THE HEART OF GLOBAL PEACE: Yoga in and as Peacebuilding with Mayme Lefurgey and Natalia Quiñones

Описание: Conscious Talks: Yoga in and as Peacebuilding: Embodied and relational approaches to building peace in Colombia with Mayme Lefurgey and Natalia Quiñones

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“The Heart of Global Peace” a 2-Day collective consciousness Online Summit is bringing together a historic number of luminaries – Influential Yoga Teachers, Artists and Global Peace Activists – to Support UNHCR Fundraising for Ukraine and Shift the Collective Consciousness in Favor of Alternative Peace-building


**Mayme Lefurgey holds a Ph.D. in Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies (collaborative program in Transitional Justice & Post-Conflict Reconstruction) from Western University (Canada). Her doctoral research examined post-conflict trauma, rehabilitation and reconciliation with a gendered lens and was conducted in collaboration with Dunna in Colombia. She also holds an MA in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation from the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and an MA in Gender and Peacebuilding from The United Nations Mandated University for Peace (Costa Rica).

**Natalia Quiñones is the Co-Founder and Research Director at Dunna- creative alternatives for peace, a non-profit based in Bogotá, Colombia. She is a Ph.D. Candidate at Amsterdam University (UvA). Her other degrees and distinctions include: JD from Universidad del Rosario, Philosopher (summa cum laude) from Universidad de los Andes, Specialist in Tax Law from Universidad del Rosario, and LLM (Gerard Wallace Scholar) from New York University (NYU). She has published academic articles on the benefits of mind-body practices for vulnerable populations, especially in a context of transition to peace.