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)

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.

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.

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“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.