Archive for the 'Shanti Uganda' Category
Gifts that Give
November 18th, 2010 // Shanti Uganda
This holiday, consider giving a gift that gives to your friends and family and benefits the entire world. Shanti Uganda crafts are beautiful and support the sustainability of women’s health and the wellness of entire communities in rural Uganda.
Give a gift of action that will change a life in Uganda:
* 4 Prenatal Courses for a Mother for $10.00 CAD
* 1 Birth Kit for $15.00 CAD
* Midwife for a Day for $20.00 CAD
* Lab Services at the Maternity Centre for a Week for $30.00 CAD
* Member of our Women’s Group for a Month for $75.00 CAD
* Midwife for a Week for $100.00 CAD
* Med Supplies for a Week for $200.00 CAD
Each recipient of your donated Gift of Action will be mailed a beautiful card with a message about how your gift will make a difference.
If you are very passionate about our projects you can host your own Christmas Craft Shopping Party at home or work. Shanti Uganda will supply you with handmade paper beaded jewelry and traditional batik handbags all made by our sustainable women’s group. It is a great opportunity to educate people about our projects and they make holiday shopping easy.
If you are interested, please contact bella@shantiuganda.org
We will also be at these upcoming holiday craft markets so please come by and say hello!
Fair Trade Vancouver Christmas Extravaganza
December 4th from 10 am – 7 pm
at Performance Works on Granville Island
Blim Market
November 28 from 10am – 4 pm
December 19th from 10am – 4 pm
at the Chinese Cultural Centre
Happy Holiday Season and Om Shanti!
Dance is Life
August 09th, 2010 // Art, Birth, Dance, Events, Feminine-ist, Love, Oneness, Shanti Uganda, Spirit, Vancouver, Wellness
All forms of art are a direct connection to source energy that allow us to be inspired (or in-spirit) and there is something magic in the creative self-expression of dance. It moves through us and we literally become art and an expression of the divine. It is one of my greatest passions as I grew up in leotards and ballet slippers.
Please join us in the celebration of The Shanti Uganda Birth House on August 29th with an evening of dance and music. You can purchase tickets online here.
A huge thanks to my great friend Rosalee for this fun video interview with me at Folk Fest talking a bit more about Shanti Uganda and our beautiful projects.
Love well,
Sara
xoxo
Birthing the Blissful Way
July 09th, 2010 // Birth, Feminine-ist, Lifeline Technique, Nutrition, Shanti Uganda, Wellness
My involvement with The Shanti Uganda Society in the past few years has introduced me to the world of birthing babies. It was a subject I had not put much thought into as I always imagined I would start a family around 30, when my mother did and after my career was well established. The more I learned, the more I awakened to the reality that I really did not know much about giving birth at all. It seems to be one of these very big and life changing experiences people talk a lot about without sharing many details.
The Shanti Uganda Birth House
From my perspective, the human body is a miracle machine. Our bodies breathe, beat a heart, digest food, fend off disease and so much more without us needing to think about it. Thank goodness, right? Could you imagine what our already busy lives would be like if we had to consciously think about all of these functions? Doesn’t it make sense then that if our bodies are designed to do all of these functions so well that it might also be programmed to give birth to a baby; those of us having a female experience, anyhow?
If we aren’t thinking about all of these things happening it makes them subconscious. This is why consciously breathing in yoga class is so beneficial to our infinite minds. When we consciously do something already happening on a subconscious level, we bridge the gap, we bring light to shadow and this is the process of awakening into our potential.
As a Lifeline™ Practitioner, I know that each moment of our experience, beginning with conception leaves an imprint on our subconscious minds that impacts how we move through life. In the process of childbirth, your subconscious mind is activated to guide you through the process, if there is trauma imprinted there from your own birth it is possible that a reactionary response of fear will become activated, creating birthing complications. I am passionate about helping families harmonize any generational subconscious trauma so they can experience how graceful birth is designed to be.
Giving birth to babies has been happening since the beginning of this universe. It is one of the most natural and essential cycles we all share and gives our lives so much meaning. A blissful birth is possible for all of us. There are so many resources available here in Vancouver. I recently met a brilliant prenatal coach, Crystal who is passionate about pre and postnatal nutrition and even preconception! Every choice we make has a consequence. Hypnosis is also a great way to prepare your mind for birth and there are some great trainings focusing on birth. Gloria Lemay’s blog is rich in resources about natural birth and I feel blessed that she facilitated my Doula training.
Love well,
Sara
xoxo