Timeline
2004-2009: FINDING ASPEN, FINDING PURPOSE
2009 - Aspen Yoga Society
Gina moves to Aspen and, feeling isolated in a competitive yoga community, creates Aspen Yoga Society with the tagline "Unite Community Through Yoga." She organizes Yoga in Action Day to support causes including Aspen Hope Center and Cambodian Children's Fund, where she sponsors several children.
Behind the Scenes: Gina begins a deeply personal 10-year fertility journey, channeling her longing to nurture into service for vulnerable children.
Visual: Early yoga community gatherings, service work
2010-2014: THE SEED IS PLANTED
January 2014 - The Deepak Chopra Moment
While touring Aspen, Dr. Deepak Chopra looks out over the town and declares: "Aspen could and should be a city of wellbeing."
This simple observation becomes the catalyst.
The Action: Gina immediately partners with City of Aspen, Pitkin County, Aspen School District, Aspen Valley Hospital, and local organizations to create measurable wellbeing improvement - focusing on the working class in a valley where suicide rates are 3x the national average.
Key Partnership: Pitkin County Road and Bridge workers' wellness program becomes one of the most successful initiatives.
Visual: Aspen Institute, Deepak and Gina, workplace wellness
Pull Quote:"Aspen could and should be a city of wellbeing." - Dr. Deepak Chopra
2014 - Aspen City of Wellbeing is Founded
Gina becomes founding member of Dr. Deepak Chopra's Self Directed Biological Transformation Initiative, joins The Chopra Foundation board, and earns her certification as a Chopra yoga and meditation teacher.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.