2013 Board of Directors
Geri Topfer
Founder, President: Kula for Karma
Linda Aktar
Tarvin Realtors
Heidi Francus
Partner, Craig Neier Productions
Ken Meyer
Partner, Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.
Janice Molinari
President Brisun Productions and Founder
of Ananda Yoga Studio
Annalisa Pastore, MD
Founder of CHI-Medicine: Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine
Kim Pressman
Former CFO, Price Communications
Larry Rosen, MD
Founder and Director of The Whole Child Pediatric Practice
Mark Schlesinger, MD
Chairman, Dept of Anesthesiology, Hackensack University Medical Center
Andrea Sherman
Managing Editor, American Geriatrics Society
Jeff Sofka
Founder of Bendigo Co
Steven Topfer, MD
Anesthesiologist, Hackensack University Medical Center
Second Chakra,
Swadhisthana
"I flow with the rhythms of life"
Location: Four fingers below
navel
Element: Water
Color: Orange
Issues: Intimacy and emotions
Balanced: Healthy sexuality
Areas of Body: Reproductive and Pelvic area
Heath Problems: Reproductive
Yoga Postures: Hip openers stabalization, forward bends
Kula for Karma currently runs over 70 therapeutic programs incorporating yoga, meditation and stress management and serves close to 1500 people-in-need in the greater New York metropolitan area. The demand for our services is significantly increasing as Integrative Medicine gains acceptance in the medical community.
Kula for Karma Video
a focus on selfless service
Our services will:
- Always be provided at no charge to the client
- Impact an unprecedented diversity of individuals
- Be measured for quality and effectiveness
- Be offered with love and compassion
TURN PASSION INTO ACTION!
The
heart of our organization is "karma",
or "selfless
service".
At Kula for Karma,
we seek to empower members of our community to utilize
their own interests and passions and explore areas
in which they could give of their time and talent
to benefit the lives of those in need. We focus
on supporting each other on the journey of selfless
service, creating opportunites and celebrating where
our hearts lead us.
Kula means "community"
Another
purpose of our organization is to bring together
yoga studios, community leaders, and other business
owners to share practices that best address the
needs. of those in our community who may be facing
some difficult times in their lives. The diversity
of these perspectives truly reflect the diversity
of the populations we serve, and have enhanced
the therapeutic and corporate practices. Our
philosophy is that collaboration is a key component
to success. Collaboration
reduces duplication of services, inefficient use
of resources, and increases the impact we can have
in our community. It is our goal to create
a community
and thread together the hearts and minds of those
who have been successful in their own field of
expertise to share their knowledge with others
2010
Lululemon
$2,500
2011
Valerie Beth Schwarz Foundation $1,500
HealthCare Foundation of NJ
$14,000
2012
Valerie Beth Schwarz Foundation
$1,500
HealthCare Foundation of NJ
$20,500
Price Family Foundation
$2,500
Steve & Alexander Cohen Foundation
$5,000
The Brotherton Foundation
$10,000
Our
family is a network of compassionate and loving people whose desire
is to serve others within their own community. We strive to support
and train volunteers who want to use their own passion and talents
to make a difference in the world. Through collaboration with our
community leaders and corporate partners, the impact we have is that
much more powerful! Join us!
