“Scousers” (my father was one!) are some of the most creative and talented people anywhere to be found on the planet  and their sense of the hilarious is famous. So both events were a total riot.

Thank you Allison Doherty for organising everything and for creating a weekend of so much joy so much love ,just the way yoga should be!!!

David Sye x

A big hug goes out to sweet Marion for chauffeuring us around, and for the overwhelming and joyful response from all the students.

Can’t wait to see you again in the autumn!!!

Much love

David

Last time I was there was almost two years ago. I could not forgot how overwhelming and crazy the reception was over there for Yogabeats, and when Jessica Wayman invited me over again I jumped at the chance, but as some of you know, I fell ill due to a severe infection and was hospitalised over the Xmas and the new year period, and had to postpone the trip till April. It is always painful having to let venues and students down at these times but there was nothing I could do, but the support and love I received at that time, was a totally humbling experience!

Just as I was looked after and supported in my own healing during that period, I am know down to my bones  that the practice and teaching of yoga has an absolute duty to heal, support and create community far beyond what it does at this present time. Properly used it can totally transform and heal the mental asylum we casually refer to as our world.

I want to take the time to thank, Jessica Wayman and Brent Jaster for organising all the amazing venues in Denver, Boulder and beautiful Carbondale high up in The Rocky Mountains. It was truly a Rocky mountain high experience and all the students who I was privileged to teach and hug!!

Also the young people of The Natural Highs “Rave” in Boulder on my last night that totally ROCKED! (a ground breaking scheme where young people are re-educated away from street drugs and onto sustainable highs – and of course yoga is one of them).

Yoga is only just beginning to stand up on its own two legs and this will only happen when it opens its arms to everyone with absolute love and compassion and not just via skinny, contortioned, air brushed models on the cover of yoga magazines.

Yoga is an integral part of the Conscious Revolution currently spreading across our little planet where we have the possibility of switching from Homo Sapient to Homo Spirituous. This is accelerated only through Yoga practices becoming Practices of Love  and we diminish it all through our own Fears (which the human ego thrives upon). So next time you are with your teachers try perceiving them through Tibetan eyes, who understand the teachings of the teacher, by seeing the effect of the teachings within the teacher!

Viva La Revolution!!!!!

David

On May 22nd 2012 The Peres Peace Centre in co-operation with Yogabeats in Jaffa (Israel) have obtained 20 border passes for 20 Palestinian yoga teachers and yoga practitioners to cross over into Israel and practice Yogabeats with 20 Israeli teachers and yoga practitioners at the centre. It will be an afternoon of connection and celebration for both cultures, through yoga and will run on as a regularly repeated event.

The ramifications and implications of this, as a symbol for peace, poses a huge question for  the political arena as the only place for cross cultural negotiation?

It begs even deep questions, about society’s traditional approaches to political friction when if, in the middle of  social discord, both sides can happily come together to practice yoga ??

The Peres Centre have approved media attention on this event

This is the first time Yogabeats has been allowed to repeat this unique yoga event,

with both sides of the conflict  since Jerusalem 2006 .