Josette Coulter stretches as she starts her second yoga class during International Yoga Day. Coulter was one of 45 people who gathered to support the Amnesty International Day to raise awareness of women's rights around the globe. (Photo by Krisi Marples)

TATAMAGOUCHE - Amnesty International’s Yoga Day for Human Rights, which happened in some 30 countries around the world, was held with much success in Tatamagouche. Some 45 people attended, with 15 doing all two yoga classes, and in the end $580 was raised.
The Yoga Day is an annual event used by Amnesty International to not just raise funds, but to raise awareness and their efforts to protect and promote women’s rights on a global scale.
For 2012, Yoga Day was focused on the women’s rights activists in Iran, particularly the grassroots movement called The One Million Signatures Campaign, known also as the Campaign for Equality.
Instructors Josette Coulter and Debbie Davis Maybee both needed little convincing to be part of the day.
“To see an international event in Tatamagouche on its own is awesome,” said Coulter. “To know that it is to promote human rights and help ...