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22. Yoga, Career and Money
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Do that Radharani & share the link over here.I’ll encourage the proect with a humble amount.I’m sure many other AYPers will do too.
Workwise,I myself feel like a horse who can gallop but yet chained.I always ask God why he’s given me so much mental and physical abilities if I’m not using it nowadays :grin: .
The reply I get “Sit still,pray,take care of your birds ,tutor <I private-tutor Mathematics and ICDL > & be happy…that’s all required from you now.”
“Holistic Wellness Counselor”
What is that? anything similar to homeopathy.Is it something you can help AYP practitioner with to soothe overloading symptoms maybe based on donation?
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Great, thanks, I will do that! We are currently in the process of applying for our non-profit corporation status with the State, then we will get our IRS number so we can legally accept donations. After that we will apply for federal 501c3 status which may or may not get approved and takes at least 3-5 months to find out. But even without the 501c3 we will still be able to accept donations as a religious non-profit. (The 501c3 would allow us to also get a property tax exemption as well as federal grants!) Thanks for your encouragement, will keep you posted. "Holistic Wellness Counselor" is one of the few "counselor" jobs that is not yet regulated by the State. I cannot legally work as a "Counselor" per se (Psychologist) due to licensing restrictions in my State. Years ago in California I worked as a "Licensed Ministerial Counselor," which is not approved in Florida. Holistic Wellness is basically a mind/body approach which addresses diet, lifestyle, exercise, meditation, natural supplements, etc. As mentioned above, what I have found is that people who most need it can't afford it, at least here in Florida. So I will offer this service also in the non-profit organization.
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It’s a way of collecting funds for off-mainsteam projects via the web and social media.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding
(you can even Google crowdsourcing or crowdfunding).
The best source of information are by far any people in your town who have tried it for their project/projects.
You “tell” the community out there what makes the project worth small or large donations, where and how to make a payment, and keep them informed about the progress (pictures, a blog link, etc.).

Thanks, Hatha Teacher! I will look into this and let you know how it goes, once we get our non-profit status approved. I had never even heard the term and am not aware of anybody in my town who has used it, but I suppose since it is FB/internet based it won't matter about the location. Appreciate your support.
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Hi Radharani ;
Glad to hear all that.
I hope you won’t use Paypal…some countries are blacklisted including mine :grin:
All the best.

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Namath, wow, I did not know that! We use Paypal here all the time. I am not sure what other method to use. Why are some countries blacklisted from Paypal?

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I guess we “My country” and they “paypal’s country of origin” don’t share the same political point of view :grin:
Western Union is an option .Or a bank account.

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hmmm… We are usually told not to share bank account information here in America. I could look into Western Union; I’m not sure how that works but my step-mom has used it. Thanks!