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Month-long Nationwide Yogathon Provides Outlet for Yogis to Give Back this June 2011
Jupiter, FL – On June 1st, Karma Krew, a yoga-based 501(c)3 non-profit, will launch its 3rd Annual Peace by Peace Yogathon, a month long nationwide fundraiser to support its outreach initiatives that include bringing yoga programs to underserved populations ad promoting community volunteerism through a nationwide network of yoga studios and teachers.
Throughout the month, yoga studios across the country will be engaging their students in a challenge to practice as much yoga as they can over 30 days. Each participant receives a personal fundraising web page where friends and family sponsor them for each class they pledge to take. Thus the more they practice, the more money they raise to bring yoga to other people who don’t have access to studios.
“We developed this fundraiser to align with the deeper teachings of yoga as a way of demonstrating that taking care of ourselves and serving others are not mutually exclusive concepts,” explains Karma Krew Founder & Executive Director Scott Feinberg. “The yogathon offers a simple & powerful way for yoga practitioners to give back to their communities while simultaneously deepening their personal experience of yoga.”
For those new to yoga and those reluctant yogis who may need a little extra incentive to get on the mat, Karma Krew has partnered with various socially conscious companies to provide prizes for the biggest fundraisers. Winners will be awarded with various yoga gear, clothes, books, cds, and even yoga vacations from sponsors including Asana Green, I LOVE YOGA, Yoga Accessories, The Green Bus Project, Bella Luna Yoga, Kripalu, The Caribbean Yoga Conference, Jane Makes Sense and Be Present.
Peace by Peace Yogathon
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
In addition, all participants will receive free weekly , inspirational karma related news articles, tips for consciously living your yoga practice off the mat, and other moral support via email, Facebook and at www.karmakrew.org throughout the entire month of June.
“We are encouraging participants to use their involvement in the Yogathon as an opportunity to reflect on how they integrate the principles of karma yoga into their own lives. Though we will all be practicing in various studios across the country, we plan to use our Facebook page as a virtual community to create a sense of connectedness throughout the month long Yogathon,” explains Jennifer Myers, Karma Krew’s Social Media Coordinator.
Funds raised go to directly support the efforts of Karma Krew in hopes of making their work not only useful, but sustainable.
“What inspires us each day is this beautiful vision of seeing the many gifts of yoga blossom in the darkest corners of society. If we can meet people exactly where they are, in the midst of their most challenging moments and offer them this amazing gift of yoga that guides them back to their intrinsic wholeness, then we will have done our job. And what is most exciting is that this gift will have been an offering not just of a few people but from the community at large,” says Feinberg.
To participate in the Peace by Peace Yogathon or to apply to become part of Karma Krew’s Peace by Peace Teaching Corps, go to www.firstgiving.com/karmakrew .
CONTACT:
Karma Krew, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
Scott Feinberg 561.339.9642
Mary Veal 561.385.8003
