Location: San Francisco Bay Area

"Our mission is to lead at-risk, exploited and incarcerated girls toward accountability to self, others, and community by providing practical tools to effect behavioral change. We send specially trained yoga teachers, art therapists, creative arts and writing educators into facilities to deliver our mindfulness-based curriculum.

We serve marginalized girls in short and long-term detention and rehabilitation centers as well as in substance abuse recovery settings, agencies serving CSEC (commercially sexually exploited children), Level 14 facilities (for girls with high psychiatric needs), alternative high schools and high schools in gang-impacted communities."

Location: New York, New York

"Bent On Learning is a nonprofit organization committed to teaching yoga to New York City public school children. We bring yoga to as many students as possible—not after school, but right there, in the classroom, where the learning happens.

By providing every child with their own mat and integrating the practice of yoga into their daily routine, Bent On Learning helps children learn to feel better about themselves, release stress, and calm their emotions— all of which makes them healthier and happier. And let’s face it: Kids need to be healthy and happy in order to learn."

Location: Austin, TX

"Bliss Kid Yoga is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit dedicated to nurturing community health and wellness by providing both free and affordable yoga and mindfulness programs for children, families and educators. Bliss Kid Yoga specializes in programs for sensitive populations including children and families who are survivors of abuse, children with exceptionalities, English language learners, economically challenged families and more.

"Connection Coalition works in collaboration with nonprofit youth organizations to provide access to tools for resiliency with trauma informed practices that help calm the nervous system and allow better decision making with yoga, mindfulness and meditation. "

Location: Peru

"Children in impoverished areas of Peru lack the tools and education to escape the cycle of poverty. Con Pazion provides children with quality holistic primary education that offers children the knowledge and skills they need to care for themselves and others while participating in upward community development. We use yoga as our main tool to develop physical and mental strength."

Location: Croton-on-Hudson, NY

"CYP's intention is to provide a safe space offering tools to self-regulate and the resilience to make positive choices. Participants in CYP's mindful, trauma conscious curriculum classes report that they sleep better, gain more focus and do better in school, manage their emotions better, trust themselves and others more, and develop a sense of empathy."

Location: South Africa

"Earthchild Project works in under-resourced schools in South Africa offering yoga, life-skills and eco-education."

"The Mission of Embody Love Movement is to empower girls and women to celebrate their inner beauty, commit to kindness, and contribute to meaningful change in the world. "

Location: Across the state of Georgia

"Our school programs provide dignified and disciplined classes, creating an environment that fosters strength, balance, mental clarity and positive self-expression and lifts children up from the quicksands of disrespect and injustice."

Location: Haiti & Guatemala

"Go Give Yoga empowers children and communities to maximize their physical, emotional and intellectual well-being through yoga. Our sustainable teaching and training program results in resilient children with healthy bodies and peaceful minds. "

Location: Baltimore, MD

"The Holistic Life Foundation is a Baltimore-based 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization committed to nurturing the wellness of children and adults in underserved communities. Through a comprehensive approach which helps children develop their inner lives through yoga, mindfulness, and self-care HLF demonstrates deep commitment to learning, community, and stewardship of the environment. HLF is also committed to developing high-quality evidence based programs and curriculum to improve community well-being."

Location: Indianapolis, IN

"Indy Yoga Movement is an Indianapolis-based nonprofit working through schools and organizations to empower our youth to overcome challenges and lead mindful, purposeful and healthy lives through the development of life skills using yoga, mindfulness and other awareness practices."

Location: San Francisco, CA

“Lemonade provides ongoing weekly yoga classes to underserved youth in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system. Our program builds mentally and physically stronger youth, establishes self-awareness and focus, and encourages youth to listen to their bodies, take steps to change patterns, and integrate new life skills to ensure success. We currently teach all youth in San Francisco’s Juvenile Hall (three units of boys and one unit of girls), and serve all youth at Log Cabin Ranch in La Honda, CA.”

Location: New York, New York

"Lineage Project brings mindfulness programs to incarcerated, homeless, and academically vulnerable youth to help them manage stress, build inner strength, and cultivate compassion. Lineage also trains youth-serving staff and organizations to develop trauma-informed, mindful cultures.

Location: Oakland, CA

"To help at risk populations transform harmful behavior and live meaningful lives through mindfulness meditation and emotional awareness.

Founded in 2000, MBA designs, delivers and researches mindfulness and emotional literacy programs for at-risk populations. MBA also trains educators and youth service providers nationally and internationally."

Location: Oakland, CA area

"Mindful Life Project envisions schools where all students are able to participate and excel both socially and academically. Our programs focus on empowering students by providing them with skills and tools that lead to improved self-awareness, impulse control, confidence and resiliency. We believe that every student has the innate ability to be a successful member of the school and the community. By providing “at-risk” students with skills that lead to positive results and successful school experiences, the whole school will see an improved climate."

"Our mission is to lead the integration of mindfulness into education. We’ve trained educators, social workers, psychologists, parents, and other adults from over 60 countries, impacting more than 200,000 youth globally."

"indful Yoga Breaks® was created with the intention of teaching teachers to use “breaks” in their day to calm & focus which will allow students to be able to self-regulate. "

Location: Newark, NJ

"Newark Yoga Movement enhances the educational experience and provides easy access to increased peacefulness, focus and confidence as a complementary source of discipline and structure for all. Newark Yoga Movement meets every Newark child where they are, bringing them life skills through the practice of Yoga, breathing and centering at their schools and in their communities."

Location: Portland, OR

"Our courses, workshops and retreats for teens help young people develop self-awareness, emotional resilience, compassion, connection. At a time when teens struggle with feelings of isolation, depression and anxiety, mindfulness education offers a positive alternative. The self-supportive practices we teach are tools for life."

Location: London, England

"Project Yogi is a not-for-profit organisation that creates self-development and self-empowerment programmes using yoga, mindfulness and social emotional learning activities. As well as this we teach yoga as an alternative to sports. Our programmes are designed for children, teenagers and families. Through yoga, mindfulness and social emotional learning, we help young people live better, learn better and make better choices"

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA

"RISE brings yoga and wellness education to schools and youth organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area to empower students to lead healthy lifestyles and respond to life’s challenges in constructive ways."

Location: Oceanside, CA

"The Sean O'Shea Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that is designed to empower youth with a mindfulness practice curriculum focusing on providing memorable programs aimed at enriching young lives and providing invaluable instructors who will be a positive role model while developing long-term relationships with educators and community."

Location: United Kingdom

"Our main mission is to promote the well-being of young people through the practice of yoga, in schools and elsewhere, in the UK and abroad.

We do this through a range of activities: research, events, promotional activity, shared spaces and resources, and solidarity work. The aim is to bring all these activities together under one umbrella to make the most of synergies and ensure that all the efforts made to promote young people’s well being through yoga are coordinated and working in the same direction."

Location: Los Angeles, CA 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. We started in November 2011 and have taught every Tuesday night at Central Juvenile Hall for an hour to the Alpha and Omega units. On average we have about seven to ten students per unit each week. This program is offering the participants an opportunity to understand how yoga can be used effectively in all aspects of their life.

Location: Pittsburgh, PA area

Yoga In Schools’ mission is to empower students and teachers with yoga-inspired exercises to promote lifetime wellness.

Yoga in Schools’ vision is to make yoga available in all schools so that students and teachers develop body-mind awareness and the ability to nurture their own well-being.

Location: Across the United Kingdom

"We help adults and young people in schools to understand how yoga is working on their body and their nervous system. The aim is to give young people skills in supporting their own well-being that will last a lifetime. The projects on our front page are there to reflect what we have already done. We like to design bespoke projects which will help your school deliver on its priorities. "

Location: Various Locations

"Yoga Foster empowers educators to bring yoga and mindfulness into their classroom. Through an online training, lesson plans and donated yoga mats, we've supported 2,500 educators to create a more mindful classroom over the past four years."

Location: Jersey Shore, NJ

"Yoga University's certified instructors work with students, teachers, administrators, and families to help children achieve success in school. We strive to create the optimal climate for positive student outcomes.

Students learn how to focus on their breath while moving through yoga postures during guided practice. Balancing external movement with internal calm enables students to develop mindfulness. Mindfulness enables students to think critically, ignore distractions, pay attention in the present moment, make effective use of class time, concentrate and refocus their attention, all of which are skills that naturally translate to academic success ."

Location: Various

"The Y.O.G.A. for Youth mission is to provide urban youth with tools of self discovery that foster hope, discipline and respect for self, others and community."

Location: Washington DC area

"YoKid is committed to bringing yoga to under-served kids & teens. Yoga classes for kids & teens can be found on-site at schools, community centers, and youth friendly places in DC, Virginia, and Maryland."

Location: San Francisco, CA

"We offer Yoga & Mindfulness programs on site at schools and youth agencies in the SF bay area. We also provide trainings for educators, parents, and others who work with youth. "

Location: Columbus, Ohio

"Youth Yoga Project is a Columbus-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to providing access to yoga and wellness programming for young people to improve their physical, social, and emotional well-being and increase their academic success. We have a particular focus on serving youth in under-served and under-resourced communities.