June 21-YOGA DAY & 100 MOMENTS OF PEACE SERIES

In Honor Of Humanitarian,
Shri Mataji
Celebrating Her 100th Birthday

Don’t forget to bring your Yoga mat with you!

Event Description

UNESCO BODY & MIND WELLNESS CLUB (UNESCO BMW) in partnership with the City of Frederick will celebrate International Yoga Day. We will provide a structure of physical and meditative yoga, live music, and an introduction to the inspiring personality of humanitarian Shri Mataji and her legacy to global peace. Refreshments and a tour of City Hall will follow.

When: June 21 – 2023 from 5:00 PM
Where: In person at City Hall Park in Frederick. Indoors or outdoors as the weather allows.
Length: 90 minutes
Fee: Free to all. RSVP required for the City Hall tour.
Open to all, especially high school students, college students and young adults.

Master of Ceremony

Speakers

Instructors

Artists

Logistics

Venue Set up: Will be on the North side of the City Hall

Schedule:

UNESCOBMW	10 min
Yoga	20 min
Meditation	20 min
Music	10 min
City Hall Tour	30 min
Total	90 min

Refreshments will be offered at the end of the 90 min celebration

The City of Frederick created a registration link for us to use and is sharing on the city social media channels.

Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/640671875827

About Shri Mataji

(March 1923–23 February 2011), also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga.

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, She was a visionary willing to share her view of a better world that includes a place for each of us, side by side, as one. She was also the founder of Sahaja Yoga, a worldwide movement practiced in over a hundred countries. The yoga is the practical application of her vision.

Shortly before India achieved independence in 1947, Shri Mataji married Chandrika Prasad Srivastava, a high-ranking Indian civil servant who later served Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as Joint Secretary, and was also bestowed an honorary KCMG by Elizabeth II. They had two daughters, Kalpana Srivastava and Sadhana Varma.

The City of Frederick created a registration link for us to use and is sharing on the City social media channels. They include it also, in the June Newsletter on June 7th.
Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/640671875827

Some Awards and Recognitions

New York, 1989-1994: Invited by the United Nations Sahaja Yoga Organization for four consecutive years to speak on ways to achieve world peace.

105th Congress, 1997 and 106th Congress, 2000: Honorarium read into Congressional Record by Congressman Eliot Engle commending Shri Mataji for her dedicated and tireless work for humanity as “Shri Mataji’s discovery brings genuine hope to humanity.”

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Claes Nobel, (Grandnephew of Alfred Nobel, Nobel Peace Prize Foundation) Chairman of the United Earth Organization, honoured the life and work of Shri Mataji in a public speech at the Royal Albert Hall. (https://youtu.be/K4ftCStNzWk )

Romania, 1995, Awarded PhD in Cognitive Science from the Ecological University of Bucharest

China, 1995, Official guest speaker at the Women’s Conference in Beijing as a guest of the Chinese Government

Brazil, 1994, Presented with the key to the City of Brasilia following official sponsorship of the series of Sahaja Yoga programs in the country

St. Petersburg, URS 1993, Invited to inaugurate the now annual International Conference on Medicine and Self-Knowledge.

Moscow, 1989, Government sponsorship of Sahaja Yoga research granted after meeting between Shri Mataji and the Russian Minister of Health at that time.

Italy, 1989, Named Personality of the Year by the Italian Government.

Two of our Partners for the Yoga Day – June 21, have extra programs for you!

Sahaja Yoga Meditation has a link that take you to all their in person or online Yoga session: https://us.sahajayoga.org/yogaday/

Yogamour does have an instagram, @yogamour_healing_arts , the link is below:
https://www.instagram.com/yogamour_healing_arts