Yoga for the People (YFP)
fosters wellness for all communities by providing
quality, accessible, community-centered yoga programs and trainings.
We believe that when people practice yoga, they choose balanced, joyous, nourishing
and loving lives.
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| Please join us! All classes are gentle vinyasa flow (one breath, one movement) and are appropriate for all levels. Just bring a mat (we have a few extras if you would like to borrow one), water and yourself.
Denver Health Classes with Kate Tuesdays/Thursdays at 5:30pm 790 Delaware - Sabin Classroom Washington Park Class with Sarah Wednesdays at 5:30pm Near Franklin and Ohio (in the grass just south of the rec center) |
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Every Wednesday, I have the privilege of participating and assisting Regan Linton in her chair yoga class at the Rocky Mountain Stroke Association.
Until a month ago, I had never heard of chair yoga. Chair yoga is a variation of yoga designed for those that are wheelchair bound or have limited mobility in their limbs. Chair yoga still utilizes breathing techniques to focus the mind on the present as well as utilizes various stretches that elongate the body and help with stress. Typical yoga moves are adjusted to meet each individual’s ability and desire to be challenged. I have enjoyed watching various participants try new poses or stretches that most people would think they cannot do due to limitations; however, with slight modifications they do the poses beautifully. Some participants stay seated, while others get on the floor to do their forward bends or backbends.
It is more than a class of stretches to help with mobility for stroke survivors; however, to the participants, it is a class of community and camaraderie. It is a time where they share their triumphs and failures in gaining mobility as well as hope in living. Two women in the class bring a huge smile as they share their funny moments in the day or in the class. They laugh together about forgetting to breathe during the exercises and in life in general. One man said a particular exercise helped him to remember what it was like to smile. His wife had not seen him smile since his stroke. He thought practicing the pose would help him to smile again as he regained hope for the future.
Every Wednesday is a new experience for me as I walk up the path and engage in the yoga community. It is an experience steeped with great hope, great sorrow, and great courage demonstrated in a simple yet profound activity such as yoga.
Kate, Sarah, Regan, and Kerri would like to cordially invite you to join us to celebrate you, our volunteers with Yoga for the People! We are so appreciative of all the time and effort you have given to serve communities by teaching yoga. We are grateful and would like to throw you a PARTY! Woohoo! There will be a yoga class for you that you can enjoy, gifts, giveaways, and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.
When: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Where:Denver Health Hospital (790 Delaware, Pavilion C, basement level, Osler Classroom.)
Time: 5:30PM — gather
5:45PM – 6:45PM, yoga
6:45PM — Refreshments, give-a-ways, and celebration
With thanks!
Please RSVP to:
Kerri.Louck@gmail.com
321-662-1831
| Causes for Community Benefit for YFP! | |
When: Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 9am
Where: Qi Athletic Club 2636 Walnut St., Denver Causes for Community is a volunteer community outreach effort to help raise money for various non-profit causes by offering donation-based spin yoga classes where 100% of the donations from the class go towards the fund-raising cause. Spin Yoga is a great workout consisting of 30 minutes on the bike followed by 30 minutes of stretching in the yoga room.Please join us in sharing the gift of yoga by donating to YFP! There is no need to be a Qi member. Donations accepted in the form of cash or check made out to Yoga for the People. Suggested donation is $5 - $20.
Can’t make it but still want to give? Donate now to help us bring yoga programs to schools, community centers, nonprofit groups and health clinics throughout the Denver Metro area! |
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Many thanks to Colleen Flynn and Eye2Design for choosing Yoga for the People as the June 2009 beneficiary of Network for a Cause:
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009.
Time: 5:30 -8:00pm
Location: Forest Room 5 - 2532 15th St - Denver, CO 80211
For directions to Forest Room 5, click here.
Cost: $10, includes 1 drink ticket & light snacks
Please click the icon below to pay via secure online donation through Paypal.
RSVP to cmflynn@eye2design.com
Celebrating 5 Years, Network for a Cause hosts three events each year to share the work of local nonprofit organizations and raise funds that support their programs. Yoga for the People is proud to be a chosen beneficiary of this event!
Hope to see you at Forest Room 5 on June 24th! Namaste~
The room for the Thursday night Denver Health donation only classes (5:30-6:30pm) has changed for the next two weeks (April 30th and May 7th). The room change information is below:
The week following May 7th the class will return to the Denver Health building at 790 Delaware in the Sabin Classroom.