One Yoga Vernon believes that teaching yoga is about being in service to our community of students and the greater community at large, that the things we learn in yoga practice come with us into our real lives off the mat.
We were able to raise $1500 for CMHA and their Coldest Night of the Year walk-a-thon!
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On February 26th, we have the opportunity to make mental health matter - come out and walk with us! The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly walk to raise money for local charities serving people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness.
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At CMHA Vernon, we have built a community of support for individuals and their families living with mental health challenges, from youth programs to housing to education to employment to psychosocial rehabilitation. We help everyone in our community find the best type of care or service to match their need. CMHA is dedicated to mental wellness, and housing stability is a key component of health. Adequate, suitable and affordable housing contributes to our physical and mental well-being. It leads to increased personal safety and helps decrease stress, leading to improved sleep and diet. All of these factors result in better mental health outcomes. You can make mental health matter. There are many ways you can help CMHA promote mental wellness for all and support the resiliency and recovery of those experiencing mental illness. There is no health without mental health. Together we can build a resilient future, tackle the stigma that surrounds mental illness, and transform communities.
We were able to raise $1500 for Bill's Place despite the disruptions from new Covid restrictions at the studio!
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Bill’s Place is a 19 bed sober living community that provides people with a safe space to embark on the path of addiction recovery. Our programs are based on the Bio/Psycho/Social Model and 12 Step Model of Recovery, addressing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual deterioration that occurs from the use of mood-altering chemicals and behaviors. Through abstinence combined with the help of other support groups, Bill’s Place provides the structure necessary for residents to grow in their sobriety, and personal recovery.
Location: 2504 43rd Avenue, Vernon BC
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Our goal as a yoga community is to raise $2000 towards the purchase of the complete Mental and Emotional Health series from Hazeldon Publishing, allowing the counselors at Bill's Place to be able to customize their therapy approach to each individual's journey.
For the rest of the year, all the Saturday Hatha classes will be by donation with all proceeds going to the project, as well as any money collected in rent for studio use for workshops etc.
All individual donations made to the fund will be entered into a draw at the end of the year for some unique prizes including a free Three Month Unlimited studio pass!
Namaste
Shawn
We achieved our goal of raising $2500 and purchased two food dehydrators with the funds!!
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With the pandemic came a greater awareness of social disparity in Canada and a desire for change, for our indigenous landholders this meant the opportunity for shining a brighter spotlight on the delays in implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation recommendations, more awareness of the ongoing horror for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Gender diverse people, the inequity in Canada's child welfare system, and a chance to teach us some of the more hideous things in our collective Canadian history.
With the newfound awareness of #everychild matters and the shame of the residential schools now fresh in our collective consciousness, I reached out to the Okanagan Indian Band here in Vernon to see if there was a charity drive that they were passionate about and that our studio could get on board with, and I received the letter posted below.
Our goal as a yoga community is to raise $2500 to use towards an industrial food dehydrator to assist in preserving the food they produce with their new garden project.
For the rest of the summer, all the Saturday Hatha classes will be by donation with all proceeds going to the project, as well as any money collected in rent for studio use for workshops etc. Our students are encouraged to come up with unique ways to fundraise outside of the studio as well, and finally we have started a Go Fund Me that you can use to donate directly to the cause, you can find that link here.
All individual donations made to the fund will be entered into a draw at the end of the summer for some unique prizes including a free Three Month Unlimited studio pass!
Namaste
Shawn
Food Security Initiative and Komasket Community Garden
Download PDFMost of you are probably aware of the Covid crisis in India today, and at one point this spring our senior teacher and Guruji Fr. Joe Pereira was hospitalized with the illness.
Fortunately he is home and on the mend but many are not as fortunate, and one thing they are in drastic need of is bottled oxygen.
Two weeks ago I put a call out to my Hatha students and the students in the book club and group study to donate what they could and the studio would match their donations dollar for dollar.
This week I sent $900 USD to support #MissionOxygen and I just wanted to publicly express my deep gratitude and admiration to everyone who pitched in!