Fall is proving to be a busy time for Anahata.  Below is a list of upcoming events and opportunities for our Anahata Friends to add some more seva to your day.

• September 4th, please join us in the upper level of Meridian Hill park for a yoga class open to all (and taught by the lovely Emilia) followed by a potluck/picnic for Anahata volunteers and those that are interested in becoming volunteers. It’s a great way to spend some time getting to know like-minded wellness activists + have some time outside doing what we love – moving with breath. More details about our monthly potlucks can be found here: http://www.anahatainternational.org/index.php/news/volunteer-potluck/

• September 12th, Flow will have a table up at this year’s Adams Morgan Day Festival – a crazy time on 18th street with lots of people and opportunity to spread the word about the yoga studio + Flow’s outreach which includes Anahata! I will be there but need a number of volunteers to take 2 hour shifts to help chat with folks as they stop by the table. All help is appreciated :).

• September 26th, Global Mala! This year’s DC Global Mala is raising funds to support Anahata (yay!). Thanks to the generous donation of online tools provided by Salsa (thanks Trina!), we are even able to create individual sponsorship pages to help raise funds through the generosity of friends and family. If you are interested in doing this, please check out our website: http://www.anahatainternational.org/index.php/dc-global-mala/ We are also in need of volunteers to help run the event and would love to get you involved if you are interested in helping. And finally, please help us by promoting mala to your friends by either posting to your fbook with a link to the website or just reaching out to people via email with details.

• We’d also love to increase the number of people that “like” our fbook page. If you know someone who supports Anahata’s mission but does not know about our fbook presence, please recommend that they check us out (www.facebook.com/anahatagrace).

Below is a brief update on our current programs that we couldn’t do without your help:

• We just completed a 6 week summer program with elementary school aged kids in low-income neighborhoods in DC and are about to restart the afterschool yoga classes through the same program for this Fall!  (a big thanks to Alexis Mitchell, Dawn Hennessey, Scott Carson, Emilia Retta, and Sarah Walter!)

• We are creating a wellness room at a domestic violence shelter that will open it’s doors in October and will provide holistic services including acupuncture, reiki, yoga, yoga nidra, nutrition classes and lots more!  (A big thanks to our Wellness Committee: Michell Stanley, Nicole Mires, Ana Abram, Riana Ackley and Jamie Larson).

• We are working with a community center that provides therapy to people suffering from severe mental health disabilities to create a 6 week yoga for trauma survivors program.

• We are increasing the number of homeless teen moms that we teach yoga to at Borromeo Housing. (Big thanks to Layne Morrison)

• We are now running the yoga program along with providing Afro-Brazilian dance classes (yay Angela Ingram!) at N Street Village – a homeless women’s shelter.

• The Troop Retreat for veterans suffering from PTSD will be the weekend of September 10th.  (Nicely done Angela, Frances and Andrea).

• We are continuing to explore partnership options for this year’s International Fellowship program!

Please email me at findinggraceyoga@gmail.com if you are able to give some time to any of the above volunteer requests. I hope to see you on September 4th if not sooner!

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