High Summer

Street Yoga Newsletter, July 2009

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Vote for our very own Mark Lilly and Street Yoga!

Grants 4 Change

Nau is a small eco-friendly and activewear clothing line and they just revealed their Grants 4 Change program, supporting those who instigate long lasting, positive change within the community. We have nominated Mark Lilly as an activist who is out there changing the world and seeding positive energy in the community.

This is a great chance for YOU to help out with our mission! Please click here to show your support for Mark and Street Yoga. By giving him your vote in the Grants 4 Change program we could be eligible for a $10,000 grant. In order to vote for his mission, you must register with Nau, but this also gives you the chance to read about and vote for other activists who are doing great things!

(updated, 22July09)

Hello Friends, we received some feedback that people tried to vote for Mark and Street Yoga and had some problems. Here are some better instructions. I really hope you vote for him and Street Yoga, because we would love to do more in our communities to improve the wellness and mindfulness practices of youth and families in need. Namaste, Adrienne Boxer, Executive Director.

Here's how YOU can help in two easy steps!
1. Click here to register - all you will need is an email and a password.

2. Go to this page, and where it says Click to Rate, click on the rightmost of the five stars (that's the best!!)

Thank you!

Gratitude

We are grateful to the Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in San Francisco for opening their doors to us for the teacher training this past month. Thank you especially to Keith and Jasmine.
Thank you so much to Darcy Molloy and Erika Ruber for leading us through two great workshops and starting off our July Healing Arts Series.

Upcoming Events

Portland Art Museum: Family Days
This Sunday, July 19th 12 - 4 pm - Free Admission
This summer the Portland Art Museum will be hosting a Family Day in celebration of the acquisition of the Ganesh sculpture. The theme of this day will be an Indian Festival and they will have Indian-food carts, art making, dancing, henna and YOGA provided by Street Yoga! We have volunteers who will be doing short yoga sessions in the park outside the museum all day long. This is going to be a fun, kid oriented day! We hope to see many of you there! We will also be selling our new Street Yoga t-shirts at the event, featuring Ganesh.
Karma Yoga Night at Yoga Union
Saturday, August 8th 5:30 - 8 pm
Save the Date!! This fun evening will begin with an intro to AcroYoga class taught by Superbaby (Jacob Handwerker and Lila Donnolo) and a brief Street Yoga orientation, followed by a wine and cheese reception with live harp music. Wine to be provided by Cristom Vineyards and love and squalor. A sliding scale donation of $10-40 includes admission and one raffle ticket!

Upcoming Workshops

Healing Arts Series
Every Tuesday in July 5:45 - 7:45 pm at OM Tradition Arts
During the month of July, Street Yoga is hosting a Healing Arts Workshop Series. For more information about the individual workshops, click here. Each workshop is $25 and $5 per workshop for active Street Yoga volunteers. 503.232.0362 or email jade@streetyoga.org to register.
- July 21st: Do Nothing, Lose Stress! Mindfulness Meditation for Stress Reduction taught by Dan Rubin, Psy.D., Psychotherapist at Portland Mindfulness Therapy
- July 28th: Health and Healing Perspectives from Yoga taught by Andy Manitog, experienced yoga teacher and astrologist.
Moving Through Trauma with Love and Stillness
Every Tuesday in August 5:45 - 7:45 pm at OM Tradition Arts, Taught by our very own Mark Lilly
This series if for adults who are enduring the effects of any form of trauma, whether recent or old, psychic or physical, spiritual or emotional. It is an extended series to help those who have experienced trauma in their own lives and wish to continue and deepen the healing process. Click here for more info, the schedule is listed below. It is $100 for this four-week workshop. To register, please email jade@streetyoga.org or call us at 503.232.0362.
- August 4th: Touching Stillness
- August 11th: Healing Within
- August 18th: Giving to Grow Strong
- August 25th: Creating Grace; Finding Gratitude

AmeriCorps Positions

We have two fantastic opportunities to become involved with Street Yoga through AmeriCorps. Both positions offer a monthly stipend along with an education award upon completion of your service with us.

Volunteer Coordinator - This position has been filled.
Web Assistant - This position is part time (8 hr/week) and you would be helping to maintain our website, social media sites and blog. Click here for more info.

Street Yoga Teacher Trainings

We just concluded our most recent training, in San Francisco, and it was a wonderful success. People shared so much from their heart of yoga and service! Great connections were made and we all look forward to growing our collaboration together. Here's a link with pictures, and some quotes from the training.

Upcoming

We offer a weekend teachers' training for community members interested in learning how yoga serves vulnerable young people and their families, not only homeless youth, but young people who are faced with challenges stemming from overcoming the pain of sexual and physical abuse, homelessness, mental illness or familial substance addiction and other traumas.

The training is open to experienced yoga teachers as well as those with little to no experience with yoga. In the past we've had massage therapists, nurses, social workers, teachers and many others join us for a weekend of connection, learning and soul-building.

We offer 14 hours of CEU's for Social Workers and Yoga Teachers for this training.

Washington DC, July 31-Aug 2, 2009 Full
Portland, OR, Aug 29-31, 2009 Full
Boston, MA, Sep 11-13 Sign up now
Toronto, ON, Oct 16-18, Sign up now.
Seattle, WA November 7-9, Sign up coming soon
New York City, NY January 15-17, 2010, Sign up coming soon

Advanced Teacher Training

This training will be in Portland, OR in December of this year. It is a training geared towards people who have experience working with service and yoga. More information to come!

Street Yoga Apparel For Sale

We have a beautiful new t-shirt design that features Street Yoga's take on Ganesh. The theme of the t-shirts is Triumph. We have all colors and sizes - you can check them out here. All proceeds benefit Street Yoga.

Donating to Street Yoga

We deeply appreciate your support. Any contributions you can make will help us help the youth, one breath at a time. If you want to donate directly, please click here.