Comments on: What Yoga Can Teach Us About Sustainability http://www.thechangebase.com/2010/02/10/what-yoga-can-teach-us-about-sustainability/ Creating, Promoting and Leveraging Communities of Change Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:50:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Uma Viswanathan http://www.thechangebase.com/2010/02/10/what-yoga-can-teach-us-about-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Uma Viswanathan Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:13:03 +0000 http://www.thechangebase.com/?p=1144#comment-1894 Thanks for this great posting! Yoga and sustainability are, indeed, very connected. I actually teach programs in Haiti that merge yoga with permaculture (a discipline of sustainable design.) Yoga allows one to let go of holding onto the past ways of doing things and also lets us release any anxiety we have about the future. We become able to see the systems and practices around us more clearly, and approach them with more innovation. We feel more connected to (and responsible for) the well-being of our planet and our fellow people. This makes us care enough to actually choose to implement sustainable solutions. This perspective is having a profound effect in Haiti right now. We're training Haitian young adults as yoga teachers, permaculture trainers, and in community empowerment, so they can transform their own country from the inside out. I'd love to share this more with you - check out our site www.nouvelleviehaiti.org. Thanks for this great posting! Yoga and sustainability are, indeed, very connected. I actually teach programs in Haiti that merge yoga with permaculture (a discipline of sustainable design.)

Yoga allows one to let go of holding onto the past ways of doing things and also lets us release any anxiety we have about the future. We become able to see the systems and practices around us more clearly, and approach them with more innovation. We feel more connected to (and responsible for) the well-being of our planet and our fellow people. This makes us care enough to actually choose to implement sustainable solutions.

This perspective is having a profound effect in Haiti right now. We’re training Haitian young adults as yoga teachers, permaculture trainers, and in community empowerment, so they can transform their own country from the inside out. I’d love to share this more with you – check out our site http://www.nouvelleviehaiti.org.

]]> By: Matilda Mitchell http://www.thechangebase.com/2010/02/10/what-yoga-can-teach-us-about-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Matilda Mitchell Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:27:26 +0000 http://www.thechangebase.com/?p=1144#comment-1217 I have been doing Yoga since college and i love the way that it can relax my body. yoga is great for stress relief. : I have been doing Yoga since college and i love the way that it can relax my body. yoga is great for stress relief. :

]]> By: Ashley http://www.thechangebase.com/2010/02/10/what-yoga-can-teach-us-about-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-655 Ashley Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:41:40 +0000 http://www.thechangebase.com/?p=1144#comment-655 Hi Courtney, thanks so much for your thoughts and I'm so glad you enjoyed my post. It's a fun exercise to take two seemingly-unrelated things and compare and contrast this way - and yet the more I thought about it, the more overlap I found! Thanks for visiting The Changebase and good luck with your yoga (and sustainability!) practice! -Ashley Hi Courtney, thanks so much for your thoughts and I’m so glad you enjoyed my post. It’s a fun exercise to take two seemingly-unrelated things and compare and contrast this way – and yet the more I thought about it, the more overlap I found!

Thanks for visiting The Changebase and good luck with your yoga (and sustainability!) practice!
-Ashley

]]> By: Courtney http://www.thechangebase.com/2010/02/10/what-yoga-can-teach-us-about-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Courtney Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:32:57 +0000 http://www.thechangebase.com/?p=1144#comment-654 As someone with a growing passion for both yoga and sustainability, I really enjoyed your post. I think you make a great point in that both practice areas are not about "winning the race"- rather, they are about being mindful and striving for continual improvement. Very interesting to compare the two practices! Thanks, Courtney As someone with a growing passion for both yoga and sustainability, I really enjoyed your post. I think you make a great point in that both practice areas are not about “winning the race”- rather, they are about being mindful and striving for continual improvement. Very interesting to compare the two practices!

Thanks,
Courtney

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