The Karma Yoga Program (formerly Seva Project)

MYN’s Karma Yoga Program supports member teachers to bring yoga to those in need. This includes those who may lack access due to poverty, physical or mental illness, chronic conditions, recovery from addiction or violence, or isolation.

Supported by membership fees, fundraising events, volunteer efforts, and the generosity of individual donors and philanthropic organizations, The Karma Yoga Program has funded 17 grants of $500 each (as of Jan. 2007) in two years.

See how your membership dues and donations have helped bring the light of yoga free of charge to so many.

Hari-Mandir Kaur Khalsa taught mentally ill patients at Taunton State Hospital.

Veronica Shaffer taught women inmates at South Bay Prison in Boston.

Andrea Soler taught low-income Spanish-speaking clients at Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center.

James Veliskakis taught teenage boys at Anchorage House, a residential program in Beverly.

Dot McKeen taught people with fibromyalgia, (a chronic pain/sleep disorder) at the North Shore Heart & Wellness Center.

Guinevere Boston taught at-risk teens at the Alternative Community School in Worcester.

Lucy Wagner taught Veterans at Central Mass Yoga Institute in West Boylston.

Betsy Simmons taught poor and homeless women at Rosies Place in Boston.

Diana Sabella taught poor and homeless men and women at Ecclesia Ministries in Boston.

Linda Davis taught people with cerebral palsy in wheelchairs at Rehabilitative Resources in Sturbridge.

Pat Harpell taught male inmates.

Carrie Tyler will teach yoga to girls at a group home in Dover NH.

Portia Brockaway will teach yoga to homeless adults who are substance abusers in Cambridge.

Susan Fusco Fazio will teach yoga to adults grieving the loss of a child at Children’s Hospital.

The Metta Center will teach meditation to halfway house inhabitants in Spencer.

Lisa Megidesh will teach women in a domestic violence center in Framingham.

John Calabria will build homes for rescued animals in Mendon.

Submit your application for a Karma Yoga Grant today.  Grants are reviewed monthly by the MYN Board of Directors.

Donate Now. If you would like to make a contribution to this fund, please click here. No amount of donation is too small. If your company makes matching contributions, please go to your HR Department and fill in the appropriate forms.

For questions about grants and applications contact:

Betsy Simmons - Betsylousimmons@hotmail.com
617-966-9066

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