Sports and Activities

Yogathon Beirut – Rise For a Cause

Saturday, Aug 20, 2016
9:00am -> 12:30pm
Horsh Beirut

Yogathon Beirut challenges participants to complete 108 sun salutations in support of himaya, a Lebanese Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to making child protection a right across the country. All proceeds from Yogathon Beirut will help educate the youths of himaya’s Resilience Center. Sun Salutations are a series of 12 yoga postures that help increase energy in the body, focus and clarity in the mind.

The Worldwide Yogathon is being held on the same day in over 60 cities, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Sidney, Berlin, Oslo, Rio de Janeiro, and many more.

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Cost
$20

All proceeds and donations go to educate children at Himaya’s resilience center.

Himaya is a Lebanese Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to making child protection a right across the country. himaya aims to break the silence and offers children the life skills they need to defend themselves. himaya also supports survivors of abuse and gives them the psychosocial support they need to overcome their experiences. In order to be as effective as possible, himaya works with children, their families, and surroundings as a whole. It strives to make a change on a national level with the help of its two main programs: the training and resilience programs. It covers the majority of Lebanese territory with offices in Mansourieh, Beirut, Baalbeck, Zahle, Zgharta and Halba.