Karma Yoga Gathering Thursday, March 21

Join us around the fire on Thursday, March 21 at 10:45 to talk about Karma Yoga and welcome spring!  Hope to see you there.

Spring Karma Yoga Update

Poppy from last year's Karma Garden

We gathered around the fire recently to talk about Karma Yoga and came up with some great ideas.

Karma Garden Time:  Spring is just around the corner so we are excited to get the Karma Garden going again.  This year we will expand to include not only Joyce and Darrell Cooley's garden but also Kristi Tonti's garden in Suquamish.  Our hope is to expand to provide organic produce not only for Helpline House but also for Fishline in Poulsbo and for our own community at BYH with a market table in the studio.  Our kickoff work party will be at the Cooley's on Sunday, April 7.  Hopefully this will work for those wanting to get their hands dirty!  As usual, kids are invited and welcome.  we will focus on getting the dirt ready and planting seeds and starts.  Bring what you have or just come and help.  We will have more specific information with times and addresses as the date gets closer.

Karma Library:  You've probably seen a little free library somewhere in your travels and we thought it would be fun to sponsor one on Bainbridge Island - likely somewhere at Battle Point park.  If you have carpentry skills or materials that we could use let us know!  If you'd like to suggest a spot on the island for the library comment here.  Contact Julie Bennett at partera@drizzle.com with questions, offers and ideas.

Karma Yoga Community Service Day:  We are looking for ways to serve together in our community those who need help.  We have contacted the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers and hope to find a place or person needing help with yardwork, housework or other things amenable to group service.  If you have ideas, please let us know - comment here or email Helen Burke at hburke8@gmail.com.

We will meet again on Thursday, March 21 at 10:45 around the fire at BYH - maybe the sun will be out!  Hope to see you there.

Karma Card Kickoff - Spread the Love!

Next time you have the opportunity to practice an intentional act of unexpected kindness - take it!  Help yourself to some Karma Cards and keep them in your wallet or your car as a reminder.  Leave one behind as a calling card for kindness and a way to connect with others.  The opportunities are endless but here are a few ideas:

-leave a book you've enjoyed on a bench or table where someone will happen upon it - tuck a karma card inside so they'll know it wasn't an accident;

-put a flower on someone's windshield in the grocery store parking lot;

-write a hand-written love letter to a stranger and include a karma card in the envelope (watch a Ted talk about this here http://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_brencher_love_letters_to_strangers.html);

-leave a stack of quarters on a washing machine at the laundromat.

Then - share what you've done with the BYH community!  Leave a note on the Karma Yoga bulletin board, post a comment on the Karma Yoga blog or on the BYH Facebook page.  Small acts of kindness have a big impact.

Karma Yoga Gathering Thursday, 10:45 at BYH

It is time for our first gathering of the new year!  Please come if you can to discuss ways to connect to each other and our community through service.  We would love to hear your ideas.  We will meet right after class on Thursday in front of the fireplace.  Hope to see you there!