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| I Will Survive!
Street Yoga Happenings, October 2010
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In This Issue
· A Note from Mark Lilly, Street Yoga Founder and President
· Meet Rachel Fachner, our Interim Executive Director
· Introducing Alice Noyes, our new Development Associate
· Program Updates · Upcoming Events
· Donation Classes Benefitting Street Yoga
· Gratitude
· Street Yoga in the News
· Teaching Opportunities · Support Street Yoga
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| A Note from Mark Lilly, Street Yoga founder and president
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| | Dear friends,
When Adrienne asked me the theme for this month's musing, i immediately
responded "Survival." I spent Monday afternoon and evening with my son in
the Emergency Room, exploring with doctors why his heart spent two
straight hours beating 240 times per minute. It was trying, tiring,
scary, and though it seems we'll be just fine, humbling once again.
In our recent Street Yoga training in Encino, one woman got up to teach
during our Situational Yoga section. She was instructed to teach
Tadasana as if to a group of women living in a shelter, to make the pose
real, to answer the question "Why bother?", to help these women survive.
We role-played those women in the shelter, and she asked us to stand, to remember all
the times we had to stand during the week: when waiting to fill out
another form at the social security office, while waiting for the bus on
the way to a job interview across town, while carrying our kids. She
asked us to stand a little bit stronger, because we deserved it, deserved to feel
strong. We deserved to feel OK in our bodies, to feel a little bit of
hope and possibility. She infused a simple Tadasana with lifetimes of
survival.
By the end, i was nearly in tears. That's it! That's what Street Yoga's
all about. It's about helping people survive the hard times and the
scary times, and about magnifying the good and the dignified in each of
us, no matter where we live, no matter our circumstance.
Remember that the next time you stand tall in Tadasana, that there's so much
at stake in every breath we take.
Blessings,
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| Meet Rachel Fachner, our Interim Executive Director
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| | Hello friends, advocates and community members of Street Yoga!
I am excited to introduce myself and join in your efforts toward change within the Portland community and beyond. I arrive at Street Yoga after passionately serving the community as an educator and non-profit manager. I've worked in both the private and public sectors in finance, management, and education. I first bridged my practice of yoga into the business world when I began working in finance at New York's OM Yoga Center, which led me to become the financial manager of several other organizations of both non-profit and standard structure. My work as an educator brought me to the youth communities that Street Yoga serves, and I have experience in curriculum building in both traditional and non-traditional settings.
In addition to finance and education, I have intimately worked in non-profit consultation with Decisions Decisions here in Portland, where I've assisted many local and national organizations strategize and grow. I have practiced yoga for 12 years, and I am thrilled to continue to participate in the community I serve through a practice I advocate.
Rachel Fachner
Adrienne Boxer, Street Yoga's Executive Director will still be in the office until November 19 working closely with Rachel.
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| Meet Alice Noyes, our new Development Associate
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| | Hello Street Yoga!
I'm so excited to be taking on the position of Development Associate for Street Yoga. When I moved to Portland a few years ago, the Street Yoga Teacher Training was my first experience of the yoga community in Portland. The spirit of compassion and giving is so strong within the Street Yoga network, and I look forward to growing with you all as we share our mission of peace!
Light and Love,
Alice Noyes
About Alice Noyes:
Alice finds joy exploring the sacred spaces, finding the silence between the breath, between movement and stillness, in lightness and darkness. Yoga reaches into our innermost core of being and heals physically, emotionally and spiritually. Alice seeks to share this connection and ancient tool for finding our most authentic selves.
Alice teaches at Yoga Bhoga and is the Community Organizer for MeetUp.com/YogaPDX. She loves to share yoga with all people, of all abilities and all walks of life. She is an eternal student, exploring Ayurveda, meditation, asana and more. She believes strongly that life is a gift, for what happens to us, happens for us.
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| | Street Yoga at Trillium Family Services
From Laura Mattison, Street Yoga teacher
"There's
a visable change in the
energy and the demenor
of the kids after a good
class. They come into a
class looking tentative,
tired, and skeptical,
but after a successful
class, everyone seems
calm but engaged. At
the
beginning, people are
sitting at the back of
their mats, looking at
their feet, or some are
on their belly,
figetting, that kind of
thing. At the end of a good
class, most of them are
sitting straight and
cross-legged and looking
at me and often, with a
smile!" Street Yoga classes at
Trillium are sponsored
by YoYoYogi.
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| | Soul-Shakin' Yoga Brunch at YoYo Yogi Sunday Dec. 5
A fundraiser to support Street Yoga Classes at Trillium
Please join us Sunday morning Dec. 5 at YoYo Yogi in the Pearl for two donation-based classes and brunch yummies, with all proceeds going to support our ongoing Street Yoga class at Trillium Family Services.
We'll begin with a 9 a.m. Soul-Shakin' Power Yoga class (all levels) led by YoYo Yogi co-owner Alex Cole. What is Soul Shakin' Yoga? Alex lends his musical talents to this lively class focused on life,
love, laughter, and inspiration. Plan on floatin' out the door with a big smile and that "bring it" weekend feeling.
After class we invite you to hang out in YoYo Yogi's beautiful space, munch on delicious light brunch fare, and sip coffee, our special blend of Street Yoga tea, or a "Mimasana," our soul-shakin' take on the classic Mimosa. A second Soul-Shakin' Power Yoga class will be offered at 11:30 a.m., with more light brunch and beverages served immediately after.
Join us for one or both classes, or just indulge in the Sunday brunch for a great cause. The suggested donation is $8 to $18 for your yoga stretchin' and yummy nibblin'. We look forward to soul-shakin' on the mat with you soon!
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| Ongoing Donation classes benefitting Street Yoga
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Santosha Yoga for Every Body
hosts a donation Beginning Vinyasa class at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. All proceeds from this class benefit Street Yoga. Practice at Santosha, 4876 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite L4, and support Street Yoga at the same time.
Yoga Shala
Yoga Shala's North Williams location hosts a Vinyasa class (all levels) at 10-11:15 a.m. Saturdays. 10% of all proceeds benefit Street Yoga. Treat yourself to this class, at 3803 N. Williams Ave., and support Street Yoga at the same time.
Yoga Bhoga
Yoga Bhoga now offers a Classical Hatha class for adventurous yogis from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays. 10% of all class proceeds benefit Street Yoga. Alice, a Street Yoga volunteer, leads this class with a sense of adventure to explore every facet of the physical, emotional and spiritual body.
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| Upcoming Street Yoga Teacher Trainings
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| | We offer monthly weekend teachers' training in cities across the country for community members interested in learning how yoga serves vulnerable young people and their families, not only homeless youth, but also young people who are faced with challenges stemming from overcoming the pain of sexual and physical abuse, homelessness, mental illness or familial substance addiction and other traumas.
Trainings are open to experienced yoga teachers as well as those new to yoga. In the past we've had massage therapists, nurses, social workers, teachers and many others join us for a weekend of connection, learning and soul-building.
We now offer CEUs through the Yoga Alliance and the National Association of Social Workers for the SY Training.
· Seattle, WA Nov 19-21, 2010 Sign up now.
· Houston, TX December 3-5, 201o Sign up now.
· New York City, NY January 14-16, 2011 Sign up now.· Chicago, IL February 25-27, 2011 Sign up now.· Portland, OR March 25-27, 2011 Sign up now. |
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| Gratitude! We've got a lot of it ...
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| | So many wonderful individuals, organizations, and businesses have supported Street Yoga this year. We are continually filled with gratitude for their generous support.
· Big and heart-felt "Thanks!" go out to so many people who offered their support to our Bollywood in the Pearl fundraiser on Oct. 9 that raised over $5,000 for Street Yoga!
Couldn't-Have-Done-It-Without-You shout-outs go to: Alice and all the team at Yoga Pearl, for use of the beautiful space; DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid and Tiffany Cruikshank for the singular yoga experience they created; Karen Pride and all the Prasad team for our wonderful food; Ardiri and Oswego Hills wineries, for an abundance of delicious fruit of the vine; our silent auction donors (more below); Street Yoga teachers and silent auction-setup pros Sunny and Lauren for crafting our auction displays; the Hedlund family for their event sponsorship providing various needs for pulling together the event; Lady Henna, Carrie Munn and Cat Monroy for sharing body art and hand massages; our Street Yoga board members; Street Yoga staff Adrienne, Mark, Jaime, Laura and Brianna for their energy and passion in moving Street Yoga's mission forward every day; our many Street Yoga volunteer teachers who also volunteered in supporting roles at Bollywood: Jordana Leeb, Kristin Dreves, TJ Wildenborg, Susan Shell, Michael Davidescu, and Maggie Gardner; and, especially, all of our wonderful guests for their support. We celebrate your generosity!
· Much gratitude also goes out to the many Pearl businesses who generously provided items for our silent auction at Bollywood in the Pearl, including: Yoga Pearl, Prasad, Li-Ning, Title Nine, Seres, Pearl Animal Hospital, Elements Glass, Lucy, Pearl MedSpa, Oblation Paper, Pearl Bakery, Pearl Gallery & Framing, Salt Grotto, Physical Element, Lizard Lounge, Healing Massage/Gretchen Kloeppel, Mandala Bodywork/Uma Tupper, Foot Bar, On Deck Sports Bar & Grill, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Ten-01, Whole Foods, Inn at Northrup Station, Kiné Fischler Acupuncture, and the One-Stop Sustainability Shop. We also received awesome items from Eagle Landing Golf, Oswego Hills Winery, Cell Rejuvenation Center, Dr. Krista Anderson Ross, and Peace Blossom Yoga jewelry.
· Thank you to YoYo Yogi for donating 65 stainless steel water bottles to Street Yoga students. Street Yoga teachers, please come pick up some for your class today!
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International Journal of Yoga Therapy
Yoga Therapy in Practice: Healing Sexual Abuse with Yoga by Mark Lilly and Jaime Hedlund. "This article outlines the rationale and best practices for helping young people recover from the trauma of sexual abuse using integrative and therapeutic Yoga practices." Click here to read it on our website!
Street Yoga Stories
8 Limbs Yoga Blog featured Street Yoga volunteer, Shelly Thorn. "I teach yoga and mindfulness practices to teens at a Street Yoga site in Seattle and I couldn't be more deeply moved by the incredible potential of human beings and the power of yoga to heal. After a mere 35 minutes per week during the first quarter it was offered, the teens reported relief from backaches, shoulder pain, a bad knee, stress and anxiety." Read more here!
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| | Drink Street Yoga Tea!
If you haven't tried our new tea, you definitely should, as it is now available for purchase, and it is fantastic. Street Yoga Tea is a sweet, refreshing hibiscus blend that calms and clarifies. Hibiscus, the red flower sacred to Ganesh, contains vitamin C and is beneficial to meditation. Street Yoga tea also has calming chamomile, rosemary for concentration, peppermint, cardamom and cinnamon for digestion, lemongrass for its antioxidant properties, and stevia and licorice for taste. This tea is beneficial and safe for all, including children. To purchase our tea, click here.
 Sport a Street Yoga T-shirt!
Why not kick back, relax and sip that tea in one of our great t-shirts, a new design featuring Street Yoga's take on Ganesh. The theme of the t-shirt is Triumph - in women's sizes, we have light pink, light teal and gray tanks, as well as light green Ts (shown left), and in men's sizes we have light blue and army green - you can purchase them here. Look fabulous and support Street Yoga all at the same time!
We also have the GIVE T-shirts available. This is the shirt with the heart with wings, they come in hot pink and light green for women and dark blue for men!
Click here to check it out!
Donating to Street Yoga
We deeply appreciate your support. Any contributions you can make will help us help the youth, one breath at a time. If you want to donate directly, please go to our website and choose your level of donation!
Thank you, many smiles and blessings to you all! Namaste.
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Needed: January and February. The students in this class are volunteers with JVC, the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
These young people work for a year in non-profits in Portland, live in community and commit to simple living - they earn $80 a month spending money. Usually about 6-8 bike over to class in any given week. This is an ongoing Tuesday evening class, 7:30-8:45 PM, St. Andrew church community center, 9th and Alberta. The three regular teachers are gone for most of these two months, but there may be one or two weeks they will be home and teaching.
Contact: Sarah Patterson at sfsarah@aol.com. (This is not a Street Yoga class). |
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Contact Information
www.streetyoga.org
503-232-0362
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