• World Harmony Run

    World's Largest Torch Relay
    World Harmony Run

  • 1,000,000 Participants

    Across 6 Continents
    1,000,000 Participants

  • Dreaming of a more harmonious world

    100 countries
    Dreaming of Harmony

  • Schools And Kids

    Make a Wish for Peace
    Schools And Kids

  • Sri Chinmoy: World Harmony Run Founder

    World Harmony Run Founder
    Sri Chinmoy

  • Carl Lewis: World Harmony Run Spokesman

    World Harmony Run Spokesman
    Carl Lewis

  • New York, USA

    New York
    USA

  • London, Great Britain

    London
    Great Britain

  • Shakhovskaya, Russia

    Shakhovskaya
    Russia

  • Around Australia

    15,000 kms, 100 days
    Around Australia

  • Around Ireland

    14 Days, 1500km
    Around Ireland

  • Wanaka, New Zealand

    Wanaka
    New Zealand

  • Arjang, Norway

    Arjang
    Norway

  • Rekjavik, Iceland

    Rekjavik
    Iceland

  • Beijing, China

    Beijing
    China

  • Prague, Czech Republic

    Prague
    Czech Republic

  • Belgrade, Serbia

    Belgrade
    Serbia

  • Lake Biwa, Japan

    Lake Biwa
    Japan

  • Kapsait, Ethiopia

    Kapsait
    Kenya

  • Pangkor Island, Malaysia

    Pangkor Island
    Malaysia

  • Bali, Indonesia

    Bali
    Indonesia

  • The All Blacks, New Zealand

    The All Blacks
    New Zealand

USA 27 April: Seattle, 25th Anniversary

The day marking the 25th anniversary of the World Harmony Run was a sunny one for Seattle. Our Seattle Harmony Runners were invited by Willi Austin and his Austin Foundation to celebrate the day. The Austin Foundation mentors  youth in low income communities on health and fitness training provides safe and positive places to learn and train, and leadership opportunities for the youth.  They fill an especially critical need as after-school programs, PE and lunch programs are cut due to further cuts in education budgets.

We met at the "Fitness in NOW Center", where the Austin Foundation offices are located. At their gym free weights and every conceivable fitness machine imaginable is assembled for the youth training fitness programs. Trainers and staff joined us for a photo with the torch in the gym and we enjoyed a moment of silence and then a smoke alarm!

Willi Austin himself is an award winning power lifter has great respect for the heavy weights that Sri Chinmoy was able to lift.  Both lifting extremely heavy weights as well as inspiring peace and oneness in the world-family requires more than just physical strengh but also a deep source of spirit that embodies patience, perseverance and love.

We watched together the World Harmony Run Retrospective video and afterwards planned our first steps together as a TEAM...turns out that June 23, the day the World Harmony Runners enter Seattle is also the day of Austin's biggest event of the year! The "Youth Fitness Challenge" will be held outdoors at everyone's favorite venue, Green Lake! Also an ideal setting for a around the lake scenic torch relay.

So today we celebrated an important anniversary and new friendships and partnerships for peace.  Thank you Willi and everyone at the Austin Foundation.
Daulot  Seattle USA

 


Video Message from Davidson Hepburn, President (2009 - 2011) of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 25th Anniversary of the World Harmony Run and a vision for the decade: "Toward a Oneness-World".

Full Text of the 25th annversary message and link to 25 language informal Translations: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/25

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