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Spiritual practices, such as Yoga, open our hearts.

"... So that we can directly feel our single-stranded breathing together with all that lives. In India this is called 'seeing the Jeweled Net of Indra,' the net where each intersection holds the reflective jewel of an individual woven together with and reflecting the other strands of existance.

This deepening connection to the natural world becomes an undeniable reality, bringing with it both responsibility and joy."
-- Jack Kornfield,
After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

Green Yoga is your community... where you get to participate in the network of individuals who are living in the joy of natural connection and are taking responsibility for the health of our environment.

While you are here, you can...

  • check out the values statement,

  • browse the list of Yoga businesses and teachers who have supported Green Yoga,

  • let us know what you are up to (we would love to list your Green Yoga event on the website),

  • and (please) practice generosity in supporting Green Yoga.


  • Yoga Journal San Francisco Conference

    We hope you will join us at the 6th Annual Yoga Journal San Francisco Conference
    for the all-day Green Yoga Intensive.

    Green Yoga Activism: Quantum Community
    Gillian Kapteyn Comstock with Green Yoga Assoc. Teachers
    Martin Luther King Day, Monday January 19
    9:00am-4:30pm | All Levels

    Get details and Register.

    Supercharge your intentions for local and global activism on Martin Luther King Day, one day before the inauguration of President Obama. The astounding surge of hope around the world generated by this huge political shift is an opportunity for yogis to commit to grassroots leadership in planetary healing. On this auspicious day learn the skills to take back to your community by joining us in this full immersion in Green Yoga. And with a lexicon of innovative green yoga practices, complete the day by celebrating the power of our yoga community with a participatory eco-yoga-art event, "Quantum Communty". Yes, we can!

    A portion of the proceeds from this intensive will be donated to the Green Yoga Association to support contemplatively based, ecological activism in communities around the planet.

    Register Now. (Choose "Monday All Day Intensives" under Conference Sections or select a package of days)

    In additon to the Green Yoga Intensive, the five-day event will include All-Day Intensives, the celebrated Main Weekend Conference, featuring a wide variety of yoga classes for every level, a Beginners Conference for those newer to yoga and a 2-day Business of Yoga Workshop. Plus, there are even more options for teachers to continue their education.

    For more information, including registration, visit www.yjevents.com.



    New Book: Yoga and the Luminous

    Green Yoga Conference Director and council member Chris Chapple has a new book out... and it is a great resource for bringing Yoga philosophy into daily life.

    Chris has been a leader in bringing Green and Yoga together and this book continues his invaluable contribution. Please check it out.... Yoga and the Luminous.



    Past editions of our Green Yoga Newsletter are available here in PDF
    The current issue -- Summer/Fall 2006 is available at your local Green Yoga Studio. Click here to see the list of Green Studios and get your copy.

    We invite you to join Green Yoga
    and receive a subscription for your personal copy of the newsletter! Publication of the newsletter is made possible through the generous donations of our members. Please join Green Yoga today!


    How Green is your Studio? Yoga + Joyful Living Magazine

    Earth Friendly Yoga Studio in Texas Dallas Morning News (August 14, 2006)

    A Green Yoga studio in Texas Fort Worth/Dallas Star-Telegram
    (March 18, 2006)

    The Ecology of Yoga Whole Life Times (June 2006)

    Yoga Goes Green Common Ground (January 2006)

    Studio owners join Green Studios Pilot Program Appleton Post-Crescent
    (March 20, 2006)

    San Francisco Yoga teacher Darren Main interviews Green Yoga Advisory Board member David Lurey on Green Yoga.

    Green Yoga -- Making Friends with the Earth Yoga Chicago (March 2006)

    What Can Yoga Contribute to the Environmental Movement? Yoga Chicago
    (October 2005)

    The Greening of Yoga LA Yoga Magazine (May 2005)

    Green Yoga is featured in the May 2006 issues of Yoga Journal, LA Yoga Magazine, and Yogi Times. Pick up the issues at your studio or news stand.





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    Green Yoga Association
    2340 Powell St. #141
    Emeryville, CA 94608
    Phone: 888-659-7925
    Store: 415-256-8499
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