[March 2014]

• Establishment of Yoga Fusion mission & scope
• Web, social media, outreach & communication strategy

[April-May 2014]

• Finalization of the project methodologies, and theoretical framework
• First round of consultations on the relevance of the project scope and methodologies for projects and research on trauma healing and post-conflict reconciliation with academic institutions and organizations, and individuals in The Hague, The Netherlands:
  • International Institute of Social Studies
  • International Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation
  • War Trauma Foundation
  • Coalition for the ICC
  • Leslie Snider (International Mental Health and Medical Anthropology)
  • Guglielmo Schinina (Applied Drama/Theatre, Communication, Medical Anthropology)

[June-July 2014]

• Establishment of Yoga Fusion Participatory Action Research (PAR) Network
• Online consultations with:
  • Mandala House
  • Patanjali Research Foundation
  • S-VYASA Deemed University, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
  • Global Trauma Project
  • Africa Yoga Project
• Design of pilot projects & draft of grant proposals in cooperation with PAR Network partners:
  • Mandala House: integrating a trauma sensitive components to yoga practices in the field; yoga for the development of shared narratives
  • Patanjali Research Foundation: adapting yoga therapy modules to context at risk & training of trainers in the field
  • War Trauma Foundation: introducing yoga as psychosocial support tool for nonviolent conflict transformation
  • Africa Yoga Project & Global Trauma Project: integrating a trauma sensitive component to yoga practices in the field; yoga for the development of shared narratives
• Exploratory consultation with ICC Women: yoga as psychosocial support tool for war rape victims
• Participation as supporter to a fundraising event of Wearessential for Oxfam Italia

[August-September 2014]

• Participation as teaching support in a Arhanta Yoga Teacher Training, The Netherlands, to support the development of the ‘How to teach?’ Yoga Fusion modules
• Exploratory consultation with UNESCO Bangkok – Education for Sustainable Development Unit: yoga as psychosocial support tool for education in emergencies
• Launch of Yoga Fusion crowd-funding campaign

[October-November 2014] – Getting the Global Yoga Community On-Board!

• A Month of Yoga with Purpose, delivery of yoga classes by donation at the Power of Now Oasis, Bali, to raise awareness about the project and involve the global yoga community in supporting it
• Presentation of the project at Hubud, a collaborative working space in Ubud, Bali, to collect inputs on how to involve the private sector and the global yoga community in supporting the project
• Participation into the Education in Emergencies Regional Workshop organized by UNESCO Bangkok in Manila: Yoga Fusion was invited to present yoga as innovative psychosocial support tool for education in emergencies

[December –March 2014]

• Draft of an article for Frontiers in Psychiatry: ‘Does Health need Justice, or does Justice need Health? Trauma Healing opens new perspectives on Embodied Knowledge, Human Security & Resilience’. First draft available – final draft to be completed
• Establishment of a partnership with Peace Revolution: development of yoga modules for Peace Revolution Self Development Program; survey & research of the challenges and benefits of integrating meditation practices in diverse religious and cultural contexts
• World Peace Initiative membership
• Participation in interviews to support an MA Research Paper, ‘Yoga for Peace’ by Klara Srbova, University of Kent
• Exploratory consultations with Living Ubuntu – ongoing
• Pilot Project design of Using Yoga to EngageActors with Radical Religious Narratives in Conflict Transformation – to be implemented upon grant award
• Draft of Heals over Head. Yoga & Yap healed Me. Who heals War?: an eBook about how and why Yoga Fusion was established; a crowd-funding tool to involve the global yoga community and other supporters in the project
• Presentation of Yoga Fusion & Heals over Head at Desa Seni, Bali, for a Yogathlon supporting the non-profit organization Ayo Kita Bicara HIV/AIDS & Heals over Head launch on Kula Megazine by Desa Seni
• Heals over Head launch at Bali Spirit Festival via distribution of promotional bookmarks to the participants 

[April –June 2014]

• Implementation of projects in partnership with Peace Revolution:
  • Development of yoga modules for Peace Revolution Self Development Program
  • Survey & research of the challenges and benefits of integrating meditation practices in diverse religious and cultural contexts
  • Participation into the International Peace Revolution Fellowship, Thailand, June 2015.

What’s Next? 

[July 2014]

• Yoga Fusion participaton to the Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship at Cambridge University

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