Earth Day Closing Kirtan

What a treat to come right from the Earth Day celebration earlier in the day to such a grounding, centering evening of kirtan. We hosted a kirtan led by Sangita Devi at the yoga center last night (Saturday night)... a beautiful, spiritual night of chanting, singing, clapping and dancing. The Sangita Devi crew came in from Asheville Friday night and got to enjoy a weekend of this amazing coastal weather we've been having lately.

We look forward to reconnecting with Sangita Devi at LEAF this year were they will be performing again.

For those not familiar with kirtan, Sangita Devi has a great description on their site (here).

Big, beautiful Earth Day

Who could have asked for a more beautiful day to celebrate Earth Day 2008 at Hugh McRae park? The great weather was accompanied by good tunes, tasty treats and a tentful of pressing issues, great causes and conscious organizations.

Going Green to Santorini

We are trying to shift most of our marketing to web to reduce the amount of physical material consumed in our daily lives. For the portion that does need to be printed, we try to design & layout our marketing material to give us the most use of our paper resource in the most conscious manner possible.

This year for the retreat postcard, we're using GreenerPrinters! They use recycled papers and are a green certified company... And they are 100% Wind-Powered via Renewable Energy Credits (REC's).

Greece is the word

We are going back to Santorini!!
The official announcement has been made... August 13-19th (with an optional service component from the 19th-23rd). All of the info is posted on our retreats page along with a video slide show of last year's retreat (just to give you a taste of the beauty of the island and good times of the group). All of the info on accommodations, rates, excursions, etc can be found here...

Wilmington Yoga Center Santorini Retreat info

Southport Yoga Center has a new Home!!

Classes started April 14th in our new space. Our new, 700 sqft yoga studio is situated within Chincha's Day Spa, so now our students can get centered and pampered all in one spot. Here is the new address:

4584 Long Beach Rd SE
Southport, NC 28461
910.454.0231

The pictures show the progress all the way from studs to "ready to om". We had so many people help out with getting things ready and moved. A special thanks to Buz & Joe for sweating with us finishing up the flooring and shelving.
 
 
 
 

Leaf Int'l Instruments for Girls

Leaf International Music-the girls drumming!

Leaf International is an incredible outreach program set up to bring instruments/music/and teachers to children all of the world in need as a mean of healing. We're here w/Johnny, the girls music teacher, working on how to plant the seeds for a successful long term Leaf International program at Home of HOpe orphanage.
Much to our surprise, we found out that Sophie, one of the nuns, used to be in a BAND! and played jazz drum kit! Who says the sisters don't got soul!?? We were so excited to find this out b/c she can also teach the girls tabla drumming. Also, any funds that may go to her as the "music mentor" would be funneled right back into supporting the orphanage!!This we felt was fantastic on all levels, especially in a culture where mostly only the men play. So excited to think of more women drumming....
More details to come.
Also some photos from our instrument shopping trips, and potential instruments and prices that we may be able to get for the girls.