This is no ordinary benefit. If you are going to donate to any cause this winter, this is the one. Protect yoga from state mandates! January 21---cocktails, hor d'ouevres, and silent auction at Chibo (info below). Save the date.Yoga for New York, a non-profit formed last summer to prevent state government regulation of yoga, needs to raise $25,000. That's a lot of cash. YFNY needs to hire a lobbyist to help pass legislation early this year that will help protect yoga from being defined by government officials who don't know anything about the practice.
Protect your practice! Protect your local studio.
Read more---and get the latest scoop on the issue---at Yoga City NYC.
Most of all, save the date:
Thursday, January 21stWhere: Cibo Restaurant
Location: 767 2nd Ave. at 41st Street
When: January 21, 2010
TIme: 6:30PM-8:30PM
Tickets: $100 in advance, $125 at the door.
*Teachers will receive a special entry rate of $75 if paid before January 18th, 2010.
Silent Auction items include
a weeklong stay at a Villa in Southern Italy
a yoga retreat weekend at The Ananda Ashram
dinner for two in the Theater District with actor/singer Dominic Chianese
and much more!
Register at www.yogaforny.org/events Download invitation: Invite YFNY Jan Benefit