The Sanskrit word yoga has many meanings, and is derived from the Sanskrit root "yuj", meaning "to control", "to yoke" or "to unite."And indeed, 10,000 people united on the Great Lawn of Central Park on Monday for a yoga class led by Elena Brower, breaking the record for the World's Largest Yoga Class!
This event followed Monday's Mind Over Madness Solstice event in Time's Square, which also attracted thousands of participants interested in bringing a little control and peace to a frenetic place...
Photo above by Adam Pontozzi from the Times Square Alliance site.
And though I wasn't in the city to participate in either of these events, on Saturday J and I will be attending the First Boston Yoga and Chant Fest in Boston. This 12-hour festival, being held at the Chinmaya Maruti Temple, will include free yoga classes, chanting, Indian classical dance performances, sacred ceremonies, and vegetarian food in addition to exhibitors and vendors.
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21st century materialism probably has no place here, but you might be interested in this.
http://theunbearablebanishment.blogspot.com/2010/06/22500-used-typewriter.html
Have a lovely time at the festival
I saw this on the news and wondered if you might be there
I'll bet it was awesome
all that energy
Have fun in Boston
thanks - I was waiting for a sign... was supposed to go to my 20th h.s. reunion but this sounds much better - just bought a ticket! maybe i'll see you there;)
should be amazing!!!
xo
Yay Jennifer! Yeah, this is going to be a lot more fun than a hs reunion, definitely. I'm glad you were still able to get a ticket.
Dinahmow, Jack Kerouac's typewriter?! How cool is that.
i saw a photo of must be last yrs yoga gathering in a yoga magazine and in fact used a part of that photo in my Vision Board recently posted. Hope we will hear about the chanting event in Boston!
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