Sept. 19, 2008 – As part of International Yoga Month, the Department of Housing, Parks and Recreation will be co-sponsoring the Second Annual St. Croix Global Mala Project.
Local yoga teachers, Tanja McPherson and Destry Turner, along with dedicated yogini Leslie Hamdorf, are organizing the event.
The St. Croix Yoga Mala will consist of a total of 108 minutes of practice:
27 minutes of family yoga, Leslie Hamdorf
27 minutes of sun salutations, Destry Turner
27 minutes of chanting, Tanja McPherson
27 minutes of meditation, Peter Stewart (Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture)
The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the David C. Canegata Multi Purpose Recreation Center in Christiansted. All are welcome; no previous yoga experience is necessary; admission is free.
For more information go to Web sites: www.globalmala.org or www.yogamonth.org
The purpose of the Global Mala Project is to unite the global yoga community from every continent and all yoga traditions to form a mala (chain) around the world through collective practice based on the sacred cycle of 108. This is the yoga world's offering to support the United Nations International Peace Day. Each Global Mala event dedicates their practice to integrating service and action.
For more information, contact Tanja McPherson at 643-2401 or Destry Turner at 514-6771.