Fundraising Event to Support Community Yoga Outreach Program

Dec. 1, 2011 - PRLog -- Join Yoga 4 Peace (Y4P) on Friday, December 2 from 7:30 pm- 8:30pm for Yoga Nidra/Guided Relaxation, a fundraising event to support the Community Yoga Outreach Project (CYOP).  This event will be the third monthly Yoga Nidra workshop taught by Carrie Hura.  

Yoga Nidra is a deep, restful state that surpasses consciousness and the dream state and takes you to the third state: that of the awakened deep sleep state, or Yoga Sleep. Y4P is inviting you to explore this guided practice to gain a more restful state of being to help reduce anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and stress. Workshop participant Grace P. said, “This was my first experience with Yoga Nidra, and I am now a grateful fan of the practice. I just melted away into a peaceful state and felt more rested and refreshed than I have in a long time. I felt that rather than pushing into rest, I floated to that peaceful state of mind."

The suggested donation for Yoga Nidra is $15-$20. The proceeds from this event will go to make t-shirts for Community Yoga Outreach Project (CYOP).  The CYOP partners with worthy organizations to bring yoga to under-served populations.  Currently, Yoga 4 Peace (Y4P) is working with guidance centers, homeless shelters, title one schools and drug rehabilitation programs. The studio provides qualified teachers in order to service these communities. Y4P is on a mission to offer at-risk and in-need populations of the greater Detroit area an opportunity to experience the transformative powers of yoga at no cost.

The Yoga 4 Peace t-shirt design competition is open to the public and the winner will receive a three-month unlimited pass to the studio. T-shirt designs may be submitted to angela@y4peace.org. Voting will take place at the New Year’s Day Yoga-Thon and the deadline to submit designs is December 23.

Additional activities to support CYOP include the ongoing mat and prop drive.  Anyone who needs to find a home for an older mat can drop it off at the studio or contact Colleen Burke, director CYOP at colleen@y4peace.org.

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Yoga 4 Peace non-profit educational organization assists individuals in the creation of peace of mind, encourage peace between all living beings, and to learn to live sustainably at peace with the planet, all through the practice of yoga. www.y4peace.org.