Street Yoga Mission

Core Mission

Street Yoga gives youth and their caregivers the tools to overcome early life trauma, through the sharing of life-building mindfulness and wellness practices grounded in the ancient healing principles of yoga. We serve by helping them create a sense of true home in their own bodies, minds and communities
 
Core Values
 
Commitment and Service

• We embrace the relentless and dedicated commitment necessary to carry out the organization’s mission.
• We are committed to building positive relationships within our organization, with our partners and donors, and the community of people we serve.
• We are dedicated to the teachings and practices of yoga as a way to live in the world.
• We will strive to resolve conflicts with full openness, and will seek solutions that best meet the needs of everyone involved.

 
Dignity and Acceptance

• We will treat the people we work with, the people we serve, partners and donors, volunteers, and others with dignity and respect.
• We will accept one another’s viewpoints and perspectives as possibilities to further grow, as team members and as an organization.
• We listen to, understand, and value respectful and mindful speech when we disagree.
• We will act with empathy to meet our own needs and those of others to the fullest extent possible, and always own the consequences of our own actions.

 
Truthfulness

• We will provide truthful information about our mission, team members, program activities, use of donations and finances.
• We are available and responsive to members of the public who express an interest in the affairs of our organization.
• We promise a congruency between what we say and how we live in the Street Yoga mission.
• We respect and promote the oneness in all.

 
Community

• Street Yoga values community, and our services intend to cultivate community by promoting the values of friendship, sharing, respectfulness, truthfulness, cooperation, and caring, to help individuals work together as a group.
• We value the essential contributions of the communities we serve, acknowledging that we cannot move our organization and mission forward without them.
• We know it is the work, dedication, passion, and inspiration of our volunteers, staff, leaders, partners, trainees, and participants that makes Street Yoga viable and strong.

 
Celebration and Gratitude

• We are thankful for the time, dedication, opinions, hard work, and contributions of every member of our community.
• We are grateful for the opportunity to do this work.
• We celebrate those who assist us in furthering our mission, our successes and each member’s contributions.
• We foster a culture of gratitude.
• We recognize that joy and humor are essential elements in our work.

 
Loving Kindness

• We strive to perform all actions with loving kindness.
• We recognize the common humanity and shared Light in every person and strive always to act with compassion.

 
Quality & Discipline

• We strive to offer the best practices of mindfulness and yoga to our customers, and clients.
• We strive to capture, incorporate and promote evidence-based practices in all our programs.

 
Safety and Privacy

• We strive to provide a safe environment for both the teachers, and our clients.
• We strive to meet the clients where they are - physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
• We will value, respect, and protect the privacy of our clients in all our programs.

 
Namaste