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VOLOUNTEER WORKERS

With the multitude of opportunities and challenges that face our communities, why not focus on the positive and be part of the solution?

The role of the volunteer is to serve as a resource for the organization, to help encourage involvement in events, assist those within the organization to ensure things run smoothly and goals are being accomplished, to point out problem areas and suggest opportunities for improvement.

Qualities of an effective volunteer:

-Willingness to serve

-Punctual and reliable

-Having knowledge and skills to contribute to the cause

-Ethical and cooperative

-Leadership and communication skills

Melissa S.

Would this work?

Once a week with gather for one hour, with our fingers on our keyboards, a single topic to discuss, and share our thoughts. While our feet may be ondifferent continents, our group has become a unified class. Lead by our teacher we seek to embark on "thought adventures," sometimes by examining the ordinary in extraordinary ways, sometimes by learning something completely new. Either way, being part of this writing group inspires my mind heart to see in new ways. The honest and pure conversation is refreshing on so many levels!

 The 2/11/14 the Iskcon yoga community of Lubiana (Slovenia) has organised a seminar for the teachers and educators with teacher Urmila Mj. 

During the seminar (from 13 till 15) we have been informed about teaching importance - how to influence and inspire your class, how to help your students apply the knowledge, use it in their daily lifes. Most importanly, how to use yoga philosophy now and in your present situation. 
Nowadays people's main priorities are family, relationship, money and personal desires. How can we inspire them to make yoga philosophy one of these priorities? 
This task is for all the teachers: teaching is not only giving the information - at the same time it is showing how to use that information. Teachers must inspire students to apply new knowledge in their daily lifes. 
In orher words - use it NOW, not tomorrow or next year, but NOW, at this moment.
-maybe your student will die in your classroom- said Urmila Mj. This is how she invites everyone practise every day. 
Of course, to reach every student's heart is a long and hard way. How to make them believe the things you teach as much as you believe them yourself? Your task is to become an example for your student. Become a perfect reflection of your words. However responsibilities for the result takes not only the teacher- everyone in the classroom has to give 100 %. Both - teacher and the student has to give 100 % and it will lead to real and pure communication. That is the reason why Urmila Mj asked everyone - if you do not believe the things you teach, please let other people do it. You cannot spread information you don't understand yourself. 
To make your lesson easier Urmila Mj devided teaching method into 4 main parts: 
1. Finding 1 principle for the class (it is very important to have only one principle so you can concentrate to it)
2. Giving people first steps/suggesting them how to apply the knowledge (for example, suggest reading an article or a pharagraph a day with your partner or alone)
3. Personalise (apply new things to your personal life)
4. Practise

"Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food." Hippocrates

What is raw foodism?
Raw foodism is the dietary practice of eating only uncooked and unproessed foods.

How and Why you should start?
Your oven gets a rest on this diet. You'll mostly be eating raw fruits, vegetables, and grains. The idea is that heating food destroys its nutrients and natural enzymes, which is bad because enzymes boost digestion and fight chronic desease. In short: when you cook it, you kill it.

Little bit of history:
In the 1830's Presbyterian minister S.Graham promoted dietary principles similar to the raw food diet as a cure for the current cholera epidemic threatening to strike the US. Graham thought that cholera in particular could be prevent by drinking pure water and eating simple fresh food not compounded by culinary practices.

Benefits of raw foodism:
Raw food diet can clear up headaches and allergies, boosts immunity and memory and improve arthritis and diabetes.

What to try?
There are some raw food recipes you can try --> www.rawfoodrecipes.com

Good luck!

Su pagarba, Gertrūda

L'associazione di volontariato Noumeno fvg propone in un week-end un viaggio culturale-filosofico a Istanbul a febbraio 2013 di 3 giorni per un gruppo di 5-8 persone:

- primo giorno: pranzo e visita alla moschea blu e all'antica cisterna romana

- secondo giorno: visita al gran bazar delle spezie e al museo panorama 1453

- terzo giorno: istanbul asiatica (cultura, musica e tadizioni tuche)

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