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Full of Light
Street Yoga Happenings - Seattle Branch, June 2011
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In This Issue
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Introductory Note
***Matching Donations on June 23***
Upcoming Events
Teaching Opportunities
Other Ways to Support the Seattle Branch
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Dear Street Yoga Seattle Community,
I love summertime. It inspires late night picnics at Golden Gardens, long bike rides after work, weekend hikes, and other joyful outdoor activities. The light infuses us with greater energy and enthusiasm.
What to do then, when the weather is a little damper and grayer than we'd like? Can we still find our own source of light, inside ourselves, to stregnthen and sustain us? Can we find inspiration by tapping into the greater energy of Life itself?
We absolutely can. This connection to our own joy, peace, strength, and inspiration is one of the great gifts of yoga.
When we know and experience this within ourselves, we can offer the same gift to the youth we serve. Their surroundings may be dismal, but that cannot extinguish the light within each and every one of them. To truly empower youth is not only to teach them that their strength can never be taken from them, it is to give them the viseral experience of their own light.
Thank you for helping Street Yoga to share that gift with Seattle youth. Happy summer!
With warm wishes,
Stephanie Toby, Seattle Director of Operations
and the rest of Street Yoga
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Matching Donations - June 23 |
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The Seattle Foundation will be matching all donations made through its website on THURSDAY, JUNE 23rd!
Please consider donating to Street Yoga on June 23, and watch your donation go even further to support our programming in Seattle!
You can read more details here.
To ensure the match is made, donate through Street Yoga's page in the Seattle Foundation's online Giving Center: DONATE HERE!.
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| Upcoming Events and Seattle Teacher Training
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Donation-Based Class at Maya Whole Health - June 18
Danielle Wallace will be teaching a donation-based class at Maya Whole Health. All donations will benefit the Seattle Branch of Street Yoga!
Details:
Date: Saturday, June 18
Time: 11 a.m.
Address: 1133 Lake Washington Blvd. N. Ste. 90, Renton
Suggested Donation: $8 - $18
Potlucks
The 2011 potlucks take place the first Thursday of each month, from 6-8 pm, at my house. Please email me at stephanie@streetyoga.org or call 206.369.8301 if you need the address.
The next potluck will be Thursday, July 7. We are fotunate to be joined by Joel and Michelle Levey, faculty at Bastyr University and co-founders of the International Institute for Mindfulness, Meditation, and MindBody Medicine, among other work. They will be speaking on the following subject:
"Learning and practicing ways to access and then utilize our inner wisdom is a critical piece of a spiritual practice...How do we "walk our talk" in an increasingly complex and stressful world?"
As always, please bring a dish to share. RSVP's are greatly appreciated (but please still come, even if you forget to RSVP!)
Hope to see you then!
Postponed - Workshop at
Samadhi Yoga
Please stay tuned for a donation-based workshop, taught by the fabulous Kathleen Hunt at Samadhi Yoga (formally June 26). Details to come soon!
All proceeds will benefit Street Yoga's Seattle branch.
Teacher Training in Seattle
Our next Seattle teacher training will be held in September...stay tuned!
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Tyee High School
We are planning to start a Street Yoga class at Tyee Educational Complex this fall and are looking for a teacher who could commit for the 2011-2012 school year, or at least the first semester.
The complex is made up of 3 high schools that serve a high proportion of students struggling with poverty, abuse, PTSD, depression, and addiction. Bullying is a major issue. In addition, they have a large immigrant population, and many of these students are suffering from PTSD after living in refugee camps.
We will have more details on the class soon, but please let me know as soon as possible if you might be interested in teaching this class!
NeighborCare's Homeless Youth Clinic on 45th St.
We are looking for 1-2 people who are interested in being an on-call substitute for our class at NeighborCare's Homeless Youth Clinic in the Wallingford neighborhood. The clinic provides a variety of medical services for youth ages 12-23 who are homeless or in transition.
Details:
-The class takes place the 3rd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. or so.
-NeighborCare is unable to accept our volunteer processing, as they have extra steps they must go through as a clinic. Thus, you would need to fill out their paperwork and meet with their staff as well. Please do not contact them directly, though; contact me first at stephanie@streetyoga.org. Thank you!
Other Sites in the Near Future:
We currently have 7 sites on our waitling list and I will be contacting them in the coming weeks to start planning classes.
If you are interested in teaching in the near future, please email me at stephanie@streetyoga.org.
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Other Ways to Support the Seattle Branch |
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There are many other ways to GET INVOLVED with the
Seattle Branch of Street Yoga!
Here are a few ideas:
- Join the Seattle Executive Committee, our local Advisory Board, and help with marketing, fundraising, and strategic planning.
- Volunteer to provide a one-hour training at one of our monthly potlucks!
Share a special skill related to yoga, mindfulness, wellness, or your professional experience with issues facing our clients (youth and caregiviers struggling with homelessness, poverty, addiction, abuse and trauma)
- Have experience with behind-the-scenes work such as accounting, bookkeeping, marketing, fundraising, grant writing, etc? We'd love your support!
- We currently have a full supply of gently-used mats, but are looking for donations of straps, blocks, eye pillows and blankets.
- Have a desire to help but you aren't sure where you'd fit in? Email me at stephanie@streetyoga.org and we can brainstorm together!
Financial Support
 We rely on financial contributions to keep our prgrams running.
*As always, you can donate anytime!*
To make a donation, click here, and choose the Seattle Branch as the recipient on the last page.
We now have the option for you to sign up for automatic recurring donations!
Our Tree Level Donations begin at $9 a month for a total donation of $108 this year.
Merchandise
You can purchase Street Yoga merchadise through our online donation form (just scroll down, select your product, and select the Seattle Branch as the recipient on the last page) and your purchase will be mailed to you. Or, email stephanie@streetyoga.org to arrange to buy merchadise in person.
DRINK STREET YOGA TEA!
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 OR TANK!
Why not kick back, relax and sip that tea in one of our great t-shirts!
We have two designs - Triumph with a Ganesha graphic, and Give with our heart and wings graphic. Both say "Street Yoga" on the back. purchase here »
Look fabulous and support Street Yoga,
all at the same time!
Thank you! We could not continue to serve the Seattle community without your support.
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Thank you again for being a part of the Street Yoga Seattle community!
I'll leave you with this quote:
"The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in
will be." -Shakti Gawain
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