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total love 
humility + grace :: create honesty with the self
Street Yoga Happenings January 2012
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- Gratitude & Generosity
- 2012 Teacher Trainings
- Community Events
- Programs: New Year's Day Street Yoga Volunteer Update
- Street Yoga in the News!
- Yoga Service Council held at Omega May 2012
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 "If one approaches yoga with a high sense of curiosity, and a firm willingness to accept with gentleness the findings within oneself, yoga is an invaluable practice. It's not for the timid, or the overly striving, but in the words of Sri Nisargadatta, "if you are truly earnest and honest, the attainment of reality will be yours." That's what yoga's good for, attaining a truthful reality about your self and everything, an understanding of total love and deep interconnectedness. Once you have those simple bits in hand, it's far easier to decide what to do with the time you have left on this planet. "The whole point of yoga is to become more truthful with yourself, and to follow precepts of humility and grace."
Thank you for joining Street Yoga on this path.
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Street Yoga
Teacher Training
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UPCOMING TRAININGS
Portland - March 2012
Cleveland - March 2012
Seattle - April 2012
Denver - April 2012
Philadelphia - June 2012
New York City - July 2012
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Community
Every month, Street Yoga is building community, sharing questions & best practices.
 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS...
+ Portland
+ Seattle
+ New York
+ San Diego
details here »
Become a Street Yoga Ambassador! Contact Street Yoga to create a gathering of service-oriented yogis in your city.
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If you are interested in providing a workshop for our volunteers' continuing education please email: alice@streetyoga.org
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With Love
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Thank you for your Contributions to Street Yoga's mission.
2011 TRAINING PARTNERS + Laughing Lotus NYC + Little Flower Yoga New York + Yoga Now Chicago + Global Family Yoga - Chicago + Yoga Shala of Portland + Tucson Yoga + Ryther Child Center of Seattle + 8 Limbs Yoga Center Seattle + Samarya Center Seattle + Yoga Blaze Seattle + San Diego Youth Services + prAna: San Diego & Portland + Yoga Oceanside + Bindu Yoga - San Diego + Yoga Del Mar + The Yoga Sanctuary - Toronto + New Leaf Yoga Foundation + Sigh Yoga - Minneapolis + Yoga For Peace - Detroit + Prana Power Yoga - Boston + Yoga Hope - Boston + Sankhya Yoga - Philadelphia + Centered City Yoga - Salt Lake + In Body Outreach - Salt Lake + Radha Yoga Centre - Spokane + Mellow Money Yoga - Spokane + Lila Yoga Studio - Spokane + North Portland Yoga |
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PORTLAND, OR
A letter from our dedicated and light-bearing volunteer, Betsy Rose:
I ran a Street Yoga clothing donations drive in December at Pureheart yoga, and another studio I teach at. I asked specifically for womens yoga clothes, the response was amazing we ended up with 4 boxes of yoga clothes and most of them were new or almost new. There were 8 teenage girls at this facility, each of them got 2 new yoga outfits! The rest of the clothes went into storage, now as new girls enter the center they can also pick out a yoga outfit. One yogi got a $100 gift certificate to a grocery store.
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I asked the girls while they were picking out their new outfits, what they wanted me to spend the money on. They asked for fresh fruits and veggies and hummus, wow how cool is that. I guess the facility lost funding for food, and the girls don't get much fresh foods anymore. I spent New Years Eve, buying mostly organic foods, then washing and preparing,
I also made them vegan cookies (oatmeal, peanut butter, blueberry and cranberry), and homemade bread (brown rice flour, whole wheat, and whole oats with rosemary and sage). I also got them 4 kinds of hummus. When I showed up they were all tired because they were allowed to stay up all night. So I had them do an hour of relaxing yoga.
While we enjoyed the food afterwards one of the girls said, "oh my gosh, Betsy is slouching!" I was, I immediately sat up straight again.
We all laughed and one of the girls said,
"You're just like us." One thing I've really noticed, is how much these kids just want someone to relate to them, and listen. And I don't think there was any better way to bring in the new year. Happy 2012!"
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Special Thanks to our Community Blogger Crystal Southcote for her dedication to the Street Yoga Blog! |
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Circus Yoga Partnership: West Coast Workshops
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CircusYoga® Community Workshop
for adults & kids ages 7 to 107
CircusYoga returns to the Northwest for friday night Community Workshops in Seattle & Portland! Co-founder Erin Maile O'Keefe has been leading communities in a blend of interactive group yoga, circus arts, acrobatics and play for over 15 years. Deep rejuvenation comes with connection and joyful play. Bring your friends and family to experience this intentionally multigenerational practice. Whether you have kids or not, experience a village at play together. Be on the edge of your learning and surprise yourself by what you can do. Create the culture of a traveling circus and embody your part in it. Embrace the principle of inclusion by connecting to the full spectrum of your being! For more information see www.circusyoga.com.
 CircusYoga® Ring One ImmersionPlease join us for an unforgettable weekend of multigenerational play and learning with expert facilitator, teacher, co-creator of CircusYoga Erin Maile O'Keefe. While this weekend is part of the CircusYoga Teacher Training journey and it also stands alone as a program for those wishing to explore their creativity, leadership skills, communication, play, and more. Whether you are a yogi, school teacher, facilitator, manager, dancer, parent, or human being... come steep in the benefits of CircusYoga and infuse your practice with the principles of connection, community & play, during this can't-be-missed fun-filled weekend. The weekend will kick off with a Community Workshop. Included in tuition is the CircusYoga® Ring One Manual. This is also the prerequisite for the CircusYoga® Ring Two Teacher Training.
 dates & locationsThe Samarya Center, Seattle, WA
FRI-SUN, February 3-5, 2012
Ring One Immersion Tuition & Manual: $240 ($215 Early Registration until January 23rd)
FRI, February 3, 2012
6:30-8:30pm
Community Workshop Tuition: $25/adult, $10/kid ages 7 and up
North Portland Yoga, Portland, OR
FRI-SUN, February 10-12, 2012
Ring One Immersion Tuition & Manual: $240 ($215 Early Registration until January 30th)
FRI, February 10, 2012
6:00-8:00pm
Community Workshop Tuition: $25/adult, $10/kid ages 7 and up
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You can now support the Yoga Service Council by buying a yoga mat from Jade Yoga! Visit www.yogaservicecouncil.org and click the Jade link. 20% of the proceeds will go towards supporting widespread access to yoga and mindfulness in underserved communities.
» You can always find Yoga Service links and information on our website!
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Bridging the Hearts and Minds of Youth
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JOIN OUR FOUNDER, MARK LILLY. REGISTER FOR A POWERFUL WEEKEND OF HEALING
As you know, the practice of bringing mindfulness to youth in educational, clinical, and community settings has received unprecedented attention over the past decade as parents, children, educators, clinicians and researchers have noticed the wide-ranging and beneficial effects of doing so. The implications and effects of this growing movement are wide-ranging, and impact the psychological, physical and social health and well-being of children and teens.
» Continue reading at www.cme.ucsd.edu/bridging
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Street Yoga Teacher Trainings
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Trainings are open to experienced yoga teachers as well as those new to yoga.
In the past we've had massage therapists, nurses, social workers, teachers and many others join us for a weekend of connection, learning and soul-building.
We offer monthly weekend teacher trainings in cities across the country for community members interested in learning how yoga serves vulnerable young people and their families, not only homeless youth, but also young people who are faced with challenges that stem from overcoming the pain of sexual and physical abuse, mental illness or familial substance addiction and other traumas.
Street Yoga's Core Training offers CEUs through the Yoga Alliance and the National Association of Social Workers.
Sign up online » or call 503.232.0362
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Stay tuned for future Street Yoga Teacher Trainings in your region!
Email Alice for further information about Street Yoga Programs and Training.
alice@streetyoga.org
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