Stand Up for India with Tarini and Roxann

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Today we are joined by Tarini Menezies and Roxann DeSouza, graduates of the Shanti Yoga Training School and currently based in India.

Tarini and Roxanne are here to discuss what we can do as a community to step up and help India, giving back, and what yoga means to them today.

Tarini and Roxann are yoga teachers based in Mumbai.

Tarini was brought to yoga by her high-stress job in law. For Tarini, yoga is a way to channel anxiety and stress in a more helpful way. For Roxanne, this past year yoga has been a way to cope with anxiety for both old and new practitioners.

When the pandemic started in India in January 2020, much like everywhere else, people didn’t think it would be a big deal. Within a few weeks the country was in a lockdown that lasted for months.

In January of 2021, the country started slowly opening up again. Since then, things have taken a drastic turn for the worse.

Cases began increasing at a drastic rate, with variant cases appearing more often and more aggressively.

There was also a huge increase in children and young people getting sick, along with people getting COVID-19 for the second time.

Yoga is about mindfulness - bring that mindfulness outside of yourself to the greater world and give back.

Here are 3 NGOs that are doing great covid relief work in India suggested by Raxann and Tarini.

Give India -

https://www.giveindia.org

Hemkunt Foundation -

https://hemkuntfoundation.com

Childrens Hope India -

https://www.childrenshopeindia.org

Also here is an organization based in India, that's dear to Nathalie's heart and one she has worked with on her many trips to India www.odanadi.org

Connect with Tarini and Roxanne:

Tarini: https://www.instagram.com/mumbaiyogi

Roxanne: https://www.instagram.com/roxyb90