Yogaday 2012 (Amnesty International)

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Do you believe that thousands of us practicing yoga together can help free a woman wrongfully imprisoned in Iran?

That's the idea behind Amnesty International's Yoga Day.

Beherat Hedayat

Bahareh Hedayat: In prison
She is a member of the Campaign for Equality – a grassroots movement that demands equality for women under Iranian law. They have been harrassed, imprisoned or threatened as a result of their activism.
As a member of Campaign for Equality in Iran, Bahareh Hedayat is serving a 10-year prison sentence for being an advocate of women's rights.

On Saturday, April 28, studios across Canada and individuals in their own spaces will be stretching themselves and raising money to help secure the freedom of all women's rights activists like Bahereh.

Anyone can join in:

- find a participating yoga studio, or ask your favourite studio to get involved

- raise money by asking friends to sponsor your yoga practice on April 28. Join us in a studio or in your own livingroom, following our one hour Amnesty Yoga session: start fundraising now

On Yoga Day, during our collective practice, we'll contemplate on the daily difficulty faced by more than 1,000 political prisoners worldwide. We'll sign actions urging the Iranian government to release Bahareh and all Campaign for Equality prisoners.

We'll raise money to get the job done.

Yoga Day is April 28. Circle it on your calendar.

Don't miss it.

Free online yoga session
Coming Soon:

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Join us on Yoga Day for a unique experience of practicing yoga along with Amnesty International supporters across Canada. Our free video will be available for viewing on www.yogaday.ca.


Raise money & win sponsorship prizes

Ask friends and family to sponsor your yoga practice on Amnesty Yoga Day and win some great prizes: Find out more.

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Raise $50
Poster Raise $150
CD Raise $250
Karma Kit


The money you raise on April 28, Amnesty Yoga Day, will:

help Amnesty research more cases like Bahareh's
continue to monitor the actions of governments against activists
successfully issue worldwide appeals to help save lives of activists like Bahareh

Register Now!


Questions? Contact us ...

Call us at 1-800-AMNESTY (1-800-266-3789), or call email to halmadi@amnesty.ca or lmulvihill@amnesty.ca.

Hala Al-Madi and Louise Mulvihill
Yoga Day Coordinators




Get your Amnesty yoga mat

yogaday matOrder an Amnesty International Yoga mat, or win it as part of our "Karma Kit", for all who raise $250 in sponsorship.
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Intro video to April 28

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Watch video on yogaday.ca

Why I'm participating in Yoga Day

Joel Delaquis"I am participating in this event to raise awareness about the importance of Human Rights & Dignity and also to cultivate and channel positive energies in this mixed-up world we live in."
-Joël Delaquis, mouvement yoga danse musique

“There is something to be said about the power and energy a room full of yogis can create… All beings regardless of gender, ethnicity or social status should be treated as equals; every individual on this planet is entitled to peace, freedom and happiness and I feel YogaDay assisted in achieving exactly that.”
- Morgan West, Yoga Day participant

"I wanted to organize this event as a way to come together as a community and take positive action. When we come together as a group we have incredible powers to help support change and Amnesty International is an organization that is making a real difference globally.”
- Stephanie Green, OmTown Yoga

<< Watch video about Bahareh Hedayat

<< View Yoga Day Action on Bahareh and the Campaign for Equality