Join Zahra Mohamed Ali, the abcdyogi Program Manger, for a donation based class to support the Yoga4Pal Fundraiser! In honor of International Yoga Day, we're joining Tejal Yoga and Yogis4Palestine to do a global fundraiser. Please make your donations for this event to Al-Jawad Camp.

Sunday, June 22 at 9a ET | 2p GMT | 6a PT (replay available)

In honor of the event’s theme for liberation, this practice is inspired by the Buddhist practice tonglen. Tonglen is a practice of “giving and taking” where we breathe in the suffering of others and exhale what we can offer of benefit to those beings. With this global call to action, we come together to bring awareness for the suffering of Palestinians and cultivate compassion in our thoughts and actions to bring liberation for all. Prepare to begin with a short tonglen practice to start our practice. Followed by a gentle movement practice that can be done lying down and ending with a body scan meditation.

This is a virtual donation based class, where offerings will raise awareness, cultivate space for collective grief and healing, and directly support on-the-ground mutual aid through fundraising for Al-Jawad Camp, a school and collective supporting displaced Gazans.

For the 11th annual International Day of Yoga (IDY), we are joining Yogis for Palestine and Tejal Yoga for a Global Call to Action and invite you to embody yoga in the service of Palestinian liberation.

Over the weekend of June 21st - 22nd, we call on yoga teachers to gather in a local park or studio and host a donation-based yoga/meditation class themed around taking collective action to end the Zionist entity’s 77-year occupation of Palestine and ongoing genocide and siege against Palestinians in Gaza.