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Read more about the Blue Turns 2 weekend events and fundraiser, here!

Sunday Sadhana Playlist

Namaste,

A few of the YTTers asked for the music from today's Sadhana. Note that it was created for a 2.5 hour class. Whew! 

Enjoy,

Carrington

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Anniversary Weekend

The blue is turning 2! And we have so much to be grateful for, starting with our wonderful blue community. As has become tradition, we are celebrating with yoga classes by donation to benefit a local or not-so-local non-profit agency that is doing tremendous work to make a positive difference in our world. So, from February 13 through 15, we’re offering 10 yoga classes by donation to benefit The Nepal House in Pokhara, Nepal.

Nepal House Kaski is a therapy center for Nepali children who have been severely abused, neglected, abandoned or traumatized by violence or natural disaster. In a country where there is no word for "therapy" in the native tongue, the work happening there is amazing. Traditional counseling is supplemented with play and art therapies. The primary therapists -- Shiva, Bhima and Basantha -- are making a huge difference in the lives of the children they serve.

Nepal House Kaski is supported financially through the Nepal House Society, a non-profit based in Vancouver, BC. Those who work for Nepal House Society do so on a volunteer basis, so all funds gathered go directly to pay for rent and upkeep of the Kaski center in Pokhara and to pay Nepali staff salaries. Having seen the facility, met the people, and heard the stories about the situation in Nepal, I feel the call to help. And I'm inviting you to be part of the change. (Check out the earlier blog postings from my visit there in December.)

The response to our initial announcement in the newsletter has been amazing, with people offering to donate prizes for the drawings, and one blue student, who is a school teacher, designating our fundraiser as the benefactor for her students’ classroom project. We couldn’t be more pleased and proud. These are the ways in which every single one of you makes the blue community the beautiful place that it is.

blue lotus hopes to raise $2,500, which will pay for one year’s salary (yes, one year) for an administrator or therapist at Nepal House Kaski. We can do it.

Everyone who makes a donation will be entered into prize drawings throughout the weekend. Check our online schedule for details on the 10 classes by donation and the free Veggie Potluck Friday night, Feb 13, that will feature a slide show and stories of my trip to Nepal.

I hope you can make it!