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We believe in health and wellness access for all
We want to make yoga and meditation available and accessible to all people because life is hard and we all need a little stress relief!
At Lotus Yoga Studio we believe that yoga and it’s stress relieving benefits should be available to anyone and everyone who want to try it. However, we recognize that not everyone has access to practice in the yoga studio. Through our give back projects, or Seva in Sanskrit, we strive to break down barriers to yoga and meditation access by donating mats, offering free community classes and teaching wherever we are needed.
Some ways we give back:
Lotus Community Yoga Project - Free yoga classes outside all summer long!
In June 2017 Lauren Farenga-Kosmidis, owner of Lotus Yoga Studio, Founded the Lotus Community Yoga Project (formerly called the Free Yoga Project) to promote health and wellness in her hometown of Medford, MA. Since then the Lotus Community Yoga Project has grown into an annual program offering free community yoga in the park to anyone wants to try it, every weekend, all summer long. This annual yoga tradition is so much fun!
We have taught at and donated to local homeless shelters, churches, libraries, community service organizations, senior centers, centers for the blind, centers for the deaf, after school programs, mental health clinics and more!
Seva Scholarship for YTT - scholarship for students who show promise in teacher training but need financial assistance to take the training
Fundraiser Classes - raising funds and awareness for local and global causes. In 2021 and 2022 we focused on raising funds for Arlington Eats Food Pantry through weekly community classes as our communities were struggling with more food insecurity than ever due to the pandemic and it’s effects.
Re-Yoga donation program - funding for mats and props can be a barrier to practice so we donate gently used mats and props to communities we teach in who can’t afford the cost of equipment.
During the pandemic we donated over 200 yoga blocks, 50 yoga straps and more than 150 yoga mats to individuals and organizations in our surrounding area who needed supplies to practice yoga at home.
Need yoga supplies or community yoga classes? Let us know!
We love sharing yoga with others and breaking down barriers to health and wellness access. Thats it. We just simply love it.
