couple projects at Bandemer Park: re-building a washed-out section of trail and pulling and cutting down invasives. Thanks to the big group of volunteers who came out, we get the jobs done quickly and had lots of fun in the process!
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Sorting Hats & Gloves for The Education Project
The Education Project works to ensure Washtenaw County students in homeless and temporary living situations enroll, regularly attend and succeed in school. Every year, they work to supply winter gear for families who don’t have the money for such items or who are moving abruptly and often, so may lose them. Yoga Serves members helped sort a …
Food Gatherers – Rockin’ for the Hungry
A handful of brave Yoga Serves members were ‘freezin’ for a reason’ – to help Food Gatherers collect food and monetary donations at the local Kroger. Yoga Serves works with Food Gatherers year-round to help them in their goal of providing food to those in need in the Ann Arbor area. Rockin’ for the Hungry is Food Gatherers largest …
Helping our Local Food Bank – Food Gatherers
Several times throughout the year Yoga Serves members help out at the warehouse doing various tasks such as sorting cans, restocking the pantry, shelving products, salvaging products, repackaging bulk foods, packing food boxes, cleaning out coolers, and sorting produce.
National Trails Day – Stewardship Workday
National Trails Day is a nationwide event celebrating local trails and assisting with their restoration, creation and maintenance. At Barton Park on a hot 90 degree spring day, Yoga Serves members trimmed back overgrowth and spread wood-chips to help keep the trails accessible.
Yoga Music Playlists – Week of 6/20/11
Several people mentioned how much they loved the mix of chants I used in my Hatha classes this week. They are some of my favorites. Here they are: Aad Guray – Deva Premal – Dakshina Jap Man Sat Nam – Snatam Kaur – Anand Ishq’allah – Miten – Songs for the Inner Lover People of …
Yoga Music – Week of 6/13/11
Some of you asked if I was playing James Taylor in class this week. Actually, it was music by Alanis Morrissette’s brother, Wade Imre Morrisette. I have two of his albums that I use for yoga: Sargam Scales of Music and Strong as Diamonds. Check them out!
Earth Day Tree Planting Project 2011
Each year Yoga Serves volunteers at an Ann Arbor park for Earth Day. This year our volunteers helped neighbors of Huron Highlands Park in Ann Arbor plant a native garden in their neighborhood park.
Meditations from the Mat – Letting Go
Some of you asked if I could type out the reading I shared this week in my classes, where our intention was using our yoga practice to let go. It is from the book Meditations from the Mat. Here it is… “To begin, we let go. We let go of our thoughts, our old scripts, our …
Yoga Music Playlist – Week of 1/24/11
Some of you were asking about the beautiful music I was playing for our 4th Chakra (Heart) classes this week. Here’s a sampling: Jap Man Sat Nam, Snatam Kaur, Anand Sat Patim, Deva Premal, Songs for the inner lover Paramaysareh, Snatam Kaur, Anand We are people, Snatam Kaur, Celebrate peace Rise up, Guru Singh, Game …