Mountains.

"Do small things with great love." Small is the new big. You don't have to move mountains, or always do big and wondrous things that the whole world can see. Let your heart be grand and your actions be tiny and of a thousand. Dare to live in the circle of life~ Rise and truly shine!! 

yoga gives

My heart is running over with love from this mornings picnic with the Mental Health Association Tulsa. We all came together to

celebrate all that serve this organization and honoring the amazing clients. We shared the offerings collected during my recent yogaGives fundraiser, joined together for a very special practice under a big tree, we enjoyed BBQ, and fresh fruit! ❤ 

The yoga community raised $1,550 during yogaGives and a truck bed full of in-kind donation for the Denver House clients! They were filled with many thanks and love for your efforts. Thank YOU TulsaYogaTribe for showing up!  DontStopNowKeepServing. 

New Hope Oklahoma

One of my newest projects is helping to create a yoga program for New Hope Oklahoma. I will begin attending the camps in late July, starting the kids off in the morning with the gift of yoga. Providing activities that create community, awareness, helping to teach healthy boundaries, compassion, and self love! Here is a little bit about this program, much LOVE Tulsa!

WhoWho We Are

New Hope serves children of prisoners ages 5 through 17 by providing school-based and community-based after school programs; weekend retreats; holiday gatherings, monthly family social events and residential summer camps.

These programs are possible through individual and corporate donations, foundational grants, trained volunteers and a highly qualified staff.

 Our Purpose

New Hope is changing the lives of children of prisoners everyday. When a child’s parent goes to prison, many important developmental milestones are put in jeopardy and children suffer, but New Hope is working to break the cycle of generational incarceration in the state of Oklahoma. Through our life affirming programs, children are lifted from isolation and fear into possibility and hope. New Hope addresses the issues these children face through our main service areas: community and school-based after school programs, weekend retreats, summer camps, holiday assistance, and social service coordination.

About

Camp New Hope began in 1992 when Oklahoma Episcopalians visiting prisons realized the number one concern of those in prison was the children they had left behind. A small group of volunteers created a camp for children ages 8-12 who had a parent in prison. The three day camp served six children. Evidence of the need of such a program became clear as the number of children served by the camp increased each year.

In 2000, a second camp was added for children ages 13-15 and children who had participated in the camp were now counselors–in–training and served as camp staff to the younger campers in 2002. In 2003 New Hope Oklahoma expands to provide service throughout the year for children with a parent in prison. In 2006 two additional camps were added, retreats and holiday parties were also included in the yearlong programming.

In 2007 New Hope becomes a non-profit corporation with 501c3 status. In 2009, four days of after-school programs were implemented and the number of campers had increased to 134. Today we serve more than 400 children through the year in various programs. We serve approximately 150 children each week in our after-school and community based programs and provide camps, retreats and holiday parties to more than 400 children across Oklahoma.

http://www.newhopeoklahoma.org/

Yoga Gives to Moore, OK

Yoga Gives privately collected offering from all over beginning the day the storm landed in Moore. The generosity poured in from all over the US and several other countries. We were able to collect over $10,00o.. We spent some time with a family we selected that was highly effected during the Spring of 2013 storm. His eyes were so generous and his heart was so grateful for the love that poured into this offering. We sat across from him and listened to how he met his wife, (which he lost in the storm) the birth of both of his children, (one of which he lost in the storm) and how he is coping. The last thing he said as we walked away was, "Hug your wife and kids everyday man." It is about connectivity, not just writing a check, but looking pain in the eyes and loving it away. GIVE LOVE and let the money be an energy from that place. Namaste

Yoga for the people by the people  Two FREE community yoga classes over the next two days! Join me tonight in Centennial Park at 7pm for I AMcommunity yoga and tomorrow, Friday the 28th, at 10am in Veterans Park for the MHAT Picnic and FREE YOGA!. We will be donating the items we collected through the yogaGIVES process, there will be give-a-ways from My Fit Foods, The Yoga Room, and Salt Yoga Utica Square. Yummy fresh fruit provided by Whole Foods Market Tulsa!!

LOVE!