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| December Giving - Change a Life
Street Yoga Happenings, December 2010
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|  |  This is a very special edition of our monthly newsletter.
We are so very happy to reach out to you this holiday season, we hope you have noticed we are in the midst of our annual Giving Campaign.
Remember that every dollar you donate goes to help hundreds of children across our community.
Before you read on, please take a moment to open your heart and contribute. We really appreciate all the support you provide all year long!
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In This Issue
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 · A Note from Mark Lilly, Street Yoga Founder & President
· Program Updates · Upcoming Events
· Donation Classes Benefitting Street Yoga
· Upcoming Street Yoga Teacher Trainings
· Gratitude
· Street Yoga in the News
· Support Street Yoga
· Yoga Classifieds
· Street Yoga Wish List
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| A Note from Mark Lilly, Street Yoga founder and president
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| | Dear Friends,
It's nominally the Time of Giving. I like to think we're becoming a people who give all year round, and not just when the calendar says it's time. So be it; this holiday season I have gifted myself some time to reflect, on what's vital to me, on what we do at Street Yoga. I am grateful for that small present to myself.
As I type, and listen to the thoughts flowing from some spring in my head, I notice the space between the words. It is the space that differentiates a blur of sounds into intelligible units of meaning. I recall, too, a teacher I had who said that healing comes in the space between the breaths.
When we approached our Mindful Parents and Caregivers work, in the very beginning, the task we laid our for ourselves was to find a way to help parents on the edge with that half second of crazy time when all hell is breaking loose, the half second when anger is inhaling an explosion, when fists are raised, when chaos threatens to break apart whatever stability has been patched together during the infrequent moments of calm. We wanted to interrupt that moment of violence, and break the cycle of despair that gets passed from generation to generation when anger wins and calm is absent.
Our path was to slow everything down, to teach the parents how to breathe slowly, attentively, how to create space between the breaths. None of them thought it was possible; none even knew there was a path away from the eruptive fears that were so powerful. One breath at a time --sitting, standing, re-enacting, singly and in pairs-- we taught each other how to breathe with attentiveness and space.
As we progressed through the breadth of what we experience in "this moment" --the sensations, feelings, thoughts, memories: all those triggers-- we were able to help each other sort out the chaos, and see within the maelstroms places to hold fast. From those new vantage points, we were able to see paths away from the anger and towards peace; paths away from judgment and towards acceptance; paths away from fear and towards Love.
Our work is to create space; it is the gift we give every day that we show up with Street Yoga. It's our Practice, breathing slowly, making space between the breaths, healing our own wounds, so that we can guide others towards a spacious place where Love has infinitely more room to live, and breathe.
Blessings,
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| | Street Yoga in Seattle
From Katie Arrants, Lead Street Yoga Trainer and Teacher
Katie Arrants, who works at Casa de los Amigos in Seattle, shares an inspirational story. She writes:
"In the middle of yoga class as I was first teaching the girls how to do sun salutations, the on-call staff asked if I could briefly come take a phone call. None of the Spanish-speaking staff were available, and this staff person needed someone to explain that the Spanish-speaking caller would need to call back in an hour in order to reach the right person.
I told the girls to pause while I quickly took the call. As I returned to the room, I could see through the doorway that the girls were teaching each other the sun salutation--bending over, looking up with confused but smiling expressions, asking each other what came next. It was very sweet, and as I returned I encouraged them to continue with their teaching, so we rotated and allowed them each to lead our little group in the sun salutations. Such great participation and leadership!"
Thank you Katie! We are all so inspired.
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| |  Watch the Sweat Drop in New York City!
There's no hotter place to be on New Year's Eve
Doors at 10p, class at 10:30p, Champagne Savasana at 12AM!
There will be prizes ga-ga-lore and all proceeds go to benefit Street Yoga Tickets are $25, email tricia.donegan@gmail.com.
http://www.bikramyogales.com/
 Super Hero Yoga
January 22, 2011 at Sellwood Yoga
Bring your super self and your little super hero to have a class with Wonder Woman, Laura Atkinson, a Street Yoga Volunteer!
1:30pm - 3pm. Light refreshments provided! Costumes encouraged!
$8 - $18 donation and all proceeds benefit programming at Harry's Mother.
Circus Yoga!
We're very happy to host Circus Yoga in PDX!
Coming soon in 2011, at our February Street Yoga Gathering Circus Yoga will join us for a small demonstration and Community Mixer. Circus Yoga has generously offered a group rate to Street Yoga volunteers at their Seattle Training!
Email alice@streetyoga.org for more information.
Seattle Street Yoga Gatherings
Every first Tuesday of the month, we are building community, sharing questions and best practices, and receiving ongoing training from experts in our community.
Email Stephanie with questions or for more information on upcoming meet ups.
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| Ongoing Donation classes benefitting Street Yoga
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Santosha Yoga for Every Body
Beginning Vinyasa class at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays.
All proceeds from this class benefit Street Yoga.
4876 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite L4
http://www.santoshaforeverybody.com/
Yoga Shala
The North Williams location hosts a Vinyasa class (all levels) at 10-11:15 a.m. Saturdays with Sweethome!
10% of all proceeds benefit Street Yoga.
http://www.yogashalapdx.com
http://www.yogashalapdx.com
Yoga Bhoga
Classical Hatha class for adventurous yogis from noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays.
10% of all class proceeds benefit Street Yoga.
http://yogabhoga.com/
Backside Bow Yoga Studio (Seattle)
Niki Chau will be teaching a community donation-based yoga class on Sunday nights 7 - 8:15pm in Ballard for the rest of this year.
Proceeds will go to Street Yoga
http://www.backsidebow.com/
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If you would like to host a donation class at your location, and be featured on the Street Yoga website as well as monthly newsletters,
Please contact rachel@streetyoga.org.
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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 that stem 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.
· New York City, NY January 14-16, 2011 Sign up now.· Chicago, IL February 25-27, 2011 Sign up now.· San Diego, CA March 11-13, 2011 Sign up now *New!· Portland, OR March 25-27, 2011 Sign up now.· Tuscon, AZ April 15-17th, 2011 Sign up now......................................
Stay tuned for future Street Yoga Teacher Trainings in your region!Email Jaime for further information about Street Yoga Programs and Training.jaime@streetyoga.org |
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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.
Thank you YoYo Yogi for hosting the amazing Soul Shakin' Yoga Brunch Fundraiser! Your generosity and support exceeded our expectations and we love the big love written all over your faces after yoga class. YoYoYogi is a program supporter for Trillium Family Services. If you are interested in sponsoring a street yoga program at a community site, please e-mail rachel@streetyoga.org. Thanks to the Give Back Yoga Foundation for donating straps for our new Street Yoga program in Gresham middle school. We love your commitment to transformation through yoga, and these kids truly feel your support.
Thank you Bikram Yoga LES in New York City for hosting our New Year's Eve Fundraiser! We know it will be an amazing time, Happy New Year!
We are so excited to host Circus Yoga in Portland! A big heartfelt Thank you to the amazing Circus Yogis for offering a workshop for our volunteers.
 Lululemon in the Pearl is hosting a Clothing Drive with donations benefiting Street Yoga! Its a wonderful time of year to clear out some space in your closet and make someone else's wardrobe shiny and new!
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 Street Yoga Wants to Help You Change Lives
As someone who has been through the training, I can fully attest to its life-changing potential. It provides a solid education in selfless service, social realism, and humility. My dedication to the practice and teaching of yoga flourished and continues to as a result of this training, and the ongoing work of Street Yoga is a constant inspiration.
by Street Yoga volunteer, Melanie Jane Parker
Read More on ElephantJournal.com »
Street Yoga Breathes Hope into Portland's Homeless Kids
Yoga works to cure the pain for those that need it the most, the kids.
Planet Green.com
NPCAD: Yoga in the Classroom - A New Kind of Education
You may associate yoga with a yoga studio or a health club setting, but have you ever associated yoga with a school setting? Research has shown that school yoga has many benefits. Aside from the benefits that yoga has on the physical well-being of children, school yoga has been shown to reduce problem behavior, test anxiety, and anger. It has also been shown to increase self-regulation and focus, according to Karma Carpenter, founder and director of the Association of School Yoga and Mindfulness
Click here to Read more!
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!
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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!
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 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 donate here, and choose your level of donation!
Monthly pledging from your credit card is now available. Consider joining this month at our "Tree Level" for just $9 per month.
Thank you, many smiles and blessings to you all! Namaste.
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| | Temporary volunteer yoga teacher
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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To place a Street Yoga Classified Ad that will go out to over 5,000 yogis around the country, please contact alice@streetyoga.org.
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| | Giving with Grace
Street Yoga operates largely due to the generosity of volunteers and Street Yoga supporters like you. And like any operation, we are in need of a few items to support our growing Street Yoga team.
Needed:
- New computer/Used computer laptop or Desk Top
- Multimedia projector
- 2 Desk chairs
- 1 Standing lamp
- Broom
- Dustpan
- Shelving built for storage unit
- Office supplies you need to get rid of!
Every donation is tax deductible! Please contact Alice if you have a donation, and for information. alice@streetyoga.org
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Contact Information
www.streetyoga.org
503-232-0362 |
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