End of year wrap 2021

With another year wrapped up and the new year off to a strong start, The Yoga Foundation has many positive things to report. 2021 created some obvious challenges due to the pandemic but there were also many highlights for us to celebrate.

A glance over 2021…

We created opportunities for nearly 300 people to positively change their experience of life through yoga. We delivered 388 yoga sessions and partnered with 23 service providers to provide yoga to people at risk, and those who have been marginalised by society and circumstance. We held fundraising events both online and in person in our endeavour to expand our services and raise awareness about the transformative and ongoing benefits of yoga. The Yoga Foundation ran our first retreats for At Risk Youth: highlights of our year. These were designed to be trauma informed, meet diverse needs and introduce the young people to a range of yoga-based activities that would soothe, calm, educate, and bring joy. The retreats were a success thanks to the level of engagement and commitment of our teenage participants, the skill of the yoga teachers and retreat facilitators and the careful planning and preparation by the teams involved. The feedback from the participants was extraordinary and heart warming and we are looking forward to repeating the impact at our 2022 Retreat in April.

Looking Ahead…

We are feeling excited about 2022, and willing to brave the challenges it may hold. More than ever we see the need for yoga to be integrated into people’s daily lives. 2022 is already showing promise with over ten new and existing programs already up and running.Our focus on At Risk Youth and domestic violence survivors will continue, and we intend to grow our programs for men experiencing mental health challenges. After the fantastic response last year, we are already in the thick of organising our next retreat for a group of teenage girls that will take place in mid April. They have experienced homelessness, abuse and trauma and are really looking forward to learning with us, and enjoying all the benefits a retreat can bring.

We have rung in 2022 with new additions to our team, which will assist us in creating more pathways for yoga to be accessed, and securing more partnerships to allow those opportunities. As we continue to grow our programs, our focus will remain not only on extending our reach but in extending the depth of experience for those involved. WIth that in mind all our current teachers and staff will be undertaking training in trauma with the Blue Knot Foundation in early April and we are thrilled we are able to offer this quality CPD to our incredible team.
Stay tuned…The Yoga Foundation has emerged from two challenging years bigger, more effective, and full of passion and energy for the transformative work we do.