I am so happy to share with you this touching testimonial from Sofia Georgiadou in Greece.
Dear Arthur
i saw your movie yesterday and i loved it so much. there were scenes that tears were in my eyes. it was very sensitive approach of the meaning of yoga and i was and i am indeed very happy that yoga changed so many lives and i hope that it will do the same for me too...you are so kind. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.... — Sofia Georgiadou, Greece
Kerrie Guy’s intention for September 11th, 2011 in Egypt is still alive and well (see earlier article). I just spoke with Kerrie over Skype and she is more enthusiastic then ever… Here is her most recent FB Post.
This I feel is a pretty fair account of the situation…Love to you all xoxoxo…. By the way I will write more as the numbness settles and clarity is regained…Today a sense of cautious calm is definitely in the air…I am fine I know Angels surround me and keep me from fear!!!! I only heard one gunshot last night which is great!!! I am celebrating as my 2 street cats survived my 3 week absence and the street turbulence!!!!♥ Peace and Heart Hugzzzzz
I don’t believe in coincidences. I don’t believe that any of us ever connect by accident. I believe that every situation we encounter & that every person we meet during our life time has a soul purpose in our life. I further believe that over time we can see how all the pieces of our past life experiences & encounters fit together as one to complete the present image we are living in our dream of life!
Had I not dabbled in yoga around 15 years ago, my life path would not have led me to “Y Yoga Movie” & then onto becoming friends with filmmaker Arthur Klein. Had I not dabbled in yoga & then made it part of my daily life I would never have realized what a powerful tool for creating World Peace it truly is! Had I not been in Egypt on that fateful day of Sept 11th 2001 I am not sure I would have been led to what I feel is now in this presented moment of now, my present God Given life purpose on earth which has again connected me to Arthur Klein.
This re-connection has very clearly reinforced my belief that YOGA is a powerful loving energetic key to World Peace. Yoga is breath & breath is life & as I breath I center in peace & as I am centered in peace, peace is all I have to offer life. Yoga heals, yoga realigns, yoga expands us way beyond our physical. Yoga reveals the truth of spirit & in spirit we are all ONE, & in spirit there is only Love. Yoga clearly teaches us we are each responsible for shaping our well being in life. No-one can do it for another but as one by one we live in personal peace & wellness before we know it; so too is all life around us!
I would like to now briefly outline how the universe initially connected Arthur & I and then how my proposed Mt Sinai Sept 11th 2011 FORGIVENESS – PEACE VIGIL reconnected us but this time so much more strongly as we join forces with one focused intent of burying pains of the past so that we can step into life unencumbered & free to live as one unified humans race in Peace Love & harmony. We both strongly believe its time to let go of the hell of the past so that we can begin live Heaven on earth.
I’m an Australian who lives in Egypt by choice or perhaps I should say by spirit! In the year 2009 I went home for a brief holiday. My daughter Sam who dabbled in yoga with me all those years ago had by then become a yoga instructor so when we are together yoga is quite prevalent. During this trip home the “Y Yoga Movie” DVD was advertised on TV & we immediately both wanted one & of course each got one. Arthur Klein’s opening words on the video relating to Sept. 11th struck a cord with me because of the way yoga had helped center him in peace after the collapse of Twin Towers which had simultaneously collapsed his idea of the world. That was powerful!
I had already known that if I was the least downhearted as I entered a yoga session I always came out of it feeling good but I had not even considered that it could overcome something as devastating as the effects of Sept. 11th! Yet Arthur’s voice sincerely echoed joy in its every note & his spirit was so open & inviting, so obviously it must have! I remember thinking if yoga has this great an effect then it definitely had the potential to rid the world of hatred & all related emotions. Yoga could heal the world – Yoga could center the world in peace! Was bending, stretching, breathing all that was needed to reshape our war torn world to a love healed world!
That was a fleeting thought which I let it go of as I got on with my day to day life with no more consideration until recently when Arthur & I connected regarding my Mt Sinai Sept.11th FORGIVENESS-PEACE VIGIL.
Arthur & I are facebook friends who had an instant rapport once we started posting comments & on each others wall. As I said earlier I believe there are no coincidences in life- I feel Arthur & I were destined to meet. If I recall correctly he added me as a friend as my profile states that I like yoga! I had no real idea who Arthur was in the yoga world but readily accepted his friendship as it felt good & I liked his profile picture! When I saw “Y Yoga Movie”, I thought ‘Wow he’s my facebook friend’. It was during my trip to Australia that he & I got to know each other a little better basically because of my daughter’s yoga connection as I am much more verbal about yoga in Australia. In Egypt I talk to myself about it as none of my close friends in Egypt practice yoga.
Since then we have popped up in each others facebook lives from time to time with the rapport as strong as ever. When I posted my September 11th FORGIVENESS-PEACE VIGIL Proposal & Arthur was the first to respond & offer his full support. He & yoga people have been my biggest supporters so far in this upcoming event which clearly confirms my original fleeting thoughts about Yoga’s potential in regard to being a World Healer & World Peacemaker when I first heard Arthur on the Y Yoga DVD speaking of how yoga helped him heal after that disastrous day.
My Vigil is for all people not just Yoga people but Yoga by its very nature & Arthur by his very nature – which these days is Yoga – immediately showed me Yoga’s natural pull & desire to heal where healing is needed as it breathes peace & love into life just by being Yoga. Yoga’s automatic response in every situation is to heal. I feel this so strongly that Arthur is meant to be on Mt Sinai with me on September 11th 2011. I believe September 11th 2001 connected us in a strange way as I was here in the midst of the Middle East & Arthur was in the US on that fateful day. He saw the effects it had on life there. I saw the effects it had on life here. We both know its time to symbolically bury the past & we both know the power Yoga yields to do just that!
As I have previously said, I believe that every situation we encounter & that every person we meet during our life time has a soul purpose in our life. In addition I believe that many of us connect to live out joint soul purposes for the good of all humanity & life. Arthur & I are not alone in our passion to Forget & to Forgive so that humanity can live as One in Peace, Love & Harmony but we both know that we are meant to work together on this project for the good of all.
It is time to bury all hatred of the past & to end all resistance of letting go of the pain of the past & walk one by one with focused intent into the dawn of new way of living as one unified human race in peace love & harmony.
Please join us.
Two days after September 11, 2001, I received the following email forwarded by a friend of a friend who escaped the collapse of World Trade Center Tower 1.
After reading this amazing story I forwarded it to a bunch of people, and then left work in the middle of the day and went to a yoga class. I thought it was a good way to begin the process to regain a sense of peace and wellbeing.
The yoga helped, so I have been practicing yoga most every day since then. My intention is to share my yoga experience with anyone who is interested. Please join me as another peaceful warrior whose intention is to do my part in healing our fragile and injured planet.
The following email exchange is where my journey began and what inspired the creation of Y Yoga Movie.
I share with you my reflection of that day 7 years later.
–Original Message—– From: Adam
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 200116:22PM
To: xxxxxxxxx
Subject: one survivors story…. SO WE NEVER FORGET.
I am sure that this is one of thousands of stories that will emerge over the next several days and weeks. I arrived as usual a little before 8am. My office was on the 87th floor of 1 World Trade Center, AKA: Tower 1, AKA: the NorthTower. Most of my associates were in by 8:30m. We were standing around, joking around, eating breakfast, checking emails, and getting set for the day when the first plane hit just a few stories above us. I must stress that we did not know that it was a plane. The building lurched violently and shook as if it were an earthquake. People screamed. I watched out my window as the building seemed to move 10 to 20 feet in each direction. It rumbled and shook long enough for me to get my wits about myself and grab a co-worker and seek shelter under a doorway. Light fixtures and parts of the ceiling collapsed. The kitchen was destroyed. We were certain that it was a bomb. We looked out the windows. Reams of paper were flying everywhere, like a ticker tape parade. I looked down at the street. I could see people in Battery Park City looking up. Smoke started billowing in through the holes in the ceiling.
I believe that there were 13 of us. We did not panic. I can only assume that we thought that the worst was over. The building was standing and we were shaken but alive. We checked the halls. The smoke was thick and white and did not smell like I imagined smoke should smell. Not like your BBQ or your fireplace or even a bonfire. The phones were working. My wife had taken our 9 month old for his check up. I called my nanny at home and told her to page my wife, tell her that a bomb went off, I was ok, and on my way out. I grabbed my laptop. Took off my tee shirt and ripped it into 3 pieces. Soaked it in water. Gave 2 pieces to my friends. Tied my piece around my face to act as an air filter. And we all started moving to the staircase.
This film will change your perspective not just on yoga, but on the world. Well worth the watch. — champ98nyy, NY
wow wow wow! in the spirit of
completion...
I finally watched your beautiful movie. what a gift! I want everyone to see it! and I can't wait to sleep, wake up and get on my mat! so inspiring... the kids, and all so good. thank you thank you thank you xommmmmmmm — Tamara Aruj, Standard Hotel / Spa South Beach Florida
Love it! The movie really captures the benefits of Yoga, both physically and mentally. I can watch it over and over again! — Alyssa
I just finished watching the whole video - I am blown away
and I am inspired to find a yoga class for me - I did it years ago but
now I feel I am ready to do it again -
love, Michele
— Michele, OR
Gratitude from the filmmaker
Thank you for your purchase of this download & for all the global support of Yoga - Meditation & "Y Yoga Movie". The feedback has been touching!
"Y Yoga Movie", is an award winning feature documentary which premiered during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Since then, many people have discovered a better & healthier life having experienced; "Y Yoga Movie" and/or a Pursuit of Happiness YOGA event.
"Y" has had amazing resonance with school children, soldiers, maximum security prisoners & people from all walks of life, on every inhabited continent including Donna Karan, Larry Payne, Bill Clinton (now vegan, maybe even a little yoga, who knows), & many health professionals.
It is your generosity that makes new projects of Love, Light & Peace possible.
In Gratitude,
Om Mani Padme Hum,
Arthur Klein
Filmmaker ~ Yoga & Meditation Activist
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