KARMA PROJECTS

Karma Projects provide specialized yoga and meditation teachers to under-resourced, vulnerable and trauma sensitive communities on location, and offer the tools of practice in a simple way that everyone can integrate into their daily lives.  

We believe that the practice of Yoga is not just the postures and breathing techniques, but our compassionate connection to each other as fellow humans.  That's why our teachers share practice with a community they have a shared history or a deep connection with.  

2018 KARMA PROJECTS

Yoga and Breath Work in Spanish
with Immigrant Minors in Foster Care

Syosset, NY

Chair Yoga and Meditation with Veterans
​in a VA Memory Care Ward

Jamaica, Queens

Yoga and Mindfulness for
PreK Children with Special Needs

Plainview, NY

Yoga and Mindfulness in a 
Summer Camp for Low Income Children

Manorhaven, NY

Yoga and Meditation in
a Special Needs Group Home

Lido Beach, NY

Yoga and Meditation for 
​Homeless Youth living in a Shelter

Babylon, NY

Meditation for Families with
​Critically Ill Children

Queens, NY

Yoga and Meditation for Recovery
in a Residential Transition Program

Shirley, NY

Yoga with Special Needs Children
​ages 18 months - PreK

Plainview, NY

Yoga for Emotional Regulation

West Harlem, NY

Yoga with Children with Special Needs and Behavioral Issues

Port Washington, NY

Yoga with PreK Children in Headstart

Huntington, NY
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Yoga and Meditation with Teen Boys in Residential Foster Care

Syosset, NY

Yoga and Meditation with Teen Girls in Residential Foster Care

Syosset, NY

Yoga and Meditation in Spanish with immigrant boys in Foster Care

Syosset, NY
PAST KARMA PROJECTS
YOGIS IN RESIDENCE
This program places a Yogi in Residence when a Karma Project teacher makes a deep connection with the community they're sharing practice with.  For this program we hire the Karma Project teacher to share
​Yoga and Meditation on a weekly basis for one year.

HOW WE WORK

  • There is no cost to the organizations we serve or the students that practice.  Yes.  We said that.​
  • We pay all of our Karma Project teachers for their teaching time so they are supported and the offering is sustainable.​
  • We don't limit our service to one specific demographic or population.​
  • All of our teachers are sharing practice with communities they have a direct connection with based on personal life experience and passion.
  • ​United We Om teachers have all completed our Karma Yoga Teacher Training, which we offer at no cost, so they are equipped with tools to share practice across social boundaries and with a trauma informed method.
  • Karma Projects happen "on location" so that students can experience practice in a safe and familiar place.  These locations include Foster Care facilities, VAs and shelters for example.
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