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How uplifting to read of a homeless high school student graduating with honors. How sad that it's so rare as to be national news. But, every hopeful breath nourishes each of us. [more...]

In a recent finding out of a study by Dr. Pamela E. Schultz of Washington State University, researchers found that Iyengar yoga not only provides emotional benefit, it also help enhance the immune system, in women with breast cancer. [more...]

Estimates of the number of children in the United State who experience homelessness at some point in a given year range from 900,000 to 2.8 million. For some, like the kids we teach at CTS, school is the most stable part of life. [more...]

Gay, lesbian and other sexual and gender minorities make up a much larger percentage of homeless youth than previously thought. A recent study gives painful details. [more...]

Experts believe that within 48 hours of leaving home, a teen runaway will be in danger of being lured into prostitution, either in exchange for necessities or by pimps posing as modeling scouts. [more...]

Here is a sample of some of the articles about Street Yoga in the print and online press.

In the Press

Seattle Times profiled a number of great organizations offering yoga to youth and others with traditional access. Read about Mending Body and Spirit from Seattle Times, January, 2006

Read about Street Yoga in Yogi Times magazine, May, 2005

Yoga Hits the Streets , From the January, 2004 issue of the Yoga Journal

Yoga Helps Homeless Teens Get Centered , from the KP Intranet, September, 2003

Encouraging Self-Respect Through Yoga , from the Oregonian, August, 2003.

Our Writing

If you're interested in starting a program like Street Yoga where you live and work, please read on for an informative essay by Street Yoga Director Mark Lilly. [more...]

Working with teenagers is always a dance on the edge. Try it in jail and it's got to be hip-hop ballet just to get through the first five minutes. After that, the breathing takes over. [more...]

Homeless youth need more than a place to stay and copious food on paper plates. We all do. Read one view on this by Street Yoga's Program Director Katie Arrants. [more...]