Kindness ripples out into the world

We finished this years’ yoga teacher training program today and I am so struck with how truely KIND people are! Someone said today during our closing ceremony something like “you can take a group of strangers and in just a few months they become like a family”. The countless acts of kindness that were happening in this group of people was humbling. Everything from gifts that were made or purchased, words of kindness, beautiful gestures, notes written to each other, the list goes on and on. These strangers had become each others inner circle. They had begun acting with love and kindness to each other.

You take all of this kindness and then you see these people turn around and spread this out into the world. Two of the women in the group started a local Karma Yoga Project where they have a yoga teacher come in once a month to teach a class for free. The participants are asked to bring toiletries, donations, etc. for a needy organization. The goods are then given to help people in need. That is so cool, doing yoga asana ends up helping needy people!

Another woman from the group lives in a small town in Wisconsin and she is going around that town encouraging local men to start doing yoga. The guys are feeling great about starting because there are other men doing it.

Others are volunteering to help elderly people do yoga in their assisted living environments. These people are taking kindness that they received and passing it on.

In addition to these things, everyone is just simply spreading joy around! Smiles, kind touches, thoughtful gestures. We can do this too. Who can you be extra kind to today? Who do you know that needs a little word of encouragement? Spread a little kindness and joy today, and know that it will ripple out into the world.

If we all do it, the world will continue to change and be an even better place to live.
Namaste,
Amy

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