Three and a Half Acres Yoga Foundation

Thay creates partnerships with community based organizations and local institutions-amplifying existing service-based offerings and integrating new methodologies into structures of authority. Developing slowly, so that students learn to take ownership of their own practice, weekly yoga sessions focus on the mind/body connection-working to deepen and slow the breath over time. Our sessions directly address sensations of stress, fear and anger-teaching the body and mind to slow down and observe instead of react. This is a physical shift that can become instinctual through practice-resulting in the slowing down in times of 'fight or flight and allowing time for reason, empathy, and tolerance to guide decision making. To augment and build on what our participants learn on the mat, thay provides monthly holistic health workshops-bringing in experts from across the wellness field to teach the benefits of meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, and mindfulness programming, to name a few.

THAY provides yoga and mindfulness programming through community organizations and trains teachers in providing yoga to individuals that have experienced trauma.