Aziza Yoga Program

We have many great partners and volunteers, including the Kundalini Yoga Cambodia, who has trained 2 of our students to be yoga teachers (www.KundaliniYogaCambodia.org). It’s not so much the yoga style that’s popular in the west with strenuous contortionist poses, but rather a series of stretching and strengthening with controlled breathing designed to bring mental clarity and inner peace. The classes are well received, and the feedback is that the students feel refreshed and the yoga helps them with stress; a reality of life in the slums.

While we can’t counsel every student and the many challenges they face, we can encourage them to come to yoga weekly and have an opportunity rest their minds, which we feel will give them an opportunity to see solutions to their problems. We also see our yoga students as seeds of positive change for the community.

We have some great opportunities to further our yoga program, including; 1) a women’s yoga class, in a rooftop yoga studio, complete with snacks after class ($25 per month), 2) have our student, Sela, who has been taught to be a yoga teacher (he’s now our yoga teacher), become certified to teach children’s yoga ($200), and for Sela to travel abroad for his 1st time to attend a yoga festival in Bangkok ($400). While these may seem like large amounts of money, we believe these opportunities will enable Sela to have a career as a yoga teacher in addition to being a great teacher for our organization. Please donate to support our yoga program!

Drop me a note if you want your donation to support our yoga program; drewmcdo AT msn.com