SILVER SPRING, MD; October 9, 2007 —Acacia announces the January 29, 2008 DVD release of Power to the Peaceful Yoga with Michael Franti, David Life & Sharon Gannon, offering a complete, vigorous, joyful Jivamukti Yoga workout, with all music by Michael Franti.

Musician, filmmaker, and human rights worker Michael Franti first tried yoga as a way to cope with the stresses of touring internationally with his popular rap/funk band Spearhead. What he found was something much more. Yoga’s wisdom not only makes him feel strong and healthy, it inspires his music and helps guide his life.

Join Franti as he practices with two of his favorite teachers—David Life and Sharon Gannon, creators of Jivamukti, the yoga of spiritual activism. The liberating practice, instructed to Franti’s music, is vigorous, flowing, and inspirational. Jivamukti combines the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga into an experience that will help bring joy and peace to your body and your life. Challenging for all levels.

DVD Special Features: Michael Franti performing his original songs “Bomb the World” and “Nobody Right, Nobody Wrong”; a 20-minute discussion with Franti, Life and Gannon about yoga’s power for peace; freestyle yoga demonstration; bios; and essays by Gannon and Life.

About Michael Franti and David Life & Sharon Gannon
As founder of San Francisco’s 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival, an annual celebration of music and yoga in the name of peace, Franti enjoys a high-profile in the yoga world. More than 60,000 people attended the 2007 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival, held annually in San Francisco since 1999. Franti also took his peace activism to the Middle East where he made the well-received 2005 documentary I Know I’m Not Alone.

Credited with making yoga “cool” by Vanity Fair in a June 2007 photo feature, Life and Gannon were featured teachers at the 2007 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival. Jivamukti founders Life and Gannon’s holistic, spiritual approach to yoga and New York City base have made them a magnet for celebrities and other trendsetters and put them at the forefront of yoga in the U.S. for nearly 20 years. They hosted their first widely available DVD with the September 2007 release of Transform Yourself with Jivamukti Yoga.

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