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Dear friend,
Summer is here! June 21st officially marks the first day of the summer season -- and International Yoga Day. Now in its second year, International Yoga Day is a celebration of how Yoga positively impacts countless of lives worldwide.
"...It [Yoga] embodies unity of mind and body; thought and action; restraint and fulfillment; harmony between man and nature; a holistic approach to health and well-being. It is not about exercise but to discover the sense of oneness with yourself, the world and the nature. " --Narendra Modi, UN General Assembly 2014
Our biggest mission at Street Yoga is to make the benefits of yoga accessible to underserved populations. As our founder, Mark Lilly, passionately shares: "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 that these skills ... [a] bonus, or only for privileged people. 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 hyper-vigilant all that time, that has to be good."
With this, Street Yoga celebrates June 21st as "Accessible Yoga Day." We are excited to be a part of this celebration at Unfold Studios in Portland. Unfold Studios will hosting an all day event bringing to the forefront Yoga for trauma recovery, developmental disabilities and LGBTQ communities. This all day event will be offering classes that increases accessibility to the healing discipline of yoga. Street Yoga trainer Ivy Katz will be there to answer any questions about cultivating a trauma-informed yoga practice.
Connect with us and find out how you can make an impact in making Yoga truly accessible to everyone!
With gratitude,
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Visit the Street Yoga booth on Accessible Yoga Day at Unfold Studios and meet our amazing trainer, Ivy Katz!
She will be answering any questions about our trainings, selling Street Yoga merchandise (100% of proceeds go towards Street Yoga programs like our weekly classes for youth) and hanging out talking to folks! |
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JUNE STUDIO THE MONTH
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TRAINING ANNOUCEMENTS
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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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JUNE 24-26, 2016
with Ivy Katz
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Hosted by
Midtown Community Yoga
***ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT***
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UPCOMING TRAININGS...
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JULY 8-10, 2016
with Ivy Katz
***ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT***
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JULY 29-31, 2016 with Mark Lilly
Early bird deadline June 30, 2016.
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SEPTEMBER 2-4, 2016
with Ivy Katz
Early bird deadline August 4, 2016.
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 JOIN US FOR A TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TRAINING IN YOUR CITY
. Reno, NV - June 24-26, 2016 Portland, OR - July 8-10, 2016 Albuquerque, NM *LEVEL 2 * - July 29-31, 2016 Kent, OH - September 2-4, 2016 Denver, CO - September 16-18, 2016 Seattle, WA - September 16-18, 2016 Cedar Rapids, IA - October 7-9, 2016 San Diego, CA - November 11-13, 2016 Nottingham, UK - November 2016 (Dates TBD)
Not seeing a training near you? Bring a Street Yoga Training to your region!
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"Although I've been teaching yoga since 2002, and I work with students daily as a school psychologist, this training has been very helpful in providing knowledge about how to structure a successful class for underserved kids."
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SUKHA DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY offers unique and authentic creative services to yoga studios and businesses. Throughout 2016, Sukha will provide Street Yoga with photography and design services to help expand their presence and mission. Learn more
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JOYNE YOGA offers a Buy One, Gift One program. For every mat purchase, Joyne Yoga gifts a mat to someone in need. Street Yoga is grateful to be one of the organizations that receive these gifted mats through the program. Learn more here.
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CONNECT WITH STREET YOGA
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Richelle Harrell
Executive Director
richelleharrell@streetyoga.org
Dominique Lim
Program Coordinator
dominiquelim@streetyoga.org
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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.
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