In the fourth installment of a series of interviews for The Huffington Post Blog that features educators who will be presenting at the 2013 Yoga Service Conference, Executive Director Rob Schware talks to Yoga Activist founder Jasmine Chehrazi on what inspires her to share her practice with others, and how yoga lets us access the [...]
In the third of a series of interviews for The Huffington Post Blog that showcases educators who will speak at the 2013 Yoga Service Conference, Executive Director Rob Schware talks to Yoga4Cancer founder Tari Prinster about why she’s grateful to be a cancer survivor and how yoga is a healing tool for women with cancer. [...]
Here at Give Back Yoga, watching grant recipients’ projects blossom and grow is deeply inspiring. So we were thrilled to see a stunning photo essay by photographer Robert Sturman on MindBodyGreen.com that showcases the work being done by one of our early grantees, Africa Yoga Project. Several years ago, we donated a gift of yoga clothing for use by [...]
The personal stories of students who have found peace in their practice continue to provide inspiration for Give Back Yoga’s work of bringing yoga and meditation to the thousands of veterans who are battling post-traumatic stress. So we were thrilled to find this letter from veteran Matt (“Mack”) McDonald in our mailbag this week: Although I [...]
Give Back Yoga Foundation is proud to support yoga teacher Seema Shah, who is helping the local population in the Federated States of Micronesia on the island of Yap. This was formerly a U.S. territory, and while it’s now an independent sovereign nation, it still maintains close ties with the U.S. Yap faces multiple challenges [...]
In the second in a series of interviews for The Huffington Post Blog that features educators who will present at the 2013 Yoga Service Conference, Executive Director Rob Schware talks to Y12SR founder Nikki Myers on how she combined yoga and a 12-step addiction recovery program into one effective practice. “Over the course of my [...]
In the first of a series of interviews for The Huffington Post Blog featuring educators who will present at the second annual Yoga Service Conference, Executive Director Rob Schware talks to internationally recognized instructor and Give Back Yoga co-founder Beryl Bender Birch about how yoga itself inspires us to make a difference. “All “yoga” practices are [...]
Executive Director Rob Schware talks with instructor MaryAnne Hagglund for The Huffington Post Blog on how yoga is helping prisoners at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women to free their spirits and change their lives for the better. “Many of the women thought yoga was just for the thin, or the super-athletic, or suburban housewives. [...]
Executive Director Rob Schware talks with 108 Monkeys founder Peg Oliveira for The Huffington Post Blog on how yoga helps to de-stress kids in the classroom and thus reduce classroom and child care expulsion rates. “In one New Haven public preschool of 20 vibrant 3-year-olds, (I) asked all 20 kids to lie in a circle on [...]
In a special interview for The Huffington Post Blog, Executive Director Rob Schware talks with instructor Traci Lundstrom about her experiences in sharing yoga with other incarcerated women, and how the practice can foster both self-compassion and a connection with others. “The women have shown more interest in practicing yoga as a whole, rather than [...]
