Prana Flow Living in Rhythm
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Living in Rhythm
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Yoga - Seva - Collective Consciousness
“A mala around the earth” - the global yoga community united in the sacred cycle of 108, on the Fall Equinox, as an offering for peace.
Uniting Yoga, Seva
and Collective Consciousness
The Global Mala Project is a seed of a world-wide experiment in meditation in action, founded by Shiva Rea in 2007. It belongs to the Yoga Lokah, the global yoga community, and unites every continent, school and approach through collective practices based on the sacred cycle of 108 on the Fall Equinox.
The purpose of the Global Mala is to unite the global yoga community from every continent, school and approach to form a “mala around the earth” through collective practices based upon the sacred cycle of 108, on the Fall Equinox, as the yoga world’s offering to further the UN International Peace Day.
Offered annually in over 50 countries, the Global Mala unites the community from every continent to raise consciousness through practice, seva and collective intention.
mala - a sacred garland, 108 prayer beads
a timeless tool for transformation
a global gathering for unifying consciousness and action through yoga
Each center offers their form of a Yoga Mala according to their tradition and inspiration:
108 Sun Salutations (or variations of 27, 54)
108 rounds of mantra, such as the Gayatri or Maha Mrityunjaya
108 rounds of a kriya
108 minutes of meditation, kirtan or movement meditation
Fall Equinox - UN International Peace Day
From one bead to the whole garland, thousands of planetary rituals rising together on the same day.
This year,
the mala continues
In celebration of 25 years of Samudra Global School of Living Yoga, we are opening our program to 108 new students of all backgrounds, who want to embody and become a guide of prana flow meditation for all in their community.
Be part of the first 108 to join our new program, supporting people of all backgrounds in 54 countries: Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Indigenous communities.
There is no prerequisite for our Flow for All program, only a sincere desire to help the world through the benefits of movement meditation. There are no physical limitations. If you can breathe and have the desire to learn and serve, we want to empower the 54 people in scholarship and 54 people who want to be part of our teacher path program.
Six weeks - from the full moon to the equinox
Five hours of practice a week, at your own pace
Guided meditation filmed by Shiva
Scholarship - free, first come, first served
You can begin in the new year, January 15th, to offer Prana Flow for All - Movement Meditation for Life through our scholarship program.
Over 300 events have gathered on the Global Mala from every continent, from large city-wide celebrations to small circles making an offering. The hub event has been held on the Fall Equinox at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, with 108 Sun Salutations, meditation, kirtan and Yoga Trance Dance, joined by Shiva Rea, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Seane Corn and many more.
Toronto and Halifax, Canada
San Jose and Scottsdale, USA
Haiku, Hawaii
Milnerton Beach, South Africa
Japan, and hundreds more
The Global Mala has been shared by the Associated Press and ABC News, and featured in Yoga Journal, “Global Yoga Event Celebrates Peace”.
Global Mala Introduction
Global Mala NJ 2012, by Studio Live TV
Global Mala Worldwide Movement Meditation, live streamed Sept 21, 2013
The Global Mala has always been meditation in action. Beyond the practice, it has raised awareness and funds for local and global climate change, and gave rise to Moving Activism for 1,008,000 Trees and Yoga Energy Activism, inviting the yoga world to care for our shared home.
You are a bead
on this sacred mala around the globe
For each studio, city and community, the Global Mala becomes a unique emanation of their collective. From a large city-wide gathering to a small group making an offering, this is how a Yoga Mala comes to life:
Get connected - reach out to the yogis, teachers and studios in your area, and gather those who want to take part.
Form a team - establish a coordinator and a hub of communication to hold the circle together.
Offer your mala - on the Fall Equinox, offer your form of the 108: sun salutations, mantra, kriya or meditation, according to your tradition and inspiration.
Rootsrise pranams - movement meditation for peace
One breath, one bead, a mala around the earth.