Kripalu Certified Yoga teacher, Heather Philip, has graciously offered to lead an ongoing Sunday afternoon class, with any donation, small or large, going to a selected charity each month. Please accept our invitation and come enliven your community and yourself through the practice of yoga. Your contribution to this practice may be any free-will offering of cash, service to others or generosity of spirit.

During the months of April, May and June, we're supporting an organization called Oceana which is a worldwide advocacy group dedicated to protecting our oceans along with the sea creatures and human lives that are intinsically connected to them.

As we think about heading out to the beach this summer, the oceans are particularly on our minds. Water - especially clean water, is so important to our lives. As we do yoya, we may even marvel at the fact that our bodies are mostly water. As withing, so without - we are the ocean, and the ocean is us.

There are many issues facing our oceans including pollution, over-fishing, climate change, and protecting the myriad of creatures that make up our vast underwater bio-diversity. To achieve real benefits for the oceans, Oceana conducts focused, strategic campaigns. Each campaign combines scientific, legal, policy and advocacy approaches to reach its goal and has a specific timeframe. We believe Oceana is one of the best groups around doing this kind of work. Take a few moments to check out their very informative website: www.oceana.org, or dive in by clicking the graphic below: