World Peace -- Join Others in Channeling Energy for Peace - A Global Cooperative
from Yoga2You
Guy Spiro's Lightworks.com, based in Chicago, Illinois, has been championing another approach for world peace. Called the Light Wave, you send light energy by yourself or in a group with others.
"The LightWave gathers people from all walks of life, religious backgrounds, and philosophical perspectives, to come together and generate light daily for the transformation of our world. This can be done through prayer, meditation, drumming, dancing, yoga, or any other light creating activity. It can be done alone or in groups.
The LightWave passes through every time zone beginning at 6:00pm each day. Individuals and groups are encouraged to generate light for the betterment of humanity and the world for that hour or a portion of it. At 7:00pm the Wave passes to the next time zone west and sweeps around the planet across all 24 time zones on a daily basis."
If you know of other groups or efforts channeling our collective energy for the collective good, please write to us--we'd love to share the news. Namaste.
Yoga2You wants to help spread the blessings of peace. Yoga teaches us that for their to be peace in the world, peace begins within. Some days it is harder than others. But yoga also teaches us to "make the attempt," like making the attempt of a difficult yoga pose. Over time, it usually comes. So if it is possible to use our energy to effect peace in the world and peace within, let us make the attempt. Find a little time each week to think, sing, pray or make some effort for Peace. If you know of Peace Gatherings, please let us know, or post them yourself by registering on the right. Namaste.
Why yoga works—simply
Ancient yogis knew the benefits that came with regular yoga practice. Today, advancements in technology enable scientists to show precisely how these ancient practices work to benefit the mind and body. Yogis have been passing on the teachings of yoga for nearly 5,000 years.
Most simply, using proper breathing, especially during asana practice, enables the average person to develop the breathing apparatus and strengthen the vital life force. Once that begins, everything else flows from it. Why yoga works is really that simple. Any time you lie on the mat and breathe, the benefits of yoga begin.
There is a saying in yoga that when we control the breath, we control the life force, and when you think about that, it's really true.
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Yoga Poetry
Attention Yogi Poets: Please submit your Yoga Poetry for publication in this corner--share your artistic light with others. (Poet keeps all rights.) Meanwhile, please enjoy these prayers and chants that follow. Namaste.
I first became aware of this prayer during Yoga Teachers Training. It is one of my favorites, and it is also a call-and-response chant that is sometimes sung during satsang. Enjoy!
A Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is darkness, light,
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may
not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
To be be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive--
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
“Health is wealth, peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way.”
