Yoga Outreach
Yoga Outreach
YogaVahini is actively involved in voluntary outreach programs. We take yoga to various sections of the society – both urban and rural areas – to meet a variety of needs and challenges and bring the practical wisdom of yoga, diet and lifestyle changes to one and all. As part of their internship, trainee teachers and therapists learn to appropriately adapt yoga practice to diverse groups.
Since October 2, 2019, Yogavahini Foundation, in association with Sreehareeyam Ayurveda has been actively catering to the medical needs of the villagers in and around Uthiramerur at Kattiampandal ( 70 kms from Uthiramerur) through an Ayurveda and Yoga dispensary named “முக்கூடல் மருத்துவ மையம்”/ Mukkoodal Marutthuva Maiyyam as part of the Wellness Foundation, a Public Charitable Trust.
YogaVahini Foundation provided a year long training for nurses and school teachers in yoga and basics of personalised yoga therapy at Tribal Health Initiative in Sittilingi a tribal village near Salem, in Tamilnadu.
YogaVahini, in association with Barefoot Academy, has extended its reach out work to a few villages – Kooram near Kanchipuram in TN, Kattiyampandal near Uthiramerur in Tamilnadu and Medak near Hyderabad in Telangana. Group classes (for kids and young adults) and personalized classes for adults were conducted at the two villages in TN. In Medak as well as and specialized training for boys in the government sports hostel to improve their sports performance.