Our neighbor Neda Ulaby had an interesting story on NPR this morning about yoga classes for homeless kids. One of the training programs for people hoping to teach these classes took place in DC. Whether classes for actual kids are in the offing any time soon seems a bit uncertain. But the theme of the program, and of Neda’s report – that yoga isn’t just for the over-privileged – strikes me as valuable.
Young people forced to deal with very tough circumstances have been able to benefit from “Street Yoga,” the program’s founder told Neda. Rings true to me.
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Peter, check out Yoga District in Bloomingdale. Their model is based on yoga for the community. Their rates are almost half what other places charge and if you really can’t pay they’ll lower the price for you even more. I don’t know about the program that was on NPR, but i do know that Yoga District ran a training program to do just what you’re talking about, and I think it was called “Street Yoga.”
Sounds as if we’re all talking about the same thing. I should have figured that a pioneering program such as this one could only take place in our neighborhood.