Hindu American Seva Charities
YogaSeva Report for United We Serve – Let‟s Read, Let‟s Move initiative
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Patanjali Yog Peeth Trust
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323 W. Alkire Lake Sugar Land, Tx 77478
Organization Name Address
Instructor(s)
Dr. Dilip Sarkar Dr. Saghana Chakrabortty Abha Gupta
August 29, 2010 4.
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Organization Description (Who are you and what is your mission) Please explain in 100 words or less
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We are Hampton Roads Chapter of the Patanjali Yogpeeth Organization. We conduct free yoga classes every Sunday and intensive one-day yoga therapy camps devoted to special themes (health related issues, specific ailments and healthy nutrition, as well as on Ayurveda). The Patanjali Yogpeeth mission is “To make the World Disease Free.” Swami Ramdevji, founder of Patanjali Yogpeeth Organization, says, “Good health is humanity‟s birth right.”
www.hinduamericanseva.org/
[email protected]
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YogaSeva provides us an opportunity to improve our health and others‟ health in our family and community. By doing yoga-seva, we educate ourselves and our community members about yoga and its benefits. In this context of teaching and learning, we all continue to grow as productive Why did you choose to participate in YogaSeva? citizens. Please explain in 100-200 words or less Yog-Seva provides a platform to set an example of self-less service and social responsiveness to our Hampton Roads community, and thereby help bring transformative changes within ourselves in order to make us and our community more peaceful, happy, and productive.
How did you reach out to your community? What was the outcome? Explain your experience. Please explain in 300 to 500 words or less
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How would you like it to continue going forward? (100-200 words)
Additional Comments to reflect your experience and story
We sent out weekly announcements and email messages regarding the Yogathon. Community members were inquisitive about the event and what it was about. A local vendor provided fresh fruits at the Yogathon event to emphasize the importance of eating healthy. Dr. Dilip Sarkar, one of the local instructors, attended the Friday, August 27, 2010, The National Press Club meeting, Washington D.C. to represent Patanjali Yogpeeth for a press conference on Yogathon. We continue to hold yoga classes for the community at the local temple and community center, where we share the practices and philosophy of Yoga Therapy to interested people, including many physicians and yoga instructors, free of charge, during weekly 2-hour classes. Additionally, we hold periodic intensive 7-hour camps for indepth understanding of „Ashtang-Yoga‟. A wonderful coordinated, focused way to reach out to the community members.
www.hinduamericanseva.org/
[email protected]
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