Testimonials

“The energy, enthusiasm, and sense of true community at the World Peace Yoga Conference was so inspiring and incrediblly fun! It was an honor to support and participate and I highly recommend everyone participate in this wonderful event!”
-Julia Hill

“I have attended and taught at many yoga events all over the world and this is the most profound, life changing experience I have ever encountered. Come join us at the World Peace & Yoga Jubilee for; the amazing teachers, the amazing food, the amazing landscape, the amazing musicians and a chance to share a simply amazing weekend with like minded spirits.  We need your light and warm smile.”  -Doug Swenson

“There is no way to overstate the magnitude of the collective spiritual transformation that will occur when we shift from food of violent oppression to food of gentleness and compassion.” When I wrote these words for The World Peace Diet, I didn’t realize that they would manifest in the exquisite event I experienced in October 2009 in Grailville, outside Cincinnati: The World Peace Yoga Conference. It will be coming again in 2010 as the World Peace & Yoga Jubilee. The magnificent weekend we spent together in Grailville felt to me like the premonition of a new society—we gathered by the hundreds and co-created a time of compassion and empowerment. It was clear, through the ideas and practices we shared, and the friendships made and revelations we received, that we were planting the seeds of a new world. A new society, where world peace, sustainability, freedom, joy, and abundance are actually possible, is beckoning, and I felt it coming closer to fruition. The energy of goodwill was palpable; we knew we were on an adventure that was bigger than ourselves. The thousands of little moments of kindness, cooperation, and recognition that sparkled throughout our time together have continued to radiate into my life, and I am sure, into the lives of countless people. The World Peace and Yoga Jubilee is an event that is transforming humanity by focusing on the spiritual and physical roots of our dilemmas, and addressing what is highest and most noble in us. I am sure that all who are called to participate will be blessed, and will contribute to the healing of our world. What could be better than this? See you in Grailville in October!
-Dr. Will Tuttle, author, The World Peace Diet

“The World Peace Yoga Conference in 2009 was so much more than just a conference. It was a community of light, sharing, love, respect, and friendship. It was being the change that we want to see in the worrld by creating it. I was so impressed with one of the presenters, Andrew Harvey, that I am going to use his new book The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism in my Theology class, "Prophets of Non-Violence." If you can go to only one conference in 2010, this is the one!”
-Patrick Murphy Welage, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher & Professor of Theology and Philosophy

“The World peace conference of 2009 opened my eyes to so much hunger and thirst to live a cruelty free life, for the betterment of human kind. I had the great honor to present a harm free yoga practice rooted in the limbs of Ahimsa and Santosha. Non-Violence and, Contentment. The Food Mark and all the Culinary masters offered was so nourishing and tasted just like Mother nature intended, fresh healthy and delicious. Being able to sit side by side with some of my mentors was a thrill and and honor. I must say Anna and Mark plus the hundreds of other volunteers and presenters organized a magical awe inspiring weekend this past october in Grailville. I look forward to folding and twisting with more like minds next year. In Deepest Appreciation.”
-Yoga Dan Gottlieb

"Amazing, amazing, amazing!!! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share yoga with so many!! It was one of the most spiritually profound weekends ever! Sat Nam!! :)"
-Shelli Carpenter

"Loved, loved, loved the love fest you created with World Peace Yoga Conference. Going through a bit of withdrawal so I'm glad we have more things coming up next month and beyond...xoxoxoxo"
-Dan Korman

"Where to even begin with the praise for Mark & Anna & all involved?! What an amazing experience, it was so hard to leave! Can't wait for the next one :-)"
-Kamaniya Devi

"Thank you Anna and company. Of all the events that I have attended your's stands out as the shining example of the combination of true vegan ethics, love and the setting aside of ego for the sake of the planet, each other and the animals. I am so grateful to count you as part of my family. Blessings."
-Harold Brown

"Harold Brown; the reason I became a vegetarian . . . and now a vegan. This man has so much courage... he is a sacred activist."
-Candace Hinzman Koslen

"This was truly a life changing event. Thanks to ALL who inspired me, educated me and loved me! What an amazing weekend. One i truly will NEVER forget. For those of you who missed this blessed weekend... see you next year! This is one weekend you will not want to miss again! Thanks Anna, Mark and Betsi!!"
-Lila Lolling

"This was one amazing event that will be talked about for years to come...a sort of Woodstock of a Yoga event..."
-Beth Gregerson

"I cannot find words sufficient to express the gratitude I feel for having been a part of this past weekend. My actions will have to suffice... Oh, and will they ever!"
-Michael Jones

"I gained so much strength and inspiration from this weekend. While I'm sad to have left the groups energy, I can still feel it vibrating in every fiber of my being.....picking me up, giving me strength, and encouraging me to go out and do the hard work that now has to be done. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Shanti, shanti, shanti."
-Carrie Klaus

Thank you so much, it was amazing. I am going to be processing for some time. Really glad that I got the opportunity to study with the marvelous people I had heard about and amazed to study with the wonderful people that I had never heard of. One question, do you think Mark and his wife will adopt me?
-Jo Griffith

"I feel so much gratitude for all that you've done. It is inspirational and profound to deepen the compassion and also the letting go. I'm honored to have been part of it (and it keeps on, too). I could write so many more words related to the fullness of it all, but there's not really the space here. Thank you, so much for putting it together. Namaste!"
-Michael Gallagher

"Every time I think about the 3 days spent with my chosen family I cry tears of Joy. I'm excited to make my new friends proud as I walk back into the World with a renewed sense of inspiration and confidence that we will meet again!"
-Vince Stross

"I'm certain that more words will eventually come but I feel humble yet giddy to have experienced and been a part of the only event that has been as life changing as giving birth. Thank you Anna, Mark and all other amazing people that made this possible!"
-Katy Stahl

"Loved it! The yoga, in yummy vegan learning and food, the connections....all! Total gratitude for all your passion and effort! Shanti..........."
-Mary Geibel

"I had the most wonderful time there. The FOOD!!! wow."
-Sivapriya Janet Alexander

"It was such a moving experience and really forced me to focus on the core of my motivation and purpose for doing what I do in the world. I'm grateful for the opportunity I was given to attend!"
-Amy Matthews Stross

"Going through major withdrawal after 3 amazing days at the World Peace Yoga Conference in Grailville. So grateful to Anna and Mark for organizing this event right here in our backyard and thankful that the store and I were a part of it."
-Dan Korman

"Withdrawal" is a good word ... I feel the same way. I'm trying to be with this feeling and hope that inspiration for some action manifests soon! I'll keep you posted ... :)"
-Vince Stross

"Thank you, Mark, for creating such an awesome event this past weekend; The World Peace Yoga Conference. Everything about it was fantastic...the location, the presenters, the music, the yoga, the attendees, the volunteers...and especially the FOOD! All those attending were nourished with love. I suggest to everyone who was unable to attend, watch for the next one and make sure you can make it!"
-Beth Gregerson

"Maha Gratitude for turning me on to delicious Vegan food. Planning to transform my household now..."
-Michele Fife

"Many thanks for the nourishment! The food was such an important and memorable part of this fantastic event. I look forward to more!"
-Brook Jansen Dillane

"My body thanks you for the delicious nourishment you provided for us this weekend. What a special transformative experience...here's to next year!"
-Susan Schroeder

"Thanks, so much to the World Peace crew for providing all the fantastic delicious nourishment to help fuel the spiritual nourishment of the whole weekend. It was a huge integrated part of it, and very important. The more people know that vegan food is savory and delicious and vital and compassionate and highly nourishing (for the body and the spirit), the more people will partake of it and live it."
-Michael Gallagher

"Thank you. Three days of heaven and great vegan food. Can't wait for the next one!!!!!!"
-Helen Bauer Gaynor

"Immense thanks to Anna, the presenters, volunteers, and everyone else who made this possible! It was truly a great and unique event whose ripples will be felt in our hearts and communities for years to come. Looking forward to next year!"
-Michael Reynolds

This was one of the most amazing experiences I can even imagine! Thank you again Anna and Mark for bringing this wonderful idea into being... I am forever grateful.
-Rena Becker

"The 2009 World Peace Yoga Conference was a beautiful weaving of the vegan lifestyle and the yoga lifestyle. What a powerful community of love and commitment and generosity. Great workshops, amazing food, loving community....what more could you ask for? My only wish would be that this conference would grow even bigger! I cannot wait to return and be inspired every year."
-Rae Sikora

“I had the pleasure to be a part of the behind the scenes work during the planning stages of the conference so I was excited early on for what was coming. However, I’d never been to a yoga conference before and really didn’t know what to expect. Nothing could have prepared me for what I experienced over those 3 days. I took classes from people I’d read about in magazines and books that were the best classes I’d ever taken. I sat in lectures of people I didn’t know prior to the conference and after their lectures became an activist on behalf of all living beings and then was nice about it! The people I met from all over the United States touch my life forever. But the most profound experience was all the incredible energy I felt from being there. Oh…I have haven’t even mentioned the food yet! One word…AMAZING! Thank you Anna, Mark and everyone that made this possible. I’m in for 2010 World Peace and Yoga Jubilee!”
-Katy Stahl

"I am so grateful for having had the amazing experience of being a presenter and participant at the 2009 World Peace Yoga Conference! I will forever draw pleasure at the memory of this experience as one of a love-filled, peace-centered weekend! The healing yoga sessions, the delicious, nourishing food, and the deep sense of community all came together as a balanced, perfect, transformative retreat for the mind, body and spirit! I am so looking forward to this year’s World Peace Yoga & Jubilee! If you are looking for a way to bring peace to yourself and others, you will be there too! Namaste.” ♥
-Shelli Carpenter (Jap Dharam Kaur), Founder/Director of Eternal Health Yoga