Swan River Yoga – Michele Baker

The Yoga For The People! Community Yoga Outreach program is inspired by a group of yogis from NYC lead by Katie McDonald that have served over 400 people in the area! This will now be local and on-going beginning the week of June 16. Please let us know if you would like to participate in our program. Our teachers at Swan River Yoga Shala are here to serve you.

Yoga For the People!
Outreach Goal:
Yoga is thought to release stress, and facilitate an accelerated rate of healing of the physical body and psyche, so that we can all more fully enjoy our lives with a sense of ease, support, and delight in our community. Health and happiness is our birthright. A supportive community is the foundation of a yoga practice.
This is what this program hopes to provide. This is an opportunity for our teachers to experience Seva; Compassion in action and selfless service. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to experience such diverse depth of relationship within our great city and region by allowing us to reach.

Yoga For the People!
What you need:
To assist, we will reach out to you! You must be able to proove that you are a non-profit, community organization, and show that you are devoted to uplifting the growth and re-newal of our city and region. You will also need is a room large enough to house the yoga class that we will provide, ready for us to uplift you!

"The question is not whether to be an extremist, but what kind of extremist will you be."
Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.

Yoga For the People! will provide:
We will provide 1 free weekly yoga class at your facility, with our hands-on, high quality local yoga staff that are ready to serve. The yoga class program will include simple breathing techniques, meditation tools, simples poses for releasing discomfort and increasing health, creating a network of like minded peace within your neighborhood and community, and more. It can be catered to the specific needs of the group.
We have the ability to teach all ages and all special needs.

No Yoga experience is necessary!

Your community group does not need any yoga experience to be elegible for our program! Apply now! Lets experience our community birthright together, leading healthy and happy lives!

"One love, one heart, lets get together and feel alright." Bob Marley

We are currently serving:

Catholic Charities; PACE Center of St. Cecelia
4201 N. Rampart st. NOLA 70117
Contact: Diadra Mauss 504 941 6072
dmauss@archdiocese.org
www.Archdiocese-NO.Org
Time: Wednesdays at 2pm w Catherine Burke

Community Center of St. Barnard Parish inthe Lower 9th ward Arabi
Lower 9th Ward
Contact: Ire Navotoff or Sharon Ober
504 617 2580
www.ccstbp.org
ccstbp@yahoo.com
Time: Mondays at 6pm w Kim Marin

Wednesdays at 6pm taught by Lauren Shepley

Trinity Episcopal Church
1329 Jackson Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
Time: Wednesdays at 6:30 PM in the gym. Taught by Aaron Lind. Props provided.

Red Cross
3131 N. I-10 Service Rd., East
Metairie, LA 70002
Contact:
LaTasha K. Clay, M.A., LPC, LMFT, NCC
Senior Associate, Mental Health
Hurricane Recovery Program
ClayL@usa.redcross.org
Mobile: 225-573-8339
Times: rotating monthly times, with classes of 25-75 students

“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.” Saint Teresa of Avila

FREE Community Yoga Classes at Swan River Yoga

We also offer a free/community yoga classes at one of our locations in the Lower Garden District, Marigny, and/or Mid-City studios once a month, with our rotating teachers. Please check the events page of our website, or sign up for our mailing list to stay posted.

Please spread the word, so that anyone feels welcome to come and experience the benefits of yoga by feeling at peace with one’s self, community, and lives. Spread the word! It will always be a level that is accessible to someone completely new to yoga. Please come!

Class Description: "Aligning with and honoring the principles of a 12 step program in Alcoholics Anonymous. and the principles of a Swan River Yoga class, this is an invitation for a healthy, social alternative to addictive tendencies. All yogis are radical beings, and this program is an invitation to flip around any potential patterns within you into something healthy and life affirming, and feel supported in your community for doing so."