5 Powerful Yoga Outreach Programs

It is time to take yoga outside of the box! Did you know that yoga can help your sons stay focused during football season? Yoga can help your girls with creative writing. Yoga can even help heal a nation after tragedy.  I have found 5 amazing projects that prove yoga can be both progressive and powerful.

 

1. Africa Yoga Project

The Ohio yoga teacher Janaki Smith ventured to Kenya as an Ambassador for the Africa Yoga Project teaching in detention centers.

Janaki called the Africa Yoga experience “life changing” as she helped Kenyans use yoga to move beyond their immediate circumstances.

Learn more about the Africa Yoga Project.

 

2. Project Zen Yoga in Haiti

DC Yoga teacher Lizandra Vidal packed her bags one day and moved to Haiti with one thing in mind, to heal. She found a gig with the founder of  Project Zen, Haitian-American Regine Polynice and helps to run the Project Zen Yoga Studio.

Serving both the expat community and Haitian residents, Project Zen is among the first yoga studios to empower Haitian women to also lead classes and earn an income.

Learn more about Project Zen Yoga in Haiti

http://www.projectzenyoga.com/

 

3. Chelsea Loves Yoga –

Spelman Yoga, Literature & Art Camp

Dr. Chelsea Jackson doesn’t rest on just her brains or even her beauty to make a change. The Spelman alum depended on her network of smart and brilliant women to launch the first Spelman Yoga, Literature and Art Camp for Girls in July 2013.

Jackson and her team offered the young ladies a chance to release their self expression through art, writing and yoga.

Learn more http://www.chelsealovesyoga.com/yoga-literature-art-camp-for-teen-girls/

 

4. Yoga for Young Athletes with Taheera  at Ballou High school

DC yoga teacher Taheera Tucker wanted to take her Ashtanga practice outside of the studio and into the streets. She found a group of willing young men at the Ballou High School football team.

Taheera says the young men love the intensity and focus that Ashtanga brings to their game. Taheera plans to expand the program to more local high schools!

For  more info on Real Athletes Do Yoga (R.A.D.) email taheerayoga@gmail.com http://taheerayoga.com/realathletesdoyoga/

 

5. Warriors At Ease

Warriors at Ease trains and works with veterans who have difficulty sleeping. Teachers introduce the ancient yoga nidra system to soldiers after they’ve returned from combat.

The program has expanded nationally offering a unique “Irest” system to help quiet the intrusive thoughts of war.

For more info contact http://warriorsatease.com/

 

If you have an awesome yoga program, send an email to sari@anacostiayogi.com

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