Tatiana Jamileth Galmaldez

My name is Tatiana Latham, my parents are the owners of Semperviva Yoga. From the very first time I saw the World vision program on television(I was seven) I knew that I wanted to become a child sponser. I begged my parents to let me sponser but they insisted that I wait until I was old enough to understand that I was taking reponsiblity for another human being. About 2 months ago we decided as a family that it was the right time for me to take on this responsibility. It was hard to decide on which child to sponser, everyone seemed so in need. After a few days of looking at the World Vision site I found Tatiana. Not only do we have the same name but we also share a birthday ( February 21). I knew from the moment I saw her that she was the one I was meant to help. This Valentine's Day we are holding a special yoga class in her honour. 50% of all the prceeds will go to Tatiana in El Salvador. The other 50% will go to the local food bank as we acknowledge that there are many people in need right here in Vancouver. My family and I are commited to supporting Tatiana Jamileth, we hope that you too will consider reaching out to a child in need.
For more information on child sponsership please vist www.WorldVision.ca
Sincerly
Tatiana Latham

Peter Renner is coming to town

Hi all,
Join Peter for the Beauty of Imperfection, an afternoon of welcoming who we are! Deep inside we hold an ideal picture of ourselves: how we should behave, look, feel, achieve, and become. We are surrounded by a self-improvement industry selling books, magazines, movies, courses, and guru-based solutions. We're told to be slimmer, sexier, cooler, more attractive, capable, virile, and so on. Even our spiritual side is not immune: could we not be more sensitive, open, caring, and conscious?

By itself self-improvement expresses a natural desire to learn, grow, and explore. But this quest for betterment also contains the potential danger of feeling inadequate. Freud named it super-ego: an internal ideal against which we judge ourselves. Fact is, trying to live up to external standards keeps us from realizing who we are.

About Peter Renner

Peter Renner trained as an end-of-life care practitioner and holds degrees in adult education and counselling psychology. He received lay ordination at Great Vow Zen Monastery and now conducts workshops on contemplative living and dying. His passions include baking bread and sitting in a café.

Dates: February 23rd, 2008
Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: Sea Centre

Yoga and helping out

Often when we start to understand the impact that our yoga practice has in our lives we begin to feel the need to share this experience with the rest of the community. The positive actions we take in our lives often times have an enlarging effect on our perceptive. It is as if the blinders come off, our mind is more often then not still and we are all see our neighbours, our community and their suffering. I say this because yoga can have such a trans formative effect on our perspective, from my own experience I have see people grow to know their self worth, stand tall and strive forward confidently. When we reach that place in our practice we often have a greater perspective for the amount of good one person can do in the world. Indeed we have probably all read the infamous Margaret Meed quote " A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. "
I just want to let all you know about the cool things that are taking place with in the yoga world. Some very pragmatic and helpful people are making a difference in peoples lives- check out the link to "Yoga and Youth at Risk"- it directs you to a group of individuals who are taking the time to teach yoga to incarcerated or at risk youth and as always there is Volunteer Vancouver with plenty of great options for sharing your time and energy.

Have a look and share your thoughts with the rest of us.


Perspective be with you today!