SPECIAL EVENTS AND NEW PROGRAMS
See the Events page for all the upcoming fundraising events. Amazing yoga classes, silent auctions, and fun events: all benefit The Art of Yoga Project.
NEW: 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. Also, download the article by Mary Lynn Fitton, below:
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
February 27, 2010:
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. 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.
Yoga Journal Article
The Art of Yoga Project is featured in an article in the October 2009 Yoga Journal, "Peace on the Inside," about kids in the juvenile justice system and the opportunities they have to study yoga and meditation. See the Press Archives page to download the article.
Our Partner Studios
Check out the partner studios page for ongoing classes that support The Art of Yoga Project.
One or more generous teachers from each of these partner studios donates the proceeds of his or her class to support our work. We thank you!
The Art of Yoga Project Newsletters
Read our latest newsletter:
October 2009
Be a Mentor
The Art of Yoga Mentoring program is seeking women in the community who want to give back by helping a young woman navigate her way from juvenile hall back into the "real world." [read more]
If you shop at Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park, mention The Art of Yoga Project and Kepler's will donate 10% of your purchase to our organization! You can also shop online and still support The Art of Yoga: just click on Kepler's logo above and everything you order will generate the same 10% donation. We are proud to be included in their Community Partners project.
Featured article in the San Mateo County Times: San Mateo County's juvenile camp program paying off. Be sure and watch the wonderful video of The Art of Yoga teachers and the women of Camp Kemp working together to create an attitude of gratitude.
Images from the August 2008 Curriculum Training are now available in our Gallery [slide show]
NEWS: The Art of Yoga Project has begun teaching at the Muriel Wright Residential Center in Santa Clara County [read more]
NEWS: Starting October 2008, the program at the San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center was expanded to include the full Yoga and Creative Arts Curriculum [read more]
The Take it Home Program: Aftercare support for each girl [read more]