Left Coast founder Rachel Rajput has teamed up with BACS (Bay Area Community Services) to offer a free weekly Gentle Yoga class for staff and residents of the Henry Robinson House at our Uptown location!
Read more at bayareacs.org
Connection Coalition’s Trauma Informed Outreach Training
In Fall 2016, Left Coast Power Yoga hosted the Connection Coalition’s Trauma Informed Outreach Training, for folks looking to share the practice of yoga to at-risk youth, foster kids, prisons populations, and other communities who have experienced trauma.
CoCo works in collaboration with youth organizations to provide access to tools that help calm the nervous system and allow better decision making through yoga, mindfulness and meditation. Based in Miami, Left Coast is CoCo’s sister studio in the Bay Area, and is excited to to further this important work.
For more info and upcoming trainings: theconnectioncoalition.org
Project HOPE Art
Left Coast is a long-term fundraising partner of Oakland-based 501(c)3 Project HopeArt.
Project HOPE Art uses art as a vehicle to inspire, to educate and to create intentional whimsy. We work with children in hospitals, orphanages, schools and communities in disaster stricken areas, utilizing art to help establish self esteem, self expression, self respect and stress relief for our students. We create art for art’s sake, while educating through our art, science, nutrition and literacy programs. We twirl in tutus and face paint because it’s good for the soul.
Since our inception in January 2010 we have made multiple trips to Haiti and have recently launched a visiting artist program, creating a sustainable way for artists in any medium to share their creativity with our kids and project partners as we strive towards our mission to inspire, heal and improve the quality of life for children in need. More info at www.projecthopeart.org. Here are some pics from Left Coast’s Haitian Dance fundraiser in Summer 2016!
Yoga at Arise High School in Oakland’s Fruitvale District
Left Coast Power Yoga is teaming up with Arise High School to create a Health / Wellness Curriculum for their Junior and Senior students.
Rachel Rajput, LCPY founder, taught a weekly Yoga class for 12 weeks on campus, and in June the students will come to LCPY for Yoga / Mindfulness classes, a Nutrition workshop, and a workshop on Health and Sexuality. Thanks to LCPY students Oriana Ides, Virginia Watkins, and Elisabeth Bolaza for donating their time to make this happen!
