Celebrate Peace on International Peace Day, this Monday September 21st!
"Anyone, anywhere can celebrate Peace Day. It can be as simple as lighting a candle at noon, or just sitting in silent meditation. Or it can involve getting your co-workers, organization, community or government engaged in a large event. The impact if millions of people in all parts of the world, coming together for one day of peace, is immense."
Did you know that this Monday, September 21st, is International Peace Day? Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the first International Peace Day was held in September 1982, marking 2009 as the 27th year.
Very recently, Yoga2You has expanded its News & Events section to include postings specifically related to Peace. (If you'd like to read more about that decision and section, view this link.) Because of that, I became aware of this Peace effort by these representives from countries around the world. I am embarrassed to admit in such a public format that I had not heard of this day before, or if I had, I must have dismissed it.
I imagine there are many others like me, passing that kind of information by in the blur of another day. Even though I am a Yoga teacher, I so very much know how it is. Yet, I know how important mindfulness is as well, and in this instance to be mindful of how we personally and collectively are using our mental energies. Not for some abstract tree-hugging kind of experience, but so as not to invest an imbalanced amount of energy into negativity, or the drama that gets reported all around us. To be responsible for giving equal footing to the positive, reading about (or participating in) these and other Peace efforts, for example, and also to give footing to the sublime (resulting from the practice of bringing the mind to rest*).
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Read more about the International Day of Peace by visiting this link!
Please take a minute to visit our new Peace section.
Share your thoughts and events with comments or posts of your own. Email us with any questions. Namaste.
Excerpted from The International Day of Peace Web site:
"Anyone, anywhere can celebrate Peace Day. It can be as simple as lighting a candle at noon, or just sitting in silent meditation. Or it can involve getting your co-workers, organization, community or government engaged in a large event. The impact if millions of people in all parts of the world, coming together for one day of peace, is immense.
International Day of Peace is also a Day of Ceasefire – personal or political. Take this opportunity to make peace in your own relationships as well as impact the larger conflicts of our time. Imagine what a whole Day of Ceasefire would mean to humankind."
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