Karma Yoga Anyone?

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#1

First, let me say hello to everyone and Namaste. For the benefit of people new to yoga, karma yoga loosely translates to selfless service to others. For a more indepth explanation, read the Bhagavad Gita.:slight_smile:

I want to invite all yoga teachers to help me with a new program in the United States that offers 4 free beginner yoga lessons to former or active duty war veterans. Anyone interested should go to Home.

If you aren’t a yoga teacher, you can still practice karma yoga by spreading the word about Yoga For Vets to any military vets or even to your favorite yoga studio. Your help is greatly appreciated by me.

I apologize in advance to people that don’t live in the USA and are reading this. I don’t mean to sound exclusionary.

Om Shanti

Paul

Director
Yoga For Vets
Home

#2

Alix, Nichole and Andy…

How do we feel about this?

#3

Hmmm. I’m not really sure. I’m thinking spam myself, but I tend to be pretty black and white on that. Andy?

#4

This is a perfect example of a post that will belong in a section for teachers and commercial content of interest to yoga aficianados - when we have it set up.
In the meantime we don’t have a user group set up for this kind of poster and aren’t ready to handle this. Please PM the poster and explain that this constitutes commercial content and that while interesting, doesn’t really belong on the boards at this time.

I don’t see this as substantially different than a post about “my new studio open…” or “my new book for sale…” I will find time to set up the new sections and user group soon.

#5

my vote is to keep it up for now and then move it over to new section later. i say this because i visited the site and it doesn’t ask for money, just donated time and services. he is acting as a facilitator, connecting yoga teachers with vets. with all the reports of vets coming home with post traumatic stress disorder and depression, this could be really important for our community here at YF and nationwide. we could always watch it and remove it later if it needed. i would volunteer to keep an eye on this thread.

i say we still remove any post advertising products for sale.

#6

If you aren’t a yoga teacher, you can still practice karma yoga by spreading the word about Yoga For Vets to any military vets or even to your favorite yoga studio. Your help is greatly appreciated by me.

I am new into yoga and heard a lot of good things abut it.

I would surely spread the word as much as I can in TX.

#7

This is another free yoga resource for the USA military, troops and peace corp volunteers. Karma Yoga

Namaste

#8

Is this only for U.S veterans ?
Can other countries Veterans partcipate?

mail here

#9

Ron,
Paulz, the member who originated this post, hasn’t been on since June '07, so I am going to field this question.

From what I understand, and at least at this point, these programs are offered by Americans to American troops, veterans and Peace Corp volunteers. You can contact both programs directly for more specific info about what they offer. Perhaps using their model, you could start a similar program in your location for your service members. They might even offer resources to assist people in doing just that.

Kind regards,