The environmental movement has grown with more than 30 years of activism and increasing funding for environmental support.  Yet the health of the planet continues to decline.  Some argue that by defining the environment as something ’out there’ to be protected, we have set up a dualism that separates humans from nature.  Others argue that environmentalism takes too narrow a view failing to address the depth and breadth of the problems at hand.

What can we, as students of yoga, do for the environment? Choosing green products and adopting user friendly practices is certainly a start.  But what really needs to happen is an awakening to the connection we all share with all living things on this Earth.

Yoga has the power to transform us as humans.  Through yoga we can reawaken our connection to the Earth and through this we can work together to heal the Earth.  When we live with the awareness of our interdependence with the Earth, giving back to the earth comes naturally and also makes us feel happier, more alive and more fulfilled.

Get outside and celebrate the rising of the sun and moon, the turning of the Earth, the changing of the seasons.  Practice the Yamas and Niyamas of the eight limbs of yoga, (the ethical disciplines and individual disciplines) such as ahimsa (nonviolence) and aparigraha (greedlessness).  Know where your food comes from and how it was raised.  Check out the following link: http://www.50waystohelp.com/

 Eliza     www.lotuspetalyoga.com