KARMA PROJECTS

Our Karma Projects provide specialized yoga and meditation teachers to under-resourced and trauma-impacted communities on location and online.  We offer the tools of yoga, meditation and breathing weekly in an accessible way that everyone can integrate into their daily lives.  
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We offer our projects at no charge to any of the organizations we serve or any of the participants in our classes.  We pay all of our teachers for their important work.  

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.  

 2022 PROJECTS

Yoga + Meditation with
Teens with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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Online 
with Lauren Ruggiero

Yoga + Meditation with
High School Students


Valley Stream NY
​with Carmen Rubio

Yoga + Meditation in Spanish
with Teens in Foster Care


online
​with Adriana Garcia

Restorative Chair Yoga
with Seniors


online
​with Tameeka Nicole

Meditation and Breathwork
with Seniors


online
​with Tameeka Nicole

 2021 PROJECTS

Yoga + Meditation with
Caregivers of Children with
Parents Incarcerated on Rikers Island


Brooklyn NY
​with Tamika Albertini

Yoga + Meditation with
Social Workers and Recovery Counselors


Long Island, NY
with Lauren Reek

Yoga + Meditation with
Teens in Foster Care


online
with Jennifer Myers

Restorative Chair Yoga 
​for Seniors


online
with Tameeka Nicole

Yoga en Espanol
with Latinx Youth in Foster Care


Long Island, Ny
with Adriana Garcia

Meditation with
High-Risk Students in a GED Program

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Long Island, NY
with Manny Hartofelis

Yoga and Meditation with
Young Adults in Outpatient
​Psychiatric treatment


Zucker Hillside Hospital, NY
​with Morgan Rose

Yoga en Espanol
with YouthBuild Charter High School


Washington D.C.
with Nelson Castro

BiLingual Yoga with Youth
​in NY Presbitarian Special Needs
Summer Program 


Washington Heights, NYC
​with Adriana Garcia

 ONLINE 2020 PROJECTS

Yoga + Meditation with
Elementary Age Children


New Haven, CT
with Lani Rosen-Gallagher

Yoga + Meditation with
Teens in Residential Foster Care


NY ​on ZOOM
with John Cumper

Yoga + Meditation with
Youth in a Group Home


NY ​on ZOOM
​with Roxanne Duprey

Yoga en Espanol with
Students in a GED Program


DC on ZOOM
with Adriana Garcia

Chair Yoga + Meditation with
Caregivers of Partners with Alzheimers and Dementia


NY on ZOOM
​with Donna Horak

Yoga + Meditation with
Runaway Youth


NY ​on ZOOM
with Jenna Mannino

Yoga and Meditation with
​OutPatient Psychiatric Patients
​Zucker Hillside Hospital


Long Island, NY
with Marianna Graziosi

Yoga + Meditation with
Adults on the Autism Spectrum


NY ​on ZOOM
​with Ora Sucov

Yoga + Meditation with
Youth Experiencing Homelessness


NY ​​on ZOOM
​with Richard Derival

Yoga + Meditation with
Teens in a Group Home


RI ​​on ZOOM
​with Melissa Clark

Meditation with
High-Risk Students in a GED Program


NY ​​on ZOOM
with Manny Hartofelis

Yoga and Meditation with
Children with Psychological Diagnosis


NYC ​​on ZOOM
​with Angelica Zambrano

Yoga and Meditation with
Teens Experiencing Homelessness 


NY ​​on ZOOM
​with Morgan Rose

In-Person 2020 Projects

Yoga + Meditation with
Mothers in Substance Abuse Recovery

Samaritan Daytop Village, Young Mothers Program
Harlem, NY

Yoga + Meditation with
Disadvantaged High School Seniors

YouthBuild
Hempstead, NY

Yoga + Meditation with
Young Adults in GED/Job Program

YouthBuild
Deer Park, NY

Yoga + Meditation with
Teens in a Homeless Shelter

Families and Children of LI
Wantagh, NY

Yoga for Recovery in a
Residential Recovery Home

Miracle House
Freeport, NY

Yoga + Breathing with
Children in Supportive Housing

Homes with Hope
Westport, CT

Yoga and Meditation with
Women + Mothers in Transitional Housing

Bethany House
Baldwin, NY

Yoga and Mindfulness with the
Womens and Perinatal Unit

Zucker Hillside Psychiatric Hospital
Glen Oaks, NY

Yoga and Relaxation for
Spouses + Caregivers of People with Alzheimers and Demential

Long Island Alzheimers Foundation
Westbury, NY

Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga with
Mothers in Transitional Housing

Mercy Center
Sayville, NY

Yoga and Mindfulness in the
Adult Unit at a Psychiatric Hospital

Zucker Hillside Hospital
Glen Oaks, NY

Mindfulness and Yoga with
grades K - 3

Celentano Magnet School
New Haven, CT

Yoga and Mindfulness in the
​College Unit at a Psychiatric Hospital

Zucker Hillside Hospital  
Glen Oaks, NY

Yoga and Mindfulness with
​Teens in a Psychiatric Hospital

Zucker Hillside Hospital  
Glen Oaks, NY

Family Yoga and Meditation in a 
Domestic Violence Safe House

undisclosed location

Kids Yoga and Mindfulness in a 
Homeless Shelter

New Haven, CT

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

sponsored by Gritty Buddha
Glen Cove, NY

Yoga and Meditation with
Emotionally Disturbed and Fragile Teen Girls

Oyster Bay Cove, NY

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

Jamaica, Queens

Yoga and Meditation in
a Special Needs Group Home

Lido Beach, NY

Yoga and Meditation for 
​Homeless Youth living in a Shelter

Babylon, NY

Yoga and Meditation for Recovery
in a Residential Transition Program

Glen Cove, NY

Yoga and Meditation with Teens in Residential Foster Care

Syosset, NY

2019 Overview


5,238 Participants

43 Karma Projects

511 Classes

2018 Overview


2,130 Participants

24 Karma Projects

302 Classes

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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