This Sunday, March 7, yogis across Canada will be gathering to practice together with the 2010 Power of Movement yoga challenge, and all funds raised will go towards critical arthritis research. Now in its fourth year, previous Power of Movement events have raised nearly $400,000 benefiting the 4.5 million Canadians who live with arthritis and autoimmune conditions. This year, organizers hope to exceed above and beyond that amount.
It’s not too late to sign up for one of the “mega-sessions” happening across the country and start taking pledges from your friends and families. The Montreal mega-session will start at 11am at The Sacred Heart School (3635 Atwater Ave), and other events will be taking place in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa and Halifax. If you don’t live in or near any of these place, there are smaller local events in select cities – or just simply make a donation to Power of Movement, in the name of yoga as service!
And what’s with the biker campaign? It’s just proof that “anyone can do yoga,” a fundamental belief at the core of Power of Movement. See the video below for proof…



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March 2, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Andrea
What a great commercial for the Power of Movement yoga challenge, anyone really can do yoga if they put their mind to it. Arthritis research is such worthwhile cause, and doing yoga often helps those with arthritis to feel some relief from sore or stiff joints.
March 3, 2010 at 10:59 am
Becky
I didn’t know about this – thanks for sharing!
March 3, 2010 at 4:50 pm
prAna
Roseanne,
This sounds like a great fundraiser. We would like to post to the prAna blog.
Cheers!
March 3, 2010 at 4:55 pm
girlwarrior
go right ahead! just be sure to link back to “it’s all yoga, baby.” i love you prAna peeps!
March 3, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Brooks Hall
Now, that’s the kind of image I LIKE to see! Men really need their yoga, too.
March 3, 2010 at 7:43 pm
EcoYogini
I actually just found out about this tonight and then read your post
I’ll be attending (and afterwards hopefully chatting with the instructor about the Coffee and Yoga community group
)
March 3, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Jamie
Let’s petition to get this guy on the next Yoga Journal cover…whaddya say?
March 3, 2010 at 11:05 pm
YogaforCynics
Biker yoga–love it.
Perhaps someday I won’t be the biggest hairiest dude in yoga class…
March 4, 2010 at 4:20 pm
girlwarrior
their goth yoga ad is pretty cute, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ7hNNi7jDU&feature=related
we do love anything that defies conventional representations of yoga, don’t we?
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