Green Yoga Conference Schedule:

Friday, May 29
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7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Sadhana
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8:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. LECTURE: In Defense of Dolphins
Thomas White, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University
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Saturday, May 30
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9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Auditorium Yoga: A Gathering for All
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9:30 a.m. Update on Green Yoga Association
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9:35 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. PLENARY LECTURE: Yoga and Animals
Christopher Key Chapple, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University
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10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. PLENARY LECTURE: Moving from Compassion into Action
Beth Shaw, YogaFit
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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Yoga
Pamela Bliss
Laura Cornell
Jasmine Lieb
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Karma Yoga: What It Really Means
Beth Shaw, YogaFit
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
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2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PLENARY LECTURE: Eating Mercifully
Christine Gutleben, The Humane Society of the United States
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2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Ballona Wetlands Walk

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LECTURE: Ancupuncture's Five-Element System and its Muscle Organ Relationship
T.J. Peng, D.C.
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LECTURE: Green Yoga in Practice: Healing the Planet by Healing the Spirit
Vidya Chaitanya, Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center
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Yoga
Sara Ivanhoe
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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Yogagaia
Agi Hasita Nadai
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5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dinner: Consult local food guide
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6:30 p.m. Update on Green Yoga Sangha
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7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. PLENARY EVENT: Mohiniyattan Indian Classical Dance:
From Shamanism to Yoga
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8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sunset Meditation
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Sunday, May 31
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8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Morning Sangha
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9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. PLENARY LECTURE: Animals, Earth, and Yoga Body
Gillian Comstock, Metta Earth Institute
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9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m...... PLENARY LECTURE: Gandhian Principles: Living Realities
Swasti Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., Buena Vista University
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11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions

LECTURE:
Life without Petrol: Pedal for Humanity
T.J. Peng, D.C.
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Yoga
Charlotte Hotzermann
Jasmine Lieb
Rajeshwari
Michael Ruccolo
Paige Wyatt
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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
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2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PLENARY LECTURE: Sea Otters
Dennis Eagan
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2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Breakout sessions

Ballona Wetlands Walk

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Yoga
Carolyn Brown
Sara Ivanhoe
Denise Kaufman
Felicia Tomasko
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4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closing Circle