Tools for Inner Peace

Yoga for Peace in Lebanon

Read about Tools for Inner Peace work with Syrian refugees in Lebanon where as many as 45% suffer from trauma and mental health problems
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"I come feeling psychologically tired or angry, but after yoga I relax and spend the rest of the day happy." - Participant in refugee class in Saadnayel, Lebanon
Yoga for Refugees

Tools for Inner Peace has been offering yoga to refugee groups in London and beyond since 2016. Find out more...

20 November 2019

Seva Volunteering
Opportunity in Lebanon in 2020

Serve, love, give. Volunteer to sustain, build on and expand our Yoga for Peace project in Bekaa valley, Lebanon....

by Minna

30 September 2019

Classical Yoga in Arabic, home practice videos

Shukreya, one of our yoga trainees in Bekaa valley, Lebanon, asked for videos of the yoga practices she was...

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20 December 2017

Yoga for Peace

“Peace begins with a smile” In an unprecedented and intensifying flood, 60 million people around the world have become...

by Minna

3 January 2016

Yoga for Relieving Stress and Anxiety
(free online course)

This course on Yoga for Relieving Stress and Anxiety is a free offering from Tools for Inner Peace. All...

by Minna

18 February 2016

Asana

To release stress, it is often enough to move and stretch our tense, strained bodies while focussing on the breath....

by Minna

18 February 2016

Pranayama

Following the asanas, pranayama or breathing techniques pave the way to relaxation and meditation, bringing the mind to a...

by Minna

18 February 2016

Yoga Nidra

Yoga nidra is a form of relaxation and meditation that allows one to access the deepest realms of consciousness....

by Minna

18 February 2016

Meditation

The meditation techniques learned at a Tools for Inner Peace retreat aim to develop the ability to observe thought...

by Minna

28 January 2015

Helen Cushing (Ahimsa)

Ahimsa has coordinated weekly classes for war veterans in Australia since 2004. Ahimsa also taught women refugees from Afghanistan,...

by Minna

28 January 2015

Bryan Dalton

Bryan served as a United States diplomat for 28 years, retiring after postings in Asia and Europe as consul,...

by Minna

28 January 2015

Lisa Alessandra Gautschi

Lisa Alessandra Gautschi (Yogatara) is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP), transpersonal psychologist, as well as yoga instructor and...

by Minna

28 January 2015

Diana Ivanova

Diana is a journalist, writer, film director, yoga teacher and group therapist. She has studied both yoga and group...

by Minna