Yoga and Service Project, December 19-26, 2011 Yoga is service and service is Yoga. Check out our journey to the indigenous Andean village where I spent three years as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Each day we practiced yoga and worked on a project to co-create an organic community garden at the local high school. Add purpose […]
How Does Your Garden Grow?
A decade ago, my friend and yoga teacher, Jordan Mallah, was a Peace Corps Volunteer in La Grama. Every few years since, he’s arranged a “service” trip where he convinces a group of people from the United States to come build a local library, or assist on a town-wide water project. The 2011 project was to plant an organic vegetable garden behind el colegio, the local grammar school.
From the Inside Out: Service and Yoga in Peru
By Arthur Strimling Machu Picchu! Yoga! Service! Last April I saw a beautiful card at Vira Yoga offering a New Year’s retreat led by Zhenja La Rosa and Jordan Mallah that would culminate at Machu Picchu on New Year’s Eve – with a full moon, a blue moon, yet. Wow! I have harbored a dream […]
Journey to Rwanda
I believe everything happens for a reason. I was leading a Yoga and Service retreat to Peru over Christmas and New Years when by sheer grace the bus that was supposed to take us to Machu Picchu was going to be several hours late to pick us up. The delay was frustrating, but more importantly […]
Elephant Journal – Yoga Heals in Rwanda
Huffington Post – Rwanda: Yoga Journey to a Place of Hope
Daily Single
Natural Heroes – Jordan Mallah Shares His Gifts With the World
Applying for Anusara Certification – Brooklyn, NY
One page explanation of my reasons for applying for Anusara certification: Since 2001, I have been on a magical journey of discovering the powerful and transformational practice of Anusara Yoga. After studying and teaching this extremely effective system of yoga, it is clear to me that it is my highest dharma to be a certified […]