Yoga 4 Hope 2012- Peace Love Om

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Peace Love Om

What

Windsor – Essex County’s annual all day outdoor Yoga event created and hosted by the Pajama Angels (local grass roots charity) that creates awareness, action & advocacy for cancers & chronic diseases though integrative health as well as support Proactive Breast Health in our community.

Yoga, Exhibitors, Nutrition, Prizes  & more! Mat rental $2/class $5/day (limited mats available-first come first serve)

Classes every hour starting at 8am registration opens at 7:30am *Raise $50 or more in pledges

(click here for pledge forms)

and recieve your $50 VIP OM Pass at no charge.

Tickets

VIP OM PASS: All day yoga $50

Headliner Only $40

Any 1 class $15

Yoga for Kids ages 4-7 or 8-12 (check schedule) $15 either session.

You will be required to complete a waiver to participate in any classes so please download it here: Yoga 4 Hope 2012 Registration Form

When

Date: Saturday August 25, 2012 Time: 8am-11pm

Where

Location: Vollmer Culture & Recreation Complex

Directions: 2121 Laurier Drive Lasalle, Ontario

NOTE: The event is outdoors at the Pavilion & not inside the Vollmer Complex, unless of course Mother Nature has her own intentions for us!

also, the Pavilion is actually on Mike Renaud Drive, However, once on Laurier Drive, you will see the Pavilion.

Parking is Free but 500+ yards away, so leave enough time to park and walk to the pavilion before classes.

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Why

Yoga 4 Hope was inspired during Pigeon Pose.   As a new Yogi relishing in her new found practice and the on-going passion to raise awareness, action & change in her local community, Yoga 4 Hope took shape and became a reality in August of 2008: “Honour Your Light Within For Breast Cancer” where $12,000.00 was raised for Windsor Regional Hospital’s: Breast Health Center.

In 2009, a long savasana was taken (reality happens!) and the event returned in 2010 “Reach For Higher Ground” where $14,000.00 was raised towards the purchase of Windsor-Essex County’s very own Breast Thermography machine.

In 2011, Yoga 4 Hope Raised $15,000.00 in an effort to offer 100 local women access to the program at no charge.

Yoga 4 Hope, along with Scare Away Breast Cancer (2010 & 2011) was responsible for the purchase of the Breast Thermography machine ($32,000.00 USD) and the Perfect Pair: Proactive Breast Health Program evolved and launched in November 2010 under the direction of Natasha Zajmalowski, ND

Yoga is such a healing practice that unites body,  mind and spirit which is also what is needed in our community,  a uniting of change agents.  Yoga connects and unites us all onto our universal mat.  What better way to raise funds for the community than through the healing practice of Yoga that is over 5000 years old.

The healing properties of yoga are myriad and wide-ranging, all founded in the way that yoga elevates breathing patterns, strengthening the body’s natural immune response and releasing negative stresses.

In regard to cancer, which is a broad complex of illnesses due to a weakened immune system that cannot cope with the proliferation of damaged cells, the practice of yoga can help strengthen the immune system and encourage our inner healing forces.

It works in several ways: BREATHING EXERCISES improves respiration, releases tension and restores calm and balance RELAXATION calming the nervous system while alleviating stress and anxiety which our immune response POSTURE increases energy levels, clears toxins, and enhances the functioning of our internal organ systems MEDITATION develops the detachment and clarity enabling us to accept the realities of our situation and to cope with fear.

The simplest of yoga breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques can also help us to deal with the overwhelming emotions that come with this life-changing diagnosis: shock, fear, and guilt to name a few.  And they can be of help in managing stress, anxiety and pain post-surgically and following chemotherapy and radiation.

Yoga is a calming force in the midst of chaos which can often times be just what is needed to make clear, thoughtful decisions in regard to moving through a serious illness like cancer.  (www.UrbanZen.org 2008 Well-being Conference)

Who

Change agents Unite! Our whole community of yogi’s and studios as well as exhibitors, sponsors and breast cancer survivors (we like to call them Cancer Slayers) gather on this day of healing and hope.

Yoga 4 Hope is one of the two signature (original) events created and hosted by the grass roots local charity Pajama Angelsand their many wonderful supporters. United We Cure. Namaste.