Projects

Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

Kennedy Owino and James Njunge of Nairobi are attending a teacher training and will teach yoga to street children in the slums of Nairobi and in homes catering to HIV positive youth.

Capetown, South Africa

Reema and Danny Paradise taught yoga to children at a township school in Capetown, South Africa. The principal of the school, members of the Board of Education, and several teachers also attended the class. The Usha Foundation is now working towards training two school teachers of the school to teach yoga and bring it to the children regularly.

 

Asia

Varanasi, India

The Little Stars School, an alternative school for working, street children in Varanasi, has built a space for yoga as part of its school and offers yoga classes regularly.

Khaknar, India

Vishal Shroff is attending a two-year teacher training course in Indore, India and will be the resident yoga instructor in the village, Khaknar.

In December, 2007, a meditation/yoga workshop will take place in Khaknar, to provide tribal women with a safe platform for expression.

Goa, India

Yoga classes are being offered at The Rainbow House, an orphange for girls in Goa.

Bali, Indonesia

Ketut Bandiastra offered yoga to Balinese employees at a jewelry-making factory in Bali.

 

North America

Kelly Nguyen teaches yoga in a shelter for Asian women in Los Angeles, California.

Elana Omari teaches yoga to at-risk youth in inner city Baltimore, Maryland. 

Ellie Kaufman is attending a teacher training and will teach young women with eating disorders through the Eudaimonia Professional Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

 

England

Marie-Claire Jenkins teaches yoga to people overcoming bipolar and emotional disorders in a hospital in Norwich, England.

 

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Danny Paradise, with musician friends worldwide, has helped organize benefit concerts in London (Triyoga), Zurich and Munich (AirYoga), Massachussettes (Kripalu), India (Temple of Humanity), Bali (Purnati Center of the Arts, in conjurction with Bali Spirit) and Chicago (Yoga View).  

Kim Abraham, Beryl Bender Birch, Leza Lowitz, and Janell Pekkain have also held benefits for Usha in the U.S and Japan.

 

Thank you, yogis, musicians and friends involved in these events!  You are the reason we exist.

In the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, it is clearly written, ‘We do yoga for the evolution of humanity.’ 

Thank you to everyone for your time and donations.  We are deeply touched by your support.

Namaste.