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Green Yoga Association - Spiritual activism for the planet
Staying Mindful in Times of Ecological Crisis

As the Gulf Oil Spill continues to devestate the biologically rich Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, we are pondering how Yoga can help us to stay mindful, engaged, and effective when faced with such a crisis.

 

It is too easy to slip into denial.  Or flame-out into rage.  Or break-down into despair.

 

We welcome your suggestions.

 

Send us an email, or post to our Facebook page

 
Perils of Plastic

According to Time Magazine, plastic is even more dangerous than you think.

In The Perils of Plastic, we learn about the lack of regulation for harmful chemicals such as BPA and Phthalates, and that science is determining how even low doses of such chemicals can cause reproductive problems and increase the risk of cancer.  

The Obama administration is working to increase government oversight and consumer education, but until the laws actually change, we each must be vigilant in protecting ourselves from contact with these dangerous chemicals.

Eliminating all contact may not be possible in this modern life, but we can minimize the accumulation of contacts by choosing alternative products.

Here are some suggestions:

— Use a Yoga mat free of PVC, Phthalates, and other potentially harmful plastics.  (Read Rethinking Yoga Mats)

— Check household items, such as shower curtains, children’s toys, and skin care products for the presence of estrogen mimickers such as BPA, Phthalates and Oxybenzone.

— Be sure to drink from stainless steel water bottles.  (Get one here, for a donation to Green Yoga)

 

 
Tapped - The Movie

Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce?   Does putting water, which is essential to life, in plastic water bottles cause health and environmental problems?

 

The answers are Yes and Yes, which is echoed in Tapped, a new film that uncovers the big business of bottled water.

 

GreenYoga's campaign to bring awareness to the problems with bottled water has resulted in the elimination of over 8000 plastic water bottles at Yoga Journal conferences.   We continue to urge yoga studios, events, and teachers to promote healthy hydration.  And, you can get a free stainless steel water bottles when you join GreenYoga.

 

The movie Tapped, from the producers of Who Killed the Electric Car and I.O.U.S.A., is "a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water."

 

The film's Director Stephanie Soechtig and Producer Sarah Olson have embarked on a tour of 30 screenings across the US.  Find a screening near you at TappedTheFilm.com.

 

View a short from the movie.

 

GreenYoga is your network, your community and your resource for doing yoga and being green.

Check out the values statement,

 

Find Yoga Studios or Yoga Teachers who are part of Green Yoga,

 

Learn about our programs and get involved,

 

And (please) practice generosity in supporting Green Yoga

 

 
Why Green Yoga?

Rampant environmental degradation has brought crisis in multiple areas. As humans, we can do something about it. Each of us alone, and all of us together. This is the time for action to deal with:

* Global Warming
* Species Extinction
* Deadly toxic chemicals in the air, water and products that we use
* Ecosystem collapse due to over-exploitation of resources

 

Yoga helps us recognize that we are made from the planet; we are sea-water and earth.  To take care of our planet is to take care of our selves.

 

Yoga practice creates a body-mind relationship which can bring energy and effectiveness to the way we address the ecological issues threatening our global life-support systems.

Read more...
 
The Green Yoga Eco Shop

powered by Amazon.comWe have built a place where you can find many of the books, props and othe tools to live a Green Yoga lifestyle.  Its all delivered through Amazon.com, so you get great service and we get a small bit of the sale.

 

Shop Now at our Amazon Shop

 

 
Seva Groves

 

“One day the world will grow green with our Love.” - Rumi

 

We are expanding our practice of Yoga and the practice of environmental stewardship by planting fruit trees around the planet.

 

The Green Yoga Seva Groves will offer a place where communities can gather to practice asana, meditate, cultivate and care for the trees, and share the harvest.  They will do their part to lower carbon in the atmosphere and will educate the communities about sustainable agrigulture.

 

Read more...
 

Studio Owners

Do you run a Green Yoga Studio or intend to implement Green business practices?  

 

We would love to hear about what you are up to.

 

Please take our brief survey

News

Your support is vital

 

We have been busy planting trees, researching yoga mats, highlighting green practices, and networking the community together.  And, we have seen a devestating oil spill, inaction on climate change, and corporate attempts to greenwash plastic.

 

As the ecological crisis grows, yoga practice becomes an essential tool in managing our human response.

 

Through our practice we maintain connection so that we can take effective action.

 

Please support our efforts now.

 


Mala of the Heart

 

mala of the heartA new book of poetry, edited by Green Yoga volunteer Kate Vogt and Ravi Nathwani, provides a collection of timeless poems that celebrate the eternal spiritual truth within each heart.

 

Available now via Amazon in the Green Yoga store

Local Green Yoga

Green Yoga Sanghas

Download your guide to creating a local group of Green Yogis.

Available in English, Espanol, Portuguese and Deutsch

Sponsoring Businesses

 

Yoga Journal Conferences

 

 

Be Present clothing

 

 

Ahimsa Art

 

 

Reduce Junk Mail

Did you ever wish you could
stop your junk mail -- and the
needless waste of trees, water and energy?

We've found an easy way for you do just that - and raise money for the Green Yoga Association!

For only $41, the 41 Pounds service will contact 20-35 direct mail companies to remove your name from their distribution lists. This includes almost all credit card applications, coupon mailers, sweepstakes entries, magazine offers and insurance promotions, as well as any catalogs you specify.

 

More info

What Do You Think?

How many plastic water bottles are used at a typical yoga conference?
 
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