Charity Yoga Class - The true meaning of GIVING

Hey everyone. I am thrilled to let you know that as of today, the money still keeps coming in for Keep A Child Alive.

It was very well attended and what a great group of people. Men and women alike who all really took time out of busy lives during holiday shopping season, on a Sunday no less from 3-5pm and used their lives to make a difference in the lives of children and families living with HIV in South Africa. The theme was one of using our lives to make a difference, what Seane Corn coined as "Spiritual Activism", getting off our mats and moving out into the world. Well let me tell you, these folks did it. We went thru bottles of water, sweat flying and I dont even want to know what these folks hip flexors are gonna feel like tomorrow!! haha.. but it was fun. I enjoyed presenting it and for those of you who were able to show your support and attend I appreciate that very much.

** If you were not able to attend but would still like to contribute, its not too late. You can certainly do that and its most appreciated at www.keepachildalive.org. And its time to call in some favors, For all of you I have sponsored in marathons and 5K runs -- Its YOUR TURN!!! In one of the cutest donations ever, Henrys 14 yo daughter took $10 of her baby sitting money and gave it to me for "the kids". People who could not even attend the class left off or sent in donations. This really hit a nerve with folks. (you can even have KCA debit a cc or debit card monthly to keep one child alive for $30 a month..... How much are you spending on junk food, snacks, coffee per day???

In our yoga, when we say Namaste we realize that that child in S Africa is US! And as long as anyone is living with HIV, we all are! Thanks for whatever help and support you can offer.

I am very pleased to say that we raised $1420.00 all of which goes directly to KCA. This is what a group of yogis did while on their mats for 2 hours! I thank all of those who contributed so generously and gave of themselves so completely for this event. Based on the turnout and outcome - look for the 2nd annual Keep A Child Alive yoga event around World AIDS Day 2007.

In a way to give back to those who supported us we had a raffle and raffled off 3- 60 massage sessions. (Thank you Raffa Neuromuscular Treatment Center, Henry Przybylowicz LMT, Phil Matos LMT, and 2 personal training sessions with my trainer Matt Fontaine ACE CPT and yoga accessories). Thank you to everyone who donated their time and services to make this successful. Thank you of course to Christine Raffa for donating the space and developing signs to promote the event and to all the Raffa yoga instructors for letting folks know about the class.