Page 4 - BIYF 2016 Booklet

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Rhythm of Change (ROC) Om Shanti Belize is a secular, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and implementing activities that bring forth individual, social and environmental changes in our country. We are proud to be using innovative approaches to peace building including yoga, mindfulness, environmental consciousness as well as other forms of wellness. To date, ROC Om Shanti Belize has been engaged in several community outreach activities yet the Belize International Yoga Festival, ROC’s signature annual fund raising event, is the first of its kind in the region. All indications are that this 2016 inaugural festival in Belize will cultivate just what our country needs: a positive, uplifting, family, fun event to sow the seeds of change. "
What we are already doing:!
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• ROC Om Shanti Belize offers mindfulness meditation courses, and workshops, yoga teacher trainings and children’s yoga teacher trainings, which are recognized by the Ministry of
" Education (MOE) as professional development hours."
• ROC Om Shanti Belize provides quarterly yoga and mindfulness workshops to the counselors at
" the MOE."
• Yoga classes are taught to at risk youths affected by gang violence in areas such as Majestic Alley, Jane Usher Boulevard, Ghost Town, Jump Street and Victoria Street. We also share yoga
" and mindfulness to teachers who teach these youths."
• Mindfulness classes have also been shared with the school children who attend The Love
" Foundation’s after school program. Classes will start on a regular basis early next year."
• ROC Om Shanti Belize works with The Belize Red Cross, offering quarterly mindfulness classes
" to their staff and volunteers as a means of stress reduction."
• Weekly yoga and mindfulness classes are also taught to the female inmates of the Belize Central Prison. Early next year classes will start with the male inmates."
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