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International Yoga Day (IYD) on 21 June 2023
A global day that celebrates the health benefits of practising yoga. This year’s theme is “One World, One Health”
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Join our Yoga Movement for HOPE on International Yoga Day to help raise funds and awareness for programmes with street-connected children in Kolkata, India.
Whether you practice yoga as a student or a teacher, you can get involved![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzhhgnKWa0o”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#203963″ css=”.vc_custom_1676391747002{margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column width=”3/5″ css=”.vc_custom_1678201726404{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;}” el_class=”white-body”][vc_column_text]
Yoga inspired fundraising ideas to get you started!
If you practise yoga
- Set yourself a target of yoga poses, such as 100 Sun Salutations in a month!
- Hold a competition with friends and family to show off your most advanced yoga positions.
If you teach yoga
- Dedicate a class to HOPE and invite students to donate
- Hold a class at an unusual location – like a beach, in a city square, or a local landmark.
- Hold a family yoga day – make your event fun by offering family, senior or toddler lessons.
- Host a Yoga-thon – with 24 hours of classes over a weekend in various Yoga disciplines.
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How to Get Involved
If you are a Yoga teacher who would like to dedicate a class to HOPE or if you practice Yoga and have a fundraiser idea please get in with jacqueline@hopefoundationusa.com, who can support your fundraiser by providing HOPE materials, publicity and ideas.
However you choose to celebrate International Yoga Day and support HOPE, street-connected children in HOPE’s care in Kolkata will benefit and their lives will be improved.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
HOPE’s holistic approach
HOPE is more than just an organisation – it is a community of individuals with a passion to make real and sustainable change to some of the world’s poorest and most neglected people. HOPE believes in a holistic approach to education and the all-round health and well-being of the children in our care, and this includes regularly practising yoga in HOPE’s Residential Childcare Centres.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]