Go Vegan Global Mala

By going vegan for a month, you save:

• 8000 gallons of water
• a quarter acre of land
• a quarter ton of soil erosion
• a half ton of polluting animal manure
• the CO2 equivalent of 270 pounds of greenhouse gases
• the energy equivalent of burning 7 gallons of gasoline, and
• 160 pounds of crops wasted on farmed animals.

          -  from PETA research

Global Mala Events for Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept 23rd at Jivamukti NYC

A Global Mala project benefiting Circle of Life and PETA

To register for any of the events of the Global Mala at Jivamukti Yoga School, please call 212-353-0214 ext.0 or register online at www.jivamuktiyoga.com

See also: Have you pledged to go Vegan?

September 22: Dance of Liberation
with Mark Becker and Parashakti
8pm to 11pm
Minimum donation $27

The Dance of Liberation will be hosted by New York Yoga Magazine founder Mark Becker, and led by Shamanic Healer Parashakti.

September 23: It's Easy to be Vegan Brunch
with Mark Becker and Parashakti
12pm to 4pm
Minimum donation $27

A special brunch  hosted  by Vegan Guide To New York author Rynn Berry who will educate and prepare those looking to transition to a vegan lifestyle. 

 

Help Mother Earth, Be Part of the Global Mala

Tonight! September 21: Spiritual Activation
Yoga class + Celebration + Dinner
Don't miss it! To register for any of the events of the Global Mala at Jivamukti Yoga School, please call 212-353-0214 ext.0 or register online at www.jivamuktiyoga.com

See also: Have you pledged to go Vegan?

 Yoga class + Celebration + Dinner
6:30pm to 12am
Minimum donation $108 
Dinner only $54

Celebrate your vegan pledge at this special evening hosted by Sharon Gannon, David Life, Russell Simmons, JuliaButterfly Hill and Tracey Reiman, featuring yoga, mantra meditation, vegan dinner and music by GlobeSonic Sound System Dj's Fabian Alsultany and Derek Beres.

A Global Mala project - all proceeds go to Circle of Life and PETA

Sharon's (favourite) Spirulina Green Millet Recipe

Spirilina Green Millet

1 cup dry millet
4 Tablespoons powdered spirilina algae
4 Tablespoons flax seed oil
1 Tablespoon Braggs Liguid Aminos (or soy sauce)

1. Boil millet in 2 cups water, reduce heat and cook until all water is absorbed (about 20 minutes)
2. Wait for millet to ‘dry out’ about 10 minutes
3. Transfer millet into large bowl, add oil and using a large fork mix well, sprinkle spirilina over millet, continue to mix well
4. Finally add Braggs, mixing well until millet is bright green.

3 days of Go Vegan to Stop Global Warming

A Global Mala project benefiting Circle of Life and PETA

To register for any of the events of the Global Mala at Jivamukti Yoga School, please call 212-353-0214 ext.0 or register online at www.jivamuktiyoga.com

See also: Have you pledged to go Vegan?

September 21: Spiritual Activation
Yoga class + Celebration + Dinner
6:30pm to 12am
Minimum donation $108 
Dinner only $54

Celebrate your vegan pledge at this special evening hosted by Sharon Gannon, David Life, Russell Simmons, JuliaButterfly Hill and Tracey Reiman, featuring yoga, mantra meditation, vegan dinner and music by GlobeSonic Sound System Dj's Fabian Alsultany and Derek Beres.

September 22: Dance of Liberation
with Mark Becker and Parashakti
8pm to 11pm
Minimum donation $27

The Dance of Liberation will be hosted by New York Yoga Magazine founder Mark Becker, and led by Shamanic Healer Parashakti.

September 23: It's Easy to be Vegan Brunch
with Mark Becker and Parashakti
12pm to 4pm
Minimum donation $27

A special brunch  hosted  by Vegan Guide To New York author Rynn Berry who will educate and prepare those looking to transition to a vegan lifestyle. 

 

                                                                                                                           

Getting the protein you need in a vegan diet

Many people ask the question, ' but will I get enough protein on a vegan diet?'. 

Western cultures have promoted protein from animal products at every meal; therefore many people are concerned when starting out with vegetarianism and veganism that they will not meet the appropriate requirements on a plant-based diet.

Rest assured there are wonderful and varied choices for adding protein to the vegan diet, some of which you probably eat daily anyway.

The following links will help make it easy for you to eat a balanced, healthy diet as a vegan. Enjoy!
The Vegetarian Resource Group: Proteins in a Vegan Diet
The BBC: Vegan Proteins
The Vegan Society: Protein

Have you pledged to Go Vegan?

If you've taken the 3 day pledge to go vegan for the Global Mala event, or if you are already a practicing vegan, we'd love to hear your stories; how it's affecting your mental, physical and spiritual health, as well as the day to day adjustments you've made to your routine - not to mention how it may be affecting those around you!

Submitting to the blog is easy. All you have to do is click the comments text in blue at the bottom right of this post. Then just fill in your story in the comments box and post it!

Go Vegan to Stop Global Warming

According to the UN, the waste emissions from animals raised for food contributes more to Global Warming than all the car and truck emissions in the world!

As part of the world-wide Global Mala Project, Jivamukti Yoga Schools around the world are asking their friends to go vegan to stop global warming!  Join Sting, Trudie Styler, Christy Turlington, noted  philanthropist Bobby Sager, Donna Karan, Russell Simmons, environmental activist Julia Butterfly and Jivamukti creators Sharon Gannon and David Life, who have all pledged to be vegan on Friday September 21, 2007- The United Nations International Day of Peace.                    

Live in Harmony, GoVegan

The practices of yoga create peace in ourselves, and that peace will be reflected in the world around us. If we truly want world peace we must begin by embodying that peace ourselves. The practice of yoga will end war, even wars of which we often are not even aware. Unfortunately, there are many human wars being fought on this planet at this time, but the ongoing war is the war against Mother Nature; human beings versus all other animals as well as the planet. Traditionally, the yogi is that member of society who strives to live harmoniously with Mother Nature. The true test of moral fiber during these violent times is not to stand against war but to stand FOR peace. Speak out for peace, live peacefully, think well of others, do what you can to uplift the lives of others. Find a way to live so that your own life enhances the lives of others. Give up the love of power for the power of love. Peace will come when we have given up hateful thoughts, cruel words, and violent actions in our own daily lives. Cultivate hopeful thoughts, sweet speech and kind actions. Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a universe of  harmony and peace. It is up to you. It always has been!

---Sharon Gannon, Focus Of The Month September 2007: Prayer for Universal Peace ( for full essay please visit our website www.jivamuktiyoga.com on our focus of the month page for Sept. 2007)