On Saturday the 18th, I called to help rent a truck of humanitarian aid directed, in particular, to the children of Gaza. 103 women and 5 men responded. In three hours, with a small contribution, we collected 2,500 euros. Five times more than expected. I decided to change one of the workshops that I organize every month in the Amari Yoga round room into a unity meeting, allocating the benefits of NGO Intermon/Oxfam.
Let’s start by praying with the body and breathing. Then we danced to the group song the link which became an anthem in support of the Palestinian people. Next, we created a dynamic of movement, rhythm, and music, which helped us navigate and refine many different emotions. We both work Experience (choreographed dynamic yoga postures) and we ended up meditating and imagining the ruins of Gaza a more beautiful city emerged. Full of trees, water, life. With people walking peacefully in its streets.
At the end of the workshop magical yoga, I invited the head of Intermon/Oxfam in Navarra, Kike Abad, to intervene to tell us how they work. In his speech he thanked us for our contribution and explained that they have already sent 45 aid trucks to Gaza. That they have 30 indigenous people working on the land, and that they currently have a sanitation and drinking water project to try to reduce the impact of the epidemic expected in the area due to the destruction of the drinking water pipelines and the rest.
The round room, like a fertile womb, was filled with helpful, beautiful, courageous women. contras maximalist or equidistant methodsthe woman reached the point that: “let’s see… these people will eat… they will wear warm clothes at night… they will need compresses and soap… let’s go… ! ”
The smiles of the children in the room evoked, without a doubt, the smiles of those children in Gaza who, despite everything, are looking for small spaces for play and laughter among the ruins. Until the bombs whistle, of course, and they run to take refuge in their mothers’ laps. One of the most surprising and exciting things is that people tell me: “thank you for giving us the opportunity to contribute.”
There are many people who want to do good. Great satisfaction to work together, to deliver. to do something for the benefit of others. Please make this news, even if it appears next to the events section. That many people are depressed thinking that the world has no cure. And there are many truths. There are good people willing to take action to improve life. To heal the planet. There are many mature and responsible people. Not all are evil and unconscious. So very happy. Proud that the yoga I propose serves the world more usefully. Not to get elasticity. Not even to prevent back pain. It doesn’t even look good on Instagram. We do yoga that breaks the mold and makes us better people.