Kula For Karma Presents Free "Yoga For Veterans" at the Ridgewood YMCA
Yoga is an ancient practice now used by soldiers and athletes to enhance focus and flexibility - and is often used as a complement to medical treatment for those suffering with post-traumatic stress (PTS).
In this class, we will explore basic poses to strengthen and balance the body, therapeutic poses to restore the body, guided deep relaxation and visualization techniques to manage injuries and trauma, breathing techniques to calm and invigorate the body, manage mood, improve sleep patterns, reduce stress, and meditation to focus and discipline the mind.
No previous experience with yoga is necessary. Modifications of poses are taught for any participants with specific physical challenges.
This 6 week program will take place Tuesday evenings from 6:15-7:15pm beginnning May 7 at the Ridgewood YMCA (Y membership not required), 112 Oak Street, Ridgewood, NJ 07450, www.ridgewoodymca.org.
Please call or email in advance to reserve a place. For further info or to sign up, please contact Carol Livingstone at 201.444.5600 x330.
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VIDEO:Penni Feiner of Kula for Karma helps deliver a donation of 500 yoga mats from Aurorae Yoga to the Paterson School system.
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Kula for Karma partners with Maureen Fund for "Lunch and Learn" event in Hackensack
Kula
for Karma partnered with the Maureen Fund for Ovarian Cancer
to hold a "Lunch and Learn" event at the John
Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack this past week. The lunch
focused on integrating stress management and optimal nutrition.
First
Chakra, Muladhara
"I am always safe at the center
of my being"
Location: Base of the body
Element: Earth
Color: Red
Issues: Survival, fear
Balanced: Groundedness and
safety
Areas of Body: Eliminatory
system, legs and feet
Heath Problems: Joints
and skeletal
Yoga Postures: Standing poses,
stabalization poses, and hip openers
Volunteer of the Month,
Karen
We recently received
the following letter:
"Hi Penny I hope all is well.
Yesterday your Kula volunteer Karen was able to provide a special
experience for one of our patients.
Michael is a 16 year old boy who is very resistant to being
supported by others. With some trepidation he agreed to Reiki
and it was a pivotal experience for him. He has been hospitalized
for nearly 3 months non stop and has been having pretty consistent
fevers for some time now. As Karen preformed the Reiki I was
able to see and feel a lightness come over him I haven’t seen
in some time. His eyes were closed and smiled. His dad was
also able to see this change in his son. It was very moving.
Also his fevers have abated.
He is very open to continuing to see Karen on Tuesdays. However,
this boy who never asks for support has asked if Karen could
come see him again this week.
I wanted to reach out to you first to ask if Kula would be
willing to send Karen for some additional sessions.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Elizabeth"
Elizabeth Brandolini, MPS, ART
Art Therapist / Sr. Child Life Specialist
Tomorrows Children's Institute
Advanced Teacher Trainings for Trauma and Addiction with Nancy CaNdea
Nancy Candea, Kula's Director of Continuing Education is leading our Advanced Teacher Trainings for Trauma and Addiction along with our training for Veterans You may register for the entire weekend or choose to take each module separately.
Lynda Ferrara on Serving Women in Recovery
Executive
Director of the Give Back Yoga Foundation,
Rob Schware talks with teacher Lynda Ferrara for The
Huffington Post Blog on how yoga can help women recovering
from addiction find peace, self-knowledge and change - and how sharing yoga
has become an integral part of her own recovery journey.
"What connects us and opens (my students) up is not the content of
the asana sequence, but my willingness to become vulnerable with them. They
know my story. I've shared my pain, my joy and my gratitude for recovery
with them. There is no judgment or expectation of them...I feel their energy,
open my heart, and magic happens. What seems like such a small offering means
so much to these women, and is so powerful to those who are ready to receive
it."
- Lynda Ferrara, yoga instructor for Kula for Karma's outreach program at
Newark's Integrity House
Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Kula for Karma Teens
Logan Sivakumar, of Franklin Lakes, NJ was one of our original
TeenKula teen volunteers. Logan is now at NYU studying business,
and Newark Mayor Cory Booker recently spoke to his class.
After the talk, Logan went up to Mayor Booker and asked if
he was familiar with
Kula for Karma --and was answered with a big bright
smile, "YES,
of course"
We are thrilled that Mr. Booker clearly has fond memories of
his participation in Global Mala in 2010 with Kula for Karma,
and have posted a picture of him at this event below (more
pictures of this event here.)
Kula
reaches out to Boulder Trauma and Addiction Therapists
Kula's Yoga For Trauma and Addiction Training was presented for Healthcare
Professionals at the Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence Center
in Boulder, Colorado. The training consisted of discussion about why yoga works
for victims of trauma and recovering addcits, along with a gentle chair yoga
class. "We would stop during the class and experience how our body felt,
doing long stretches with consistent breathwork, stopping for short guided
meditations. I was so delighted with the feedback that I got from this training,"
said Nancy Candea, Kula's Training Director. Kula is looking forward to bring
this training to healthcare professionals in the NJ and NY area.
Boulder Yoga Teachers love Kula's Yoga for Trauma and Addiction Training
On February 18, 2012twelve yoga teachers met a Richard Freeman's yoga studio in Boulder, Colorado to participate in Kula's Yoga for Trauma and Addiction Training. As with all our trainings, we had teachers form a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of goals to use the information that that were learning. The group plans to continue their work, including working in the women's shelter women's transitional outreach center and at the Boulder County Jail.
Click below to view slideshow and more!
Wine, Women & Shoes event held at Indian Trail Club in Franklin Lakes
Marta Krolikowska, Stephen Strauss, Geri and Sydney Topfer. Penni and Shirley Feiner (Photo by Chris Marksbury, Courtesy of Bergen.com)
A Wine, Women and Shoes event was held on February 7, 2013 at the Indian Trail
Club in Franklin Lakes, NJ. The proceeds from this fun event will allow St.
Joseph's Hospital to expand its Kula for Karma program and allow Kula to offer
important therapeutic yoga programs to more areas within this important Healthcare
institution!
View
photo slideshow
at Bergen.com
KULA RAISES OVER $125,000 FOR SOCIETY'S MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
Pictured L-R: Geri Topfer, Co-Founder and President of Kula for Karma,
Joan Bronman, Dr Goy's patient and presenter of the Kula Angel Award, Dr. Andre
Goy, Chairman of Oncology and Director of the John Theurer Cancer Center and
Penni Feiner, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kula for Karma.
Kula raised over $125,000 at its 4th Annual Gala Dinner Event at the Preakness
Hills Country Club in Wayne, New Jersey, on Friday November 4th. The monies
raised will go toward therapeutic yoga, meditation and stress reduction programs
for society's most vulnerable populations including those who have been challenged
by illness, disabilities, violence and other traumas.
Click here to read full wrapup and view photo slidshow.
Kula for karma teaches yoga to SpeciaL OlympicS athletes
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learn more and VIEW PHOTOS
Thank You Lulumon!
December 1st, 2010, Lululemon selected Kula for Karma to
be
the recipient of their generous Holiday Season gift of $3500. Visit
www.lululemon.com
Three Minute Egg Discount
Please download the flyer with a coupon code below. When you
use the codet to make a purchase at Three
Minute Egg, you will save 10% and Kula for Karma will
receive a 10% donation.
Kula for karma featured in H magazine
Kula
for Karma's KulaCare program was recently featured in the spring
2011 issue of H magazine, a publication of Hackensack University
Medical Center, is a Health & Lifestyle magazine mailed
quarterly to 95,000 households across Bergen and Passaic Counties
in NJ.
Downloads
HUMC_Spring_2011
p. 46-47 (1 mb pdf)
HUMC_Spring_2011
magazine (13 mb)
Local book club gathering brings good karma to the community
Kula for Karma was recently featured on the NorthJersey.com
website:
The most recent gathering of a local book club was
not like any other in the past. As always, there was discussion
and camaraderie, but last month it also included acupuncture,
massage and yoga.