The following Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness organizations provide various programs in their community to address the community's needs
Organizations are listed in alphabetical order
Africa Yoga Project
Location: Kenya
Atlanta Yoga Project
Location: Atlanta, GA
The Black Male Yoga Initiative
Location: Baltimore, MD
Community Mindfulness Project
Location: New Canaan, CT
Dharma Yoga Community Center D.C.
Location: Washington DC
EmbodyGR
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Family Paths
Location: Oakland, CA
Free Yoga Sacramento
Location: Sacramento, CA
Guided by Humanity
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Humble Warrior Collective
Location: Oklahoma, Northern Colorado
Karma Yoga Outreach
Location: Sarasota, FL
The Liberation Institute
Location: Maine
Melanin Yoga Project
Location: Houston, TX
OG Yoga
Location: San Diego, CA
One Yoga
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Piedmont Yoga Community
Location: Oakland, CA Area
Project Wheel House
Location: New Bedford, MA
Sea Change Yoga
Location: Portland, Maine
Small World Yoga
Location: Nashville, TN
Three and a Half Acres Yoga
Location: Harlem, NY
The Tree South LA
Location: South Central LA
United We Om
Location: NY & CT
UpRising Yoga
Location: Los Angeles area
Urban Yoga Foundation
Location: New York, NY
Yoga 4 Change
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Yoga Haven
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Yoga va Latino
Location: Cuba and Latin America
Location: Kenya
"Africa Yoga Project Educates, Empowers, Elevates and Expands Employability with youth in Africa using the transformational practice of yoga. Our vision is to create opportunities for youth to step into their greatness and become self-sustaining leaders in their communities."
Website: https://www.africayogaproject.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/africayogaproject/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/africayogaproject/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/africayoga
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkOgvMpLPqlFFuExCB9qfaA
Location: Atlanta, GA
"Atlanta Yoga Project aims to create an environment to connect and belong in order to foster wellness, and dignity for all.Through community connection, skill building, and resource access, we promote collective healing and empowerment. Atlanta Yoga Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed for exclusively charitable and educational purposes."
Location: Baltimore, MD
BMYI promotes holistic education, and supports and engages men and boys of color to live healthy lives of peace and calm using yoga and mindfulness and LifeForce™ Development training as a means of human development.
Location: New Canaan, CT
CMP is a secular meditation group, dedicated to the study and practice of a variety of mindfulness and heart-opening practices, based in New Canaan, CT.
Location: Washington DC
"Sharing the essence of yoga as taught by living yoga master, Sri Dharma Mittra through yoga classes, special events and community outreach.
​Our mission is to support and strengthen the Dharma Yoga community in Washington DC in an effort to build compassion throughout the city."
Website: https://www.dharmayogadc.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/DharmaYogaDC
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Embody is a 501(c)3 founded 2014 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by Dana Christian Lee. Embody serves the underserved as well as those who may have simply fallen on hard times financially &/or emotionally. We are dedicated to freely educating and empowering people through the tools and practices of yoga, mindfulness & service!
Website: http://www.feelbetterdogood.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EmbodyGR/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmbodyGR
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feelbetterdogood/
Location: Oakland, CA area
"Family Paths, Inc. (formerly Parental Stress Service) is a non-profit organization of mental health professionals and dedicated volunteers that provide a number of mental health and supportive services to low income, multi-stressed individuals and families.
Website: https://familypaths.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamilyPathsInc
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/familypaths/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/familypaths
Location: Sacramento, CA
"Free Yoga Sacramento was created to provide the Sacramento Yoga Community with a list of free and donation-based yoga and meditation classes so that everyone can experience the benefits of these classes."
Website: https://www.freeyogasacramento.com/
Location: Denver, CO area
Guided by Humanity (GBH), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing inclusive and accessible yoga to underserved communities. GBH is deeply passionate and committed to making yoga accessible to everyone. We believe that all shapes, ages, colors, genders and abilities deserve equal opportunities to explore yoga and mindfulness practices.
Website: https://guidedbyhumanity.org/
Location: Oklahoma and Northern Colorado
"At HUMBLE WARRIOR COLLECTIVE, we use yoga, mindfulness, and self-inquiry to guide our students towards cultivating hope and resiliency to overcome any obstacles they encounter and achieve their dreams." "Our programs are offered in Oklahoma and Northern Colorado. We serve in prisons, jails, re-entry programs for women, addiction treatment centers, juvenile detention centers, alternative middle schools and high schools, mental health facilities, domestic violence shelters, and human trafficking organizations."
Location: Sarasota, FL
"Karma Yoga Outreach is pleased to be bringing Yoga to some very special groups of people in Sarasota County. Free yoga classes are available to Veterans, Military Service Members, and their immediate family members at four locations. Karma Yoga Outreach also brings therapeutic yoga to children with Autism and other special needs, and to people with Parkinson’s Disease. It is also excited to bring the renowned Y12SR program to Garden of the Heart!
Website: http://www.karmayogaoutreach.org/
Location: Maine
"Dedicated to providing educational, wellness, and recovery services to under-served populations throughout the Northeastern United States and beyond."
Website: https://liberate-now.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weliberateall/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weliberateall/
Location: Houston, TX
"Melanin Yoga Project is a non-profit organization. Our mission is to connect, educate and inspire underserved communities on the benefits of Yoga, Meditation, and Mindful Living."
Location: San Diego, CA
"At OGYoga in San Diego, CA, our mission is to nurture wellness by making yoga accessible to vulnerable communities. We provide on-site classes to help marginalized individuals develop an inner health practice with yoga, meditation and mindfulness for profound well-being. Current initiatives include Monarch Schools for the Homeless, Department of Corrections, Second Chance and Alternative Health Network's Tubman Chavez Free Clinic and YWCA/Rachel's House for Battered Women. "
Website: https://www.ogyoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OGyogasd/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/og.yoga/
Location: Minneapolis, MN
"One Yoga believes that everyone should have access to yoga as a means for supporting overall health and well being. Through our Outreach Program, we partner with public and nonprofit organizations to offer yoga classes on-site at convenient community locations at no cost to students.
Each year, we serve over 200 individuals in our community-based programs, where they are able to explore the benefits of yoga without financial or logistical barriers."
Website: https://www.one-yoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneYoga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/one_yoga_mpls/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OneYoga
Location: Oakland, CA Area
"Serving the community by making yoga accessible to people with challenges and empowering them to develop a healthy mind, body and spirit in a safe environment." Services include Yoga for Cancer and Yoga for Disabilities
Website: http://piedmontyogacommunity.org/
Location: New Bedford, Massachusetts
"Project Wheel House, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation that provides proven mind/body programs to underserved individuals in an effort to reduce the harmful effects of stress, anxiety, and trauma on our community. "
Website: https://www.projectwheelhouse.org/
Location: Portland, Maine
"We are a passionate non-profit organization comprised of many community action minded yogis who are dedicated to bringing the healing power of yoga to those who have experienced trauma, who are under served & marginalized and in need of these tools of transformation."
Website: http://www.seachangeyoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seachangeyoga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seachangeyogame/
Location: Nashville, TN
"Our mission is to connect people and create community by increasing access to yoga. Our Vision- We believe in the power of yoga to transform individuals through healing and connection. We envision a world in which everyone has access to these benefits. By empowering people, we strengthen communities, and ultimately make a big world feel small."
Website: https://www.smallworldyoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmallWorldYoga.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smallworldyoga/
Location: South Central Los Angeles
Since 2013, we have been serving our South Central Los Angeles community with opportunities to develop better health using practices of yoga, mindfulness, restorative justice, education, as well as viable trainings in wellness trades while creating an alternate environment that is a safe place for people to gather and celebrate community.
We are led by the people and for the people.
Website: https://www.thetreesouthla.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetreesouthla/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetreesouthla/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thetreesouthla
Location: Harlem, NY
"Three and a Half Acres Yoga (THAY) provides yoga, breathing and mindfulness techniques to underserved communities. We use these tools to support individuals in recognizing their own power for positive change. "
Location: NY & CT
"It is our mission to share the transformative practices of Yoga and Meditation with under-resourced, vulnerable and trauma-impacted communities. Our teachers offer practice back to communities they have a shared history or voice with. Each United We Om program is carefully crafted to allow every person to learn tools they can integrate into their daily life. From foster care children to Veterans, United We Om is a home for everyone. "
Location: Los Angeles area
"UpRising Yoga is dedicated to bringing yoga to Los Angeles and Orange Counties as those throughout California to those who cannot easily access yoga classes.... This program is offering the participants an opportunity to understand how yoga can be used effectively in all aspects of their life. We have seen enormously positive results thus far."
Website: http://www.uprisingyoga.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UpRisingYoga/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uprisingyoga/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jill_ippolito
Location: New York, New York
"Urban Yoga Foundation (UYF) is a non-profit organization that educates and empowers communities to be proactive about issues affecting their health."
Website: http://www.urbanyogafoundation.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/urbanyogafound
Location: Jacksonville, FL
"Yoga 4 Change achieves lasting, demonstrative change for veterans, incarcerated individuals, vulnerable youth, and those dealing with substance abuse through a purpose-driven yoga curriculum."
Website: https://www.y4c.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoga4changeJax/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/y4cjax/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/yoga_4_change
Location: Las Vegas, NV
"To empower at-risk youth, men, women and young adults through the practice of the traditional system of yoga and meditation. "
Website: https://www.yogahaven.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YogaHavenLasVegas/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogahavenlv/
Location: Cuba and Latin America
"Yoga Va Latino's mission is to support and foster friendships between vibrant yoga communities in Central and Latin America and the Spanish speaking world at large.
We aim to do that by:
Website: http://yogavalatino.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YogaVaLatino/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yogavalatino/