BI-LINGUAL YOGA AND MEDITATION WITH
WOMEN IN LOW INCOME HOUSING
Our Karma Project at Washingtonville Housing Alliance serves Spanish Speaking women who are considered low income. There is an enormous amount of stress in their lives - in many cases single motherhood, poverty, and an uncertain future. Our mission is to provide them with tools they can use in their daily lives such as simple asana, meditation, and breathing techniques.
OUR TEACHER
Nelson Castro first discovered his passion for social impact in his home country of Columbia, has volunteered for the Red Cross and now acts as social impact community leader for lululemon. He became a Certified Yoga Teacher with the goal of sharing yoga, meditation and breath work with Spanish speaking people of all ages.
"I came to the united state in 2001 as a student. After the tragic events of September 11, 2001 it became incredibly hard and hostile when I attempted to become more that a visiting student in the states. I was in limbo of immigration laws and fear for over 10 years. I was 17th with very little to no guidance; only my own to try to figure things out. Breath, yoga offered me a space for myself, where I could move be still and notice how important breath is, specially in the moments where the thing most natural to us seems short and unreachable. I hope that I can bring this sense of breath and what this perspectives could meant to the practitioners at mercy first. That no matter where they are now or in the future, they too have their own breath."
WASHINGTONVILLE HOUSING ALLIANCE/WESTHAB
The Washingtonville Housing Alliance was formed in 1980 to improve the housing conditions of low and moderate-income residents in the Mamaroneck area. WHA is chartered by the State of New York as a Neighborhood Preservation Company and is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation.
Westhab is the largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing and supportive services in Westchester County, NY. We are designated as a 501(c)3, and since 1981, we have helped more than 5,000 homeless families and individuals move into their own apartments. We have developed nearly 700 units of quality, affordable housing representing a public and private investment of more than $60 million. Each year more than 1,200 homeless or at-risk youth participate in our youth programs, hundreds of families in underserved neighborhoods get help in our community centers, 250 people find new jobs through our employment programs and 850 households call our properties home.
http://www.washingtonville.org/index.htm
Westhab is the largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing and supportive services in Westchester County, NY. We are designated as a 501(c)3, and since 1981, we have helped more than 5,000 homeless families and individuals move into their own apartments. We have developed nearly 700 units of quality, affordable housing representing a public and private investment of more than $60 million. Each year more than 1,200 homeless or at-risk youth participate in our youth programs, hundreds of families in underserved neighborhoods get help in our community centers, 250 people find new jobs through our employment programs and 850 households call our properties home.
http://www.washingtonville.org/index.htm