A few weeks ago, I wrote about Yoga Month, which is making its debut this year. At the heart of the initiative, a grassroots and global campaign to educate people about the health benefits of yoga, is a 10-city Yoga Health Festival Tour. Next stop: This Saturday in San Francisco.

Despite the fact that this initiative is being sponsored by all of the major yoga mags and some of the big studios—and being supported, in some way, by celebrities like Sting, Madonna, and Tiger Woods whose photos are on the Yoga Month website—I have seen little about it in the general (or even not so general) media. But, come on. This is a big deal. There are only 12 months out of the year, and it's been declared that one of them is ours! (OK, so when I checked, I learned that it is also National Food Safety Month, National Sewing Month, National Preparedness Month, and National Chicken Month . . . but that's beside the point.)

According to the Yoga Health Alliance, which brings us Yoga Month, 20 million adults practice yoga in the US, and 250+ million adults practice yoga worldwide. And while the feds aren't about to give us a day off from work or school to celebrate the undeniable impact yoga has had, there's a lot we can do locally to promo our practices. This Saturday is a good place to start. All proceeds from the event benefit health education for children. Here's what you get for an all-day pass (which is $125, but is being offered at a special low price of $39 on some days this week):

+ All day classes with teachers like Leslie Howard, Hemalayaa, Scott Blossom, Dr. Timothy McCall, Katchie Ananda, and Headstand's Katherine Priore (read my recent blog about Headstand)
+ Benefit concert featuring Suzanne Sterling, Wade Imre Morissette, DJ Dragonfly and MC Yogi (read our NY blogger's recent post about MC Yogi)

There are also free lectures and classes all day. It all happens at the Herbst International Exhibit Hall at Fort Mason.

And even if you can't go, write in and tell us how you celebrated, or plan to celebrate, Yoga Month!

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By the way, one of Stacey Rosenberg's students posted some awesome photos from last weekend's beach cleanup. Thanks so much, Ginger! Check them out here, and please send your own photos in at any time!