Community is at the heart of yoga with Zena
The more we learn about breathing and moving with self-awareness, the more we are able to uplift ourselves from unhealthy patterns, improving the quality of life even in the darkest of circumstances. Yoga is a path of service, kindness, courage and love.
FREE On-Line Tutorial on Yoga for Relieving Anxiety - Udemy
Accessible to all, this tutorial offers simple and effective yoga practices for relieving stress, tension and anxiety to optimize the immune system and maintain a health quality of life during the C19 pandemic lockdown.
To register and access the course, click here.
To register and access the course, click here.
Yoga for Children in Refugee Camps - with IMove Foundation
Dedicated to Palestine and Syrian school kids at Sabra Shatila refugee camp, this program offers weekly sessions in yoga for kids of various ages. Practices support recovery from trauma, improve a child's connection to his/her senses, capacity to focus, awareness of boundaries, natural joy and inner strength.
To find out more and support our work, click here.
To find out more and support our work, click here.
Yoga for Social Workers & Refugees - with Tools for Inner Peace
Dedicated to training social workers and refugees on how to use simple yoga practices to manage their lives better, this program offers trauma-informed education on yoga to those who need it most, and is active in Beirut, the Bekaa and in Tripoli.
To find out more and support our work, click here.
To find out more and support our work, click here.
Triple the Impact - Help us spread yoga in Lebanon's disadvantaged communities
A scholarship project offering a year-long training yoga to young adults from under-supported communities in conflict zones and refugee camps in Lebanon who are eager and dedicated to giving back to their own communities.
Supervising yoga students in training living and volunteering in refugee communities
Extreme circumstances have their own rules. When apprentices spontaneously put their learning into practice, creating experiences of well-being within their communities, I can only celebrate this and support that they continue. Official certification is not the issue here, but rather, whole-hearted dedication and joyful service. I am happy make myself available to offer guidance and answer teaching-related questions whenever I can.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
2018- Yoga and body-awareness for the visually impaired, a 2-week summer camp in collaboration with Empowerment Through Integration.
2017 - Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction 8-week training for social workers in psycho-social support and child education part of the IMove Foundation, based in the Netherlands.
2017 - Classes for refugee Syrian teenagers living in Tripoli, weekly for a 3-month period, in collaboration with Lamsat Ward for Psycho-social Support & Development.
2017 - Yoga for women's health part of the BeFriend Me program for refugee families - Shams Network, Lebanon.
2015 - Translator for social-integration workshops bringing together teenagers amongst host communities and refugee communities part of Karama Human Rights Film Festival.
2018- Yoga and body-awareness for the visually impaired, a 2-week summer camp in collaboration with Empowerment Through Integration.
2017 - Mindfulness-Based Stress-Reduction 8-week training for social workers in psycho-social support and child education part of the IMove Foundation, based in the Netherlands.
2017 - Classes for refugee Syrian teenagers living in Tripoli, weekly for a 3-month period, in collaboration with Lamsat Ward for Psycho-social Support & Development.
2017 - Yoga for women's health part of the BeFriend Me program for refugee families - Shams Network, Lebanon.
2015 - Translator for social-integration workshops bringing together teenagers amongst host communities and refugee communities part of Karama Human Rights Film Festival.