This project will allow Yoga 4 Change to provide mental health resources to more veterans, youth, individuals experiencing incarceration and those living with mental health conditions. Yoga 4 Change programming provides tools for individuals, to use in their daily lives, to reduce stress and anxiety and increase mood, sleep and positive, healthy coping skills.

Challenge

Yoga 4 Change attests that underserved communities (veterans, youth, individuals experiencing incarceration and those living with mental health conditions) need greater access to stress reducing tools and mental health resources. This includes offering more programs to individuals living with mental health conditions such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Military Sexual Trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences and Substance use disorder.

Long-Term Impact

This project will offer mental health resources to approximately 250 individuals giving them access to tools they can use in real time, in their daily lives, on the mat, in their car, in the grocery store line. Yoga 4 Change programming introduces individuals to healthy coping skills and gives them a secure space to practice them, therefore giving them lifelong access to efficient tools for use when life gets challenging.

References

1. https://www.y4c.org
2. http://y4c.org/news
3. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZpwrT1k2hEuHwZwq

Additional Documentation

https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/49135/projdoc.pdf

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