Community outreach
Did you know that every time you come to a Yoga District class, you are helping to share the benefits of yoga with diverse communities far beyond our Washington, D.C., studios? At Yoga District, we believe that every being deserves the holistic benefits of yoga, and that’s why proceeds from our classes go to Yoga Activist, our 501(c)(3) non-profit outreach arm.
With each Yoga District class you attend, you are helping Yoga Activist to train volunteer teachers to bring yoga to military personnel, individuals experiencing homelessness, individuals facing addiction, trauma survivors, and various other communities across the country. With each sun salutation you practice in a Yoga District studio, you are helping Yoga Activist facilitate the sharing of yoga and yogic meditation, philosophy, and breathing exercises as practical tools for self-empowerment, self-healing, and coping. With each mindful breath you take as a member of our community, you are contributing to the growing field of yoga service and helping Yoga Activist identify and share techniques that create real, measurable change in people’s lives.
Yoga Activist hosts many by-donation yoga outreach teacher trainings, offering aspiring and experienced yoga teachers tools for sharing yoga with all people in a culturally sensitive, trauma-sensitive way. We’re not always able to reach teachers in person, and so we’ve put a great deal of effort into our web-based resources at YogaActivist.org. On the site, we provide simple, accessible sequences of poses and breath work specially tailored to be accessible to different kinds of communities. And we also help teachers track and measure the results of their work with surveys both for students and for volunteers assisting in classes. Perhaps most importantly, we have a volunteer job board, allowing us to quickly and efficiently connect teachers with outreach communities seeking yoga. Our National Mat Donation Program is also an essential service to many outreach programs, as we collect donated mats and we purchase new mats to loan to yoga outreach programs in need.
All of Yoga Activist’s offerings were made possible by your Yoga District practice as well as generous grants we receive.
Yoga belongs to all of us. Your dedicated practice at Yoga District is helping to share the gift of mindfulness and to change lives for the better. We are so grateful.