All posts tagged: Tools for Inner Peace

The Resilience Retreat, 15-17 May 2026

Published by Minna

A Weekend of Trauma-Informed Yoga in Nature Friday, 15th May, 5pm – Sunday, 17th May, 2pm Grempoli Retreat, 7 Via Uscioli, Pontassieve (FI) 50065, Italy Join us for a weekend of regeneration, with time in nature and trauma-informed yoga. Experience the benefits of a simple, gentle yoga practice on body, breath and mind. Asana (postures), pranayama (breathing practices) and yoga nidra (deep relaxation) will be combined with an understanding of nervous system regulation. Over the weekend, you will develop an understanding of how trauma affects your physiology and psychology, as well as how yogic practices can support your capacity to find balance and restore resilience. Who it is for: This workshop is open for everyone interested in learning how to use the body, breath and awareness to overcome and heal from stress and trauma. While no previous experience in yoga is needed, those who are yoga teachers will learn skills to adapt yogic tools and techniques to their sessions with trauma survivors. Topics covered: • Practising yoga to free the body, breath and emotions from

Community Really is a Super-Power

Published by Minna

We received this precious feedback from our recent refugee yoga retreat, held for the second time at Lockerbrook Farm in the Peak District National Park in the UK. A mix of cultures, ages and backgrounds came together with compassion and embraced the yoga practices that were shared. *** Dear friends, fellow yogis, kitchen warriors, As we wrap up this unforgettable retreat, I wanted to take a moment — from the bottom of my stretched hamstrings and still-tingling chakras — to say a big, hearty THANK YOU. A round of belly-breathing gratitude to our wonderful teachers: Yanar, Kerry, and Lynn, who guided us through flows, stillness, journaling, and something called sankalpa, which we’re still trying to pronounce correctly. You taught us that transformation can be gentle… To all of you who washed dishes, chopped veggies, and scrubbed pots — you embodied karma yoga with sudsy grace. You reminded us that yoga doesn’t end with shavasana. Sometimes, it ends with compost. And then, just when we thought the magic had peaked, came the final night: a fire

Creating Safe Spaces in Lebanon for Trauma Recovery

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“It has been a disastrous period, but we have managed to be there for our community, to help in the ways we can, as much as we can. The tools we learned from you served us well.” – Roula Darwish, Beirut Roula, one of the community yoga teachers Tools for Inner Peace trained in Lebanon, started an initiative for women and children who had been displaced to Beirut from the south. Here is how she went about creating a safe space at the Houna Yoga Center, which she manages: “At first we had no other volunteer teachers to give classes, so I started to offer some simple trauma yoga practices to displaced women. Yoga nidra helped them to get rid of their fears and worries, to be more relaxed, more open. Then we started working with kids. We started with a small group, and then the group grew bigger and sometimes we had 30 kids.” Rima, also trained by Tools for Inner Peace, has been sharing her love and beautiful energy with displaced children. She

Changemaker of the Week

Published by Minna

We are excited to announce the we have been awarded $1000 by the Pollination Project and featured as their Changemaker of the Week. The Pollination Project feature story, authored by Liza Di Georgina, is titled Embracing Peace from Within in Sierra Leone. “Peace is not something you have outside but it’s what you have to have inside to be able to change things in the world, even if it’s very small; when you work on yourself and you create peace in yourself then you can start radiating that out,” Minna Jarvenpaa, founder of Tools for Inner Peace Read more: https://thepollinationproject.org/embracing-peace-from-within-in-sierra-leone/

Yoga with Impact podcast

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In a podcast with Danielle Begg, founder of The Yoga Impact Charity, Mantramala (Minna Jarvenpaa) tells a bit of her own story and how Tools for Inner Peace was born. They also talk about how yoga touches people from diverse backgrounds, how Tools for Inner Peace navigates cultural and religious boundaries, and share ideas about making change in the world. Click here to listen to the podcast. Yoga With Impact is a podcast interviewing experts sharing yoga and healing practices in diverse communities.