Nurturing a culture of kindness in a small town

This morning I got chatting with two women in Dorking who are both yoga practitioners. One of them has recently qualified as a yoga teacher and the other is doing her training. I realised I felt lucky to be in a room with people who value peace. When I mentioned that I learn and teach non violent communication, one of them pointed out that it is a key concept in yoga. We each said, at pretty much then same time, the word ‘ahimsa’ the Sanskrit word for non violence this underpins both yoga and non violence.