Kindness, compassion and service are all inherent parts of yoga culture and, make no mistake about it, we love giving back. In fact, Higher Ground’s director is a nonprofit consultant and spent some time in early 2009 visiting nonprofits to serve, fundraise and/or provide pro bono consulting advice (you can check out a clip from her volunteer kids’ yoga classes in Cambodia here).
To continue on in this spirit of “karma yoga“, Higher Ground offers donations-based “good cause” classes, contributes to charitable causes and supports the karma service of other yogis.
See below for available events and offerings, and be sure to sign up for karma yoga updates, yoga tricks and self-care tips here.
HIGHER CAUSE CONTRIBUTIONS:
Monthly Supporting Sponsor of Children’s Future International | Battambang, Cambodia
June 2012 | Charitable donation of sales for Every Mother Counts, advocating universal maternal and child health
May 2012 | Free yoga and self-care mini-workshop for the Maryland State Bar Association | Baltimore, MD
February 2012 | Charitable donation of services to the Women’s Bar Association Foundation, to assist with the provision of legal services to disadvantaged women and children in the DC community | Washington, DC
January 2012 | Charitable donation of sales to support birthing center and maternal/neonatal health at Bumi Sehat International | Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
August 2011 | Citizen Effect 2011 Yoga Challenge Sponsorship benefiting Becky’s Fund domestic violence awareness and prevention programs | Washington, DC
May 2011 | Charitable donation of sales to 2011 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and National MS Society | Washington, DC and Austin, TX
April 2011 | Free yoga class for the mentor program, Girls’ Empowerment Mission | Baltimore, MD
March 2011 | Charitable donation of sales to relief efforts to address earthquake and tsunamis in Japan by Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors Without Borders | Japan
February 2011 | Charitable donation of services to the Women’s Bar Association Foundation, to assist with the provision of legal services to disadvantaged women and children in the DC community | Washington, DC
December 2010 | Charitable donation of sales to the Girls’ Empowerment Mission, Washington Humane Society and DC Bread for the City Holiday Helpings Program | Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC
November 2010 | Charitable donation of sales to Hearts of Haiti Wings of Hope childrens’ program | Haiti
October 2010 | Child sponsorship for 6-week yoga course to YoKid! | Washington, DC
September 2010 | Child sponsorship for 6-week yoga course to YoKid! | Washington, DC
August 2010 | Charitable donation of class-related transportation, food and water for 50 yoga student survivors of sexual trauma to Project Air | Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
July 2010 | Charitable donation of sales to the Washington Humane Society | Washington, DC
June 2010 | Citizen Effect + WelcomeOmDC Yoga Challenge Sponsorship, benefiting the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project | Washington, DC
Free Kids Yoga Classes for Community Tutoring Program | Mt. Ranier, Maryland
May 2010 | Charitable donation of sales to the Revlon Run/Walk for Cancer | New York, New York
Free Kids Yoga Classes for Community Tutoring Program | Mt. Ranier, Maryland
April 2010 | Guest Panelist and charitable donation of sales to the “Uniquely You” Summit for the empowerment of young girls | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Free Kids Yoga Classes for Community Tutoring Program | Mt. Ranier, Maryland
March 2010 | Free Kids Yoga Classes for Community Tutoring Program | Mt. Ranier, Maryland
February 2010 | Free Kids Yoga Classes for Community Tutoring Program | Mt. Ranier, Maryland
November 2009 | Free Intro to Yoga Workshop for PG Ballers Basketball Community Athletics | Bowie, Maryland
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