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Health and Yoga Awareness Week in Review
Youngest Isha Volunteer Explains Health Benefits of Meditation
Upcoming Shambhavi Mahamudra Programs Across the US
Health and Yoga Awareness Week in Review
This past week, Isha volunteers in Houston and around the country conducted Health and Yoga Awareness Week. One Isha Kriya session on February 23rd at Rice University drew an audience of students and medical professionals, and even a local Indian television channel. Sponsored by ISAR (Indian Students At Rice), the session was conducted at Herring Hall, located just across the street from Houston’s thriving medical center. Guest speaker Dr. Monica Roberson gave a presentation on the neurological impact of meditation on the brain and the health benefits. This session enabled medical professionals to earn one CME credit.
In the weeks prior to the event, Isha volunteers, including current students at Rice, worked with students belonging to ISAR to promote the event, sending e-mail announcements to the graduate students groups and ISAR members and flyering the entire campus. Participants enjoyed the event and left feeling more relaxed and less stressed. Volunteers and participants mingled afterwards, and several signed up for the Houston Inner Engineering program. One participant shared that she used to practice pranayama (yogic breathing practices) when she lived in California. She was glad she came to this event and wants to start practicing pranayama again. She's convinced meditation and pranayama are beneficial for her and is interested in attending the program.
Outside of Houston, volunteers around the country used the awareness week to speak with their own doctors about the Inner Engineering program and the health benefits of the Shambhavi Mahamudra practice. Many Isha volunteers who are practicing medical professionals also shared health benefit information with their patients and colleagues, as well as information on the 26 CME credits medical professionals can earn by attending the Houston Inner Engineering program.
Isha Kriya sessions for Health Week took place in New York, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Detroit, among others, and an articles on meditation and health were published in Indo-American News and in Natural Awakenings.
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One young Isha volunteer discusses the health benefits of meditation
Valentine's Day brought a special treat to Wall Street firm DTCC in the form of an Isha Yoga booth at the company's health fair, as well as a lunchtime Isha Kriya session. A Florida meditator who works at the company's southern branch organized the event in New York City, and two local NY volunteers conducted the booth and session, which was very well received by the employees. By the end of the hour and a half, no printed materials were left, 25 Isha Kriya dvds had been raffled off, and many employees were curious and asking about the possibility of semi-regular yoga and meditation sessions to combat stress at the fast-paced firm.
The Isha Kriya session was also a success — one employee had his blood pressure checked before and after, and it went down significantly following the session. The firm has asked Isha back in May for another fair and outreach program, and is considering the possibility of future lunchtime yoga sessions as well.
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Upcoming USA Shambhavi Mahamudra Programs
March 3-4, 2012 Isha Institute of Inner-sciences
March 17-18, 2012 San Francisco
March 24-25, 2012 Detroit
March31-Apr 1, 2012 New Jersey
For more info visit http://www.ishausa.org/programs/
Sadhguru on Aapka Colors Television
Watch Sadhguru every Saturday morning on Aapka Colors. This Saturday, Sadhguru will address "Path to the Ultimate". USA carriers are Dish/AT&T/RCN, telecast throughout USA. Canadian Carriers are Rogers and Bell Fibe.
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