Yoga Woman: Free Movie Screening 7pm Friday February 24

Description

Yoga was brought to the west from India by a lineage of male

teachers. Now there’s a generation of women who are leading the way.

They’re strong, they’re inspiring, and they’re radically changing

people’s lives. From the busy streets of Manhattan to the dusty slums of

Kenya, from the golden beaches of Australia to the serene piazzas of

Italy, YOGAWOMAN uncovers a global phenomenon that has changed the face of yoga forever.

A quiet revolution brews in yoga studios, hospitals and living rooms

around the globe. In record numbers women are discovering their own

strength, vitality, peace and power through yoga. Reclaiming this

ancient spiritual path from its traditionally male form, the result is a

radical transformation of modern yoga as we know it.

Led by a new generation of dynamic female teachers, this “new” yoga

replaces the male-centered, more rigid style with a distinctly feminine

practice that honors intuition, family, flow, connection, community,

activism and the cyclical nature of women’s lives.

YOGAWOMAN is a groundbreaking film that captures this fascinating time of awakening female power.

Through rich personal stories, YOGAWOMAN reveals how

yoga has utterly transformed the lives of millions of over-stimulated,

overscheduled multitasking modern women. With vivid detail and

poignancy, YOGAWOMAN shows how women have embraced yoga

for easing health conditions like breast cancer, infertility, heart

disease, anxiety and depression and given a lifeline to women in prison,

cancer abuse survivors and those struggling with body image or eating

disorders.

YOGAWOMAN bears witness to millions of women who

have integrated yoga into their daily lives so they are happier,

healthier and more fulfilled - allowing them to give back to others with

full hearts and creative minds.

In intimate interviews with the world’s leading experts, many who have become worldwide icons with rock-star status, YOGAWOMAN captures how these teachers have blazed a new trail for women. World-renowned teachersappearing in YOGAWOMAN

include Patricia Walden, Sharon Gannon, Shiva Rea, Angela Farmer, Cyndi

Lee, Seane Corn, Donna Farhi  and forward-thinking medical

professionals such as integrative physician Dr. Sara Gottfried and

world-renowned research scientist Dr. Shirley Telles. YOGAWOMAN

is the first film of its kind to bring together these luminaries,

distilling their wisdom and spreading their message of peace and

empowerment for the benefit of women everywhere.