By Skye Kelly | Executive Director
Exciting times at Heal OneWorld this winter and spring! We were honored to a be finalist at the Healthcare Leadership awards from the Los Angeles Business Journal. At the awards ceremony many large organizations were also honored and we felt special to be included in this event again this year. Recently we also hosted the great cloth diaper change event for Los Angeles with Alva baby. There was a fun great turnout followed by mommy and me yoga which is a program we are continuing on a monthly basis. We are continuing all of our yoga classes which are becoming a bit overcrowded. This is a great problem to have and we are searching for a larger space in the nearby Los Angeles area. It maybe as soon as this fall we will be opening a larger center with two areas for classes as well as several treatment rooms and a kitchen. We are continuing our tai chi classes and hope to post some kind of a leader training in the near future so we can spread the practice of tai chi and moving meditation.
We are looking to partner further with Front Porch beyond just continuing our classes with them as well as a new partner St. Frances Hospital., both are within the senior population. We are continuing work with the Bresee Foundation and youth as well.
Music and sound therapy are new classes that will begin this spring. Sound therapy is very powerful and we use it sometimes during our yoga classes. A new class offered by Jovin Montenero is called Zakku! (http://zakkuspeak.com/) and is a series of practices and exercises that help us be in fully in the present as well as talking with others about our "story". These classes are taking place every week Sunday at 6:45 PM and Tuesday at 8:45 PM at Heal OneWorld studio.
We are excited to announce that we will be able to hold retreats in Joshua tree California as we are able to have a property renovated where we will be able to offer classes and retreats for people who cannot normally afford such events.
During this exciting expansion time please contact us if you have any thing that can help as far as donations of mats, flooring and furniture. We are also in need of new instructors to fill in more available times for classes. We are excited we will be able to expand our treatments as well as nutritional guidance. This summer we are working with the Los Angeles Housing Authority to hold a workshop for women in the project housing in South Los Angeles. There we will be giving them nutritional guidance as well as showing them yoga and tai chi practices they can continue at home.
As it is Tuesday I am heading to the Venice Family Clinic as I do every week to volunteer as a speciality consult as a part of their Tuesday Night integrative Clinic. We also have three yoga classes a week at two locations on the west side of Los Angeles.
Wednesday May 7th 2014 is Global Givings Bonus Day where they will match 30% of all donations from 6 AM Pacific Time until the funds run out. I invite you to consider donating on this day if you receive this in time as all of the funds go directly to our programs. Thank you so much for your support of Heal One World. Always feel free to reach us through email or on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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