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14.11.2010 News & Events

Ghana Yoga! and Pippa’s Presents Yoga Weekend in Accra

14.11.2010 LISTEN
By Obed Boafo

From Friday to Sunday, Nov 12 – 14, 2010,Ghana Yoga!and Pippa's Health Centre will host about 60 people to enjoy a Yoga Immersion, with Krishna KaurKhalsa, a famous yoga teacher from Los Angeles, California, USA.The yoga weekend will take place at the new Pippa's Health Centre Branch in East Legon in the Sansiro Sports Complex near the A&C Mall.Students of all levels will join this exploration of the art and science of Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, and Humanology (as taught by Yogi Bhajan). They will experience yoga for wellbeing and health, deepen their practice, and brighten their spirits! This weekend's event is the first official event in Accra hosted by Ghana Yoga! Accra's new gathering place for yoga and Pippa's Health Centre), Ghana's premier health centre.

Krishna) is one of the top yoga teachers in the world. She met her teacher Yogi Bhajan (Master Teacher of Kundalini Yoga) in 1970 and has taught for 40 years. She is the African Training Coordinator, certified by Kundalini Research Institute and 3HO Foundation as well as the Founder of International Association of Black Yoga Teachersand Y.O.G.A. for Youth. She was featured as one of the 25 most influential Yoga Teachers in the world in Titans of Yoga (the film premiered in U.S. in September 2010)! She has come to Ghana and Togo for decades to teach workshops and teacher trainings. In 2005-2006, she trained a group of 15 people in Accra.

The Ghanaians involved in this project have known Krishna and been working with her in Accra for years.The Ghana Yoga! team is a mix of Ghanaians and expatriates, some certified teachers of Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, others certified and teaching different yoga and meditation styles.

Ghana Yoga! is working to:
• Teach everyone yoga tools for health and wellness, disease prevention, and how yoga helps manage health conditions.

• Share information about yoga classes, workshops, trainings and more, in and around Accra.

• Train Ghanaian teachers to share yoga's benefits in their own communities (in the languages they prefer). The next teacher training is starting now and in 2011.

• In future, the team hopes to open a permanent Ghana Yoga! Center in Accra.

The three-day course introduces the yogic lifestyle, psychology, philosophy, history and anatomy. Students will learn Therapeutic Benefits of yoga and how to help manage stress, weight loss, high blood pressure, diabetes and more. Yoga includes -- Postures (asanas), Exercise Series to awaken the mind and free the body (kriyas), Breath Techniques (pranayam), the power of sound (mantra), and personal daily yoga practice (sadhana).

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