Yoga 4 Change Internship Program: Meet the Interns Fall 2021
As this year comes to a close, two University of North Florida interns have taken a moment to reflect on their time working with Yoga 4 Change. Continue reading for fun facts about them and their time with Yoga 4 Change.
Yoga 4 Change Concludes Three Year Study: Results Demonstrate Connection between Yoga and Sobriety
In 2019, Yoga 4 Change received funding from the Florida Blue Foundation to conduct a three-year study on the impact Yoga 4 Change programming has on the substance use community and the opioid epidemic.
How yoga has impacted my life
“To talk about how Yoga has impacted my life, I have to start by talking about my first Yoga experience. It was May 2015 about 6 weeks out from major ankle surgery. On my way to the VA Hospital for a follow-up ankle visit, I called a local non-profit and they happened to be holding space for a gentle yoga and iRest class that day.”
Jaguars announce $67,500 in grants to local nonprofits serving military and veterans
Yoga 4 Change –Offers in-person and virtual trauma-informed yoga classes for veterans.
My Yoga Perspective: From the Army to the Yoga Mat
“I spent 9 years in the army and it taught me a very rigid and specific way to do things. As the saying goes, “There is the right way, the wrong way, and the army way.” Of course, that perspective served me quite well while I was in, but that changed once I got back into civilian life.”
Yoga 4 Change at Jax Yoga Fest 2021
Saturday, October 23rd, Yoga 4 Change teaches at Jax Yoga Festival at the Riverside Arts Market.
Yoga 4 Change Receives Grant Award from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation
Yoga 4 Change (Y4C) received $13,000 from the Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF) to offer programming to Veterans in the Tampa Bay area. This funding allows the opportunity for two Veteran classes per week to be added to the Y4C existing schedule serving Veterans, active duty and their caregivers.
Yoga 4 Change announced as one of THE PLAYERS Championship recipients for veteran-based grant initiative
“According to Welch, an overwhelming number of organizations took part in the application process, but they had to pair it down to 20 to make sure each recipient receives a helpful amount of money.
The program’s campaign raised $140,000, which will be donated across the 20 organizations.”
Yoga 4 Change receives grant funding to hire Full Time Position and Expand Programs
This grant funding is being used for capacity building purposes to: 1) Hire a Full-Time Director of Virtual Programming; and 2) Offer one additional virtual class to impact more individuals in the Northeast Florida community.
A Timeline of the events in my Life
“I chose hope. I got myself involved in a 12-step program and got myself somewhere safe to live, that was outside of the community I had become so closely enmeshed with. I sought recovery. A few weeks after I started the meetings and I began living according to a program, a yoga studio opened up on the same block as where I lived.”
