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Yoga Rocks the Mountain
September 18, 2010, at 8:30am - September 19 at 11:30pm
at Yoga Mountain Studio, 85 Bolinas Road, Fairfax, CA
A 2-Day Yoga & Music Festival Celebrating Yoga ~ Earth ~ Community ~ Spirit Jai Uttal- Kirtan, Sukhawat Ali Khan- Indian Sufi Devotional Funk, Sienna Smith- Live Music & Yoga, Nubia Teixeira- Bhakti Dance, Katie Jay- Vinyasa Jam, Tyler Nilsen - Elevated Yoga & Partner Flying, Om Gym Swing Party, Chill Zone under the redwoods, Funky-Kool Kids Yoga and Family Kirtan, Raw Food, Organic Herbal Elixirs and Chocolate Yum.
Info and Tickets: www.yogamountainstudio.com
Proceeds go to Women for Women International, The Art of Yoga Project and Yoga Gives Back.
Visit us at our table at Power to the Peaceful
September 11, 2010
on Saturday in Speedway Meadow of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, 25th and Fulton
Visit us at our table at Power to the Peaceful, one of the largest free annual music, art and action events that brings together over 50,000 attendees, 200 exhibitors, social, environmental and humanitarian organizations, vendors, DJs, athletes, artists, speakers and yogis.
MegaRedFish Yoga & Matt Haze present Slow & Low (volume 1)
July 23, 2010 · 8:30pm - 10:30pm
at Yoga Mayu, 2051 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA
Take your Yoga off the mat by getting on it for two hours of sweet flowing yoga with Megan Windeler to the deep dubscapes of DJ Matt Haze. [Slayers Club, Daly City Records] Sliding Fee Donation: $10-20; All proceeds support AYP For questions or more info contact: megan.windeler@gmail.com
Trunk Show featuring RED Haute Jewelry
Thursday, June 17, 2010, 7pm to 9pm
Come to mingle with friends, check out the newest RED Haute Jewelry designs
WHAT: Trunk Show featuring RED Haute Jewelry ~ RED Haute Jewelry will donate a portion of sales to The Art of Yoga Project
WHERE: Private Residence: 1500 Cole Street @ Carmel, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: Alison Rutherfurd: 415-298-5457 or Courtney Woodrow: 650-560-0065
The Art of Yoga Project/Spring Training 2010
Using Yoga & Art to Support and Empower At-Risk Teen Girls
Saturday and Sunday May 1 - 2, 2010, 12:00 - 6:00 pm
AT ENZO, 131 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019 (650) 726-1409
This training is for yoga teachers who want to expand their knowledge in working with at-risk girls in their own communities, or with other organizations that work with this specific population. >>Download flyer for full information.
Art and the Eight Limbs
How and why The Art of Yoga Project uses creative expression with incarcerated teen girls
A New Article by Mary Lynn Fitton, RN, MS, FNP
Why Art and Yoga? “Your program offers girls their full humanity” wrote author Margaret Scott, after learning about AYP. We believe this is due to AYP’s innovative weaving of creativity into the yoga experience, because art is uniquely human.
» read more
AYP at the Harvard Alumni of Color Conference
Our Research Director, Lisa Danylchuk, will be presenting The Art of Yoga Project's work at the Harvard Alumni of Color Conference Saturday 2/27/10. The topic is innovative research methodologies for working with vulnerable populations. Lisa will give an outline of AYP's research to date, and discuss the creation of new paradigms of research that de-stigmatize, raise voices, highlight strengths and foster wellness and dignity.
A Benefit for The Art of Yoga Project
Sunday March 7, 2010, 2-5 pm
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with master teacher Anirudh Shastri at Downtown Yoga Shala in San Jose.
Download flyer in pdf format.
Special Event for Staff and Volunteers
Thursday June 25, 2009 7:30-9:00 pm
Turn Stress into Bliss: A Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Playshop Merging Movement, Dialogue, and Meditation
with yoga therapy expert Soleil Hepner
at Ananda Temple, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Benefit Class: DETOX FLOW with Giselle Mari
Saturday May 16th, 2:30-5:30pm
At Devi Yoga, Menlo Park
Download flyer in pdf format.
Easter Morning Benefit: Power Yoga Class with Jill Glikbarg
April 12, 2009, 8-9:30 am
At YogaSource, Palo Alto
Download flyer in Word format.
Benefit Class with Rebecca Bara
March 7, 2009, 3:00-4:15 pm
At Arrillaga Center for Sports and Recreation, Stanford.
Hosted by Shaluinn Fullove, Jen Keiser, Sophie Pinkard, and Stacy Taylor. Email Sophie at pinkard_sophie@gsb.stanford.edu with any questions.
Art of Yoga Mentoring Orientation
Sunday, March 8th, 1:30-2:30 PM
Hosted by Being Yoga, located at 1863 El Camino Real, Burlingame, CA
Map: http://www.beingyoga.net/contactus/contactus.html
Please join us if you are interested in becoming a mentor to a teen girl as she transitions from juvenile hall back into the "real world." In this one hour session we will discuss the structure and goals of the Art of Yoga Mentoring Program including training, commitment and specifics about the population of girls we serve. There is no cost to attend.
Teaching Yoga to At Risk Teen Girls
February 7-8, 2009.
Learn more: Click here for the flyer (pdf)
Followed by Mentor Orientation, Sunday, 4-5 pm.
January 16, 2009. Off the Mat, Into the World®: Beyond Studio Walls -- Bringing Yoga to At-Risk Youth Populations (part of this year's Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco). Mary Lynn Fitton, together with Seane Corn (Off the Mat, into the World), Hala Khouri (Y.O.G.A. for YOUTH), Mark Lilly (Street Yoga), and Nikky Myers (CITY yoga), participated in an all-day collaborative intensive focusing on teaching to underserved populations.
Yoga for At-Risk Populations Intensive
January 4, 2009, 1-4 pm. Yin/Yang: A Benefit for the Art of Yoga Project with Lauren Slater and Peter Guinosso at Yoga Tree San Francisco (Valencia). This event was co-sponsored by Lululemon Athletica.
January 16, 2009, 6-8 pm. Fifty Ways to Become Stronger: Desiree Rumbaugh's 50th Birthday Celebration Class. A benefit for The Art of Yoga Project.
At Yoga Kula, Berkeley.
Lisa Laehy, Lynn Marrin, Elizabeth Rutherfurd, Mary Lynn Fitton, Desiree Rumbaugh, Lisa Danylchuk, Courtney Woodrow, Rebecca Bara and Frances Morse at Desiree Rumbaugh's 50th birthday celebration yoga class... all proceeds benefited AYP! :
Sunday December 14, 2008, 11 am - 6 pm. Dragonfly Designs Open Studio hosted an open studio benefit & wine tasting event in South San Francisco. 20% of all sales benefitted The Art of Yoga Project.
Saturday December 20, 2008, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. A fantastic two-hour workshop with Rusty Wells to benefit The Art of Yoga Project.
To download flyer in pdf format, click here.
Being Yoga in Burlingame celebrated its 10th birthday on October 18, 2008, by hosting an all-day Yoga-thon, with all proceeds going to The Art of Yoga Project.
Click here for the flyer (pdf); Click here for details and full schedule (pdf)
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Benefit Workshop - "Respect for the Self" - with Ben Thomas: Saturday August 23, 1:30-4:00 pm
At Yoga of Los Altos: Proceeds from this workshop went to support the new Santa Clara County program at Muriel Wright Residential Center in South San Jose.
The Art of Yoga Project Yoga and Creative Arts Curriculum Training
August 15th-17th, 2008 Hidden Villa, Los Altos, California
Click here for schedule in Word format
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Benefit Class with Kent Bond: Saturday June 28, 12:00-3:00 pm
At Willow Glen Yoga in San Jose: Kent donated the proceeds of this class to support the new Santa Clara program at Muriel Wright Residential Center in South San Jose. Download flyer.
Poetry Slam at Camp Kemp, May, 2008. The girls knit these scarves for AYP staff to thank them for teaching them yoga and creative writing!
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Karma Yoga Jam: Sunday April 20, 12:00-3:30 pm
One amazing class, three powerful segments -- yin, ashtanga, and purusha. Class was held at Being Yoga in Burlingame.
Download the flyer in pdf format.
Spring Cleaning Yoga Class: Sunday April 13, 12:00-3:00 pm
Held at YogaSource in Palo Alto: a transformative spring cleaning of mind, body and soul class offered by Giselle Mari. This was a special fundraising event to support the expansion of The Art of Yoga Project's Yoga and Creative Arts Curriculum into the Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall.
Download the flyer in pdf format.
Teacher Orientation: Sunday January 27, 12:00-3:00 pm
Held at Yoga Source in Palo Alto. Learn about the Project and how to work with at-risk teenage girls.
Benefit Class with Janet Stone in San Francisco: Saturday February 9, 1:30-3:00 pm
Janet led a fabulous vinyasa-fest at Yoga Tree Castro in San Francisco with the proceeds flowing to The Art of Yoga Project. For more information, download the flyer in pdf format.
Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco: January 18-20, 2008
For the second year in a row, The Art of Yoga Project's booth at the Yoga Journal Conference introduced hundreds of attendees to our goals and programs.
Sunday, March 18, 2007, 12-3 pm: Volunteer Training Course
Training for new volunteers, led by Mary Lynn Fitton and Courtney Woodrow at Yoga Source in Palo Alto.
Saturday, March 3, 2007: Benefit Evening with Rusty Wells
An inspiring evening of Bhakti Yoga with Rusty Wells at the ABADA studio www.abada.org in San Francisco benefited The Art of Yoga Project.
Download original flyer in pdf format.
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January 2007: Yoga Journal Conference, San Francisco
A booth at the Yoga Journal Conference introduced The Art of Yoga Project to conference attendees.
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