FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER
- Drawing by Street Yoga Youth Participant

Dear friend, 

We're pleased to share that Street Yoga was featured in The Atlantic in January! Below is an excerpt, (read the full article here):

"While no one is arguing that practicing yoga has the power to lift people out of poverty, some believe that whatever benefits it does confer shouldn't be available only to the well-off. That's part of the vision of Street Yoga, a non-profit founded in 2002 that leads yoga and mindfulness classes in Seattle. "The people we teach would otherwise have zero access," says Mark Lilly, the founder of Street Yoga. "Yoga is limited to those who have financial access, cultural access, sartorial access."

..."To learn how to ground and relax and breathe slowly is a basic need, as fundamental as any. It's a huge disservice to think of these skills as ... [a] bonus, or only for privileged people," Lilly says. "Breathing helps you sleep better, be steadier on your feet, more aware of your surroundings. ... If you can help highly traumatized people feel safe and reduce being hypervigilant all the time, that has to be good."
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Thank you for making it possible for Street Yoga to continue to teach young people the skills to feel safe and reduce hyper-vigilance. It's an honor to be able to share these tools with the youth-focused professionals and yoga teachers across the country so that they can teach the young people in their communities. Together we encourage healing and hope for the future.

Gratitude,
Everyone at Street Yoga
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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THE WAKE

ABOUT Street Yoga is has been chosen as the non-profit beneficiary of THE WAKE's February early morning yoga and dance party!  A percent of all proceeds support Street Yoga programming.
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WHEN Wednesday, February 17th, 6:00-9:00AM
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WHERE 415 Westlake, Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109

Get your TICKETS here.
(Use the Street Yoga discount code for $5 off any ticket: STYOGAVIP)
FEBRUARY 2016 STUDIO OF THE MONTH

FEBRUARY 2016 STUDIO OF THE MONTH: SEATTLE YOGA LOUNGE

ABOUT 60 minute all-levels heated vinyasa yoga classes
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WHEN Every Sunday morning in February, 8-9AM
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WHERE Seattle Yoga Lounge 6900 E Green Lake Way North, Seattle, WA 98115
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COST Suggested donation $10+, 100% of proceeds support Street Yoga programming
NORTHWEST YOGA CONFERENCE

STREET YOGA IS A NWYC COMMUNITY PARTNER
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WHEN Wednesday, March 2 - Sunday, March 6, 2016
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WHERE Embassy Suites - Lynnwood: 20610 44th Ave West, Lynnwood, WA  98036
PAPER TIGERS SCREENING

TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES in SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
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ABOUT Street Yoga is hosting a screening of PAPER TIGERS, a film that captures the pain, danger, beauty and hopes of struggling teens-and the teachers armed with new science and fresh approaches that are changing lives for the better.  The documentary film is directed by James Redford and Executive Produced by Karen Pritzker. Paper Tigers follows a year in the life of an alternative high school in Walla Walla, WA, that has radically changed its approach to disciplining its students, and in the process has become a promising model for how to break the cycles of poverty, violence and disease that affect families.

WHEN Thursday, March 10, 2016, 6:15-8:00PM.  Doors open at 6PM.
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WHERE Grand Illusion Cinema- 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA 98105

COST $15, 100% of proceeds from the screening support Street Yoga programming

Get your TICKETS here.

The Paper Tigers screening is one of many events Street Yoga is offering in the month of March for our annual YogaLOVE Fundraiser.  Free Suja Juice drinks provided for screening attendees, and your $15 dollar film ticket comes with three tickets for a wellness raffle prize!  $1 per raffle ticket after your entry fee to increase your chances to win.  Click here for more information about YogaLOVE 2016.
MALA MAKING WORKSHOP

MALA MAKING WORKSHOP
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ABOUT Join us for a Mala Making Workshop by Knimani Bondi Handmade Jewelry! Proceeds support Street Yoga programming.

WHEN Sunday, March 27, 2016 2:00-4:00pm

WHERE Cultivate Yoga Studio, 100 Wall St., Seattle WA

COST $45 for one person, $80 for two people.

LOGISTICS Street parking is free on Sundays around the studio.  Space is limited. 



The Mala Making Workshop is one of many events Street Yoga is offering in the month of March for our annual YogaLOVE Fundraiser.  Free Suja Juice drinks provided for workshop attendees, and your $45 dollar registration comes with three tickets for a wellness raffle prize!  $1 per raffle ticket after your registration fee to increase your chances to win.  Click here for more information about YogaLOVE 2016.
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TRAINING ANNOUCEMENTS
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UPCOMING TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAININGS
Our weekend training is Street Yoga's core curriculum. It offers an inspiring and heart-felt introduction to the field of yoga service for youth experiencing life challenges. The densely-packed 14-hour training focuses on a wide-variety of practical, hands-on skills needed to serve youth with yoga and meditation in the real world. Areas for exploration and practice include communicating effectively, maintaining safety in the classroom, promoting healthy boundaries, choosing postures and exercises, handling challenging behaviors and situations, and collaborating with agencies. More about the Trauma-Informed Yoga Trainings here.


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APRIL 15-17, 2016
with Mark Lilly
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4 partial scholarships still available!


UPCOMING TRAININGS...

   


April 15-17, 2016  
with Katie Okun


 

2 partial scholarships still available!

Early bird deadline March 18, 2016.

   





April 22-24, 2016 
with Ivy Katz





Early bird deadline March 25, 2016.

   




April 22-24, 2016 
with Mark Lilly


 


Early bird deadline April 2, 2016.
FULL TRAINING CALENDAR

JOIN US FOR A TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAINING IN YOUR CITY

St. Louis, MO - April 8-10, 2016 SOLD OUT
Toronto, ON - April 15-17, 2016
Seattle, WA - April 15-17, 2016
Philadelphia, PA - April 22-24, 2016
Chicago, IL - April 29 - May 1, 2016
San Antonio, TX - May 13-15, 2016
Los Angeles, CA - June 10-12, 2016
Reno, NV - June 24-26
Albuquerque, NM // LEVEL 2 // - July 29-31 

Registration for July Portland Training coming soon!

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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THE SAMARYA CENTER offers $100 off their Integrated Movement Therapy (IMT) trainings to all active Street Yoga teachers!  Read about IMT here.

 

     
       

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Street Yoga is a nationally recognized non-profit organization that teaches yoga, mindfulness and compassionate communication to youth and families experiencing homelessness, poverty, abuse, addiction, trauma, and behavioral challenges, so that they can grow stronger, heal from past traumas, and create for themselves lives that are inspired, safe, and joyful.  Learn more at www.streetyoga.org.