KARMA PROJECTS

Karma Projects provide specialized yoga and meditation teachers to under-resourced and trauma-impacted communities on location, and offer the tools of practice in an accessible 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 offer practice to a community they have a shared history or a deep connection with.  

2019 KARMA PROJECTS

Yoga and Meditation with 
Officer Katie at the Boys and Girls Club

sponsored by Gritty Buddha
Glen Cove, NY

Mindfulness Meditation with
Young Adults in Social-Impact Trade School

Deer Park, NY

Yoga and Meditation with
PreK Children with Special Needs

Plainview, NY

Yoga and Meditation with
Veteran Caregivers

sponsored by lululemon Farmington
Norwich, CT

Yoga and Meditation in Spanish with
Women in Low Income Housing

sponsored by lululemon White Plains Mall
Mamaroneck, NY

Yoga and Meditation with
Emotionally Disturbed and Fragile Teen Girls

Oyster Bay Cove, NY

Gentle Yoga and Meditation with
Cancer Patients and Survivors

East Hills, NY

Bi-lingual Yoga and Meditation for
Mothers in Transitional Housing

Glen Cove, NY

Yoga and Meditation for a
Homeless Youth Shelter 

Amityville, NY

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

Jamaica, Queens

YOGI IN RESIDENCE
Yoga and Meditation in
a Special Needs Group Home

Lido Beach, NY

YOGI IN RESIDENCE
Yoga and Meditation for 
​Homeless Youth living in a Shelter

Babylon, NY

Yoga and Meditation for Recovery
in a Residential Transition Program

Shirley, NY

Yoga with Children with Special Needs and Behavioral Issues

Port Washington, NY

YOGI IN RESIDENCE
Yoga with PreK Children in Headstart

sponsored by Investors Bank
Huntington, NY
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Yoga and Meditation with Teens in Residential Foster Care

Syosset, NY

Yoga and Meditation with
Survivors of Domestic Violence

Undisclosed Location, 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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