how you can help
Donate | Attend an Event | Get Your Yoga Studio Involved | Teach for Us | Help with Research
Donate
We are able to carry out our mission because of the generosity of people who believe in the work we do.
We are a registered charity. Our Charitable Business Number is 854956794RR0001. Tax receipts will be issued for all gift donations.
To make a secure online donation, click on the CanadaHelps tab above and receive an instant tax receipt.
Cheques or Money Orders can be mailed to:
New Leaf Yoga Foundation
PO Box 2091
Bayfield, Ontario
N0M 1G0
Your donation makes a big difference in bringing the healing practice of yoga to more youth in need.
Attend an Event
New Leaf Presents Noah Levine, author of "Dharma Punx" and "Against the Stream"
JOIN US FOR AN INSPIRING WEEKEND OF EVENTS WITH ACCLAIMED BUDDHIST TEACHER NOAH LEVINE from LA! October 16-18 in Toronto.
ALL IN SUPPORT OF NEW LEAF YOGA FOUNDATION.
MORE DETAILS TO BE RELEASED IN JUNE 2009.
SET THE DATE ASIDE EARLY!
www.dharmapunx.com
PAST EVENTS
November 14-16, 2008
Eat Your Art Out Fundraiser for New Leaf Yoga Foundation, Toronto
This fantastic art show event raised close to $3000 for New Leaf! Thank you so much to all the organizers, volunteers, artists, and people who attended for making the weekend event such a big success!
November 15, 2008 Moksha Yoga Uptown's 7th Anniversary Party & Fundraiser, Toronto
Moksha Yoga Uptown celebrated its 7th anniversary with a soiree where funds were raised for New Leaf. The night brought in close to $5000 to help further our cause! Thank you to all who put so much work into making the party so wonderful.
January 24, 2009 Queen Street Yoga Community Celebration, Kitchener
This fantastic studio in the heart of downtown Kitchener demonstrated once again how a dedicated group of yogis can make a difference in their own community. The day long event featuring body work, classes and workshops all by donation raised close to $1200 going towards New Leaf's first project for at risk youth in that city.
Get Your Yoga Studio Involved
Getting your studio involved in our project is an amazing way to practice your yoga on a community level.
By helping to give back to their communities, yoga students can directly experience the rewards of Karma Yoga (or self-less service) and can feel the connection between their individual journeys of self-transformation and how that personal work can have a positive impact on others.
There are 2 main ways that your studio can help out:
1. Adopt-a-Project Program allows your studio to connect directly with at-risk and incarcerated youth in your community by sponsoring a local project.
Your studio will be provided with regular updates from the host facility and program instructors, and will be able to follow the progress of the youth at that project.
2. Monthly Donations Program allows your studio to determine the amount that you will donate, each month for one year (and hopefully beyond!) and gives New Leaf Yoga Foundation the freedom to direct the funds anywhere across the country.
Funding may be used to purchase essential items on our wish list, to pay administrative and teaching staff, to continue to build our very important resource library, or to fund projects in other towns or cities that may not currently have the support of a local yoga studio.
If you have other ideas about how you’d like to help, we’d love to hear them!
For more information on how your studio can get involved, please contact us.
Come and visit us in August at Yoga Festival Toronto to learn more! www.yogafestivaltoronto.org
Teach for Us
Our goals are to cultivate a stronger sense of self, and encourage a heightened sense of mindfulness in the youth whom we teach.
To meets our goals, we are committed to creating sustainable, long-term programs, and we need experienced, passionate teachers to help us do this!
We will be looking to hire qualified yoga instructors who have a passion for working with youth and sensitivity to the challenges that our students are facing.
If you are interested in teaching for one of our projects, or getting support for a project that you have already established, please download our teacher application form and send to us at:
New Leaf Yoga Foundation
PO Box 2091
Bayfield, Ontario
N0M 1G0
Or contact us for more information.
Help with Research
We believe it is really important to explore the benefits of teaching yoga and meditation to youth as well as to investigate the effectiveness of our programs.
New Leaf Yoga Foundation is working to develop a research committee which will dedicate itself to carrying out this part of our mission.
If you are a yoga or meditation instructor already working with at-risk or incarcerated youth and would like to get involved by participating in our research initiatives, contact us to find out more.
If you are skilled at creating and implementing research methods, or are conducting related academic research, please contact us for more information.
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